Rebuild Dell HD with CDRom?

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Hi folks,

Some time ago I bought a Dell Optiplex G1 used through school. It
worked well for a while, but has recently been slowing-down and hanging
if left on for too long. Reboots will also sometimes hang shortly
after the "windows 98" screen.

I want to wipe the Hard Drive and restore it to factory default setup,
and here's my problem:

When I bought the computer, it came with a CD-Rom labeled Windows98.
It did NOT come with any other CD-Roms (for drivers, etc.). Is there
any way too make sure the CD-Rom I have has everything I need to
restore the Hard-Drive?

If not, how do I back-up the drivers, etc... that I will need? Should
I contact Dell?

Thank you all in advance for your replies.

Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell (More info?)

I acquired my Optiplex without most of the drivers- video, sound, and so on-
and found them all on the site. Most helpful.
"joltman" <joltman@geocities.com> wrote in message
news:1122920550.802091.64300@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> If you go to support.dell.com, click Home & Home Office, then on the
> right side it says Product Support, click the More Details link under
> that, browse to your model, and you should be able to download any
> drivers you need there there
>

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haloeffects,
If you haven't wiped your hard drive yet. You should be able to copy and paste to a CD for restoration the following folder:
C:\Dell\Drivers

From the working Dell PC.

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"Paul Knudsen" <bigkahuna@jupada.com> wrote in message news:ktabf1daad5v8hvcoos3tjakkdevbm3pni@4ax.com...
On 1 Aug 2005 11:01:09 -0700, haloeffects@hotmail.com wrote:

>Hi folks,
>
>Some time ago I bought a Dell Optiplex G1 used through school. It
>worked well for a while, but has recently been slowing-down and hanging
>if left on for too long. Reboots will also sometimes hang shortly
>after the "windows 98" screen.
>
>I want to wipe the Hard Drive and restore it to factory default setup,
>and here's my problem:
>
>When I bought the computer, it came with a CD-Rom labeled Windows98.
>It did NOT come with any other CD-Roms (for drivers, etc.). Is there
>any way too make sure the CD-Rom I have has everything I need to
>restore the Hard-Drive?
>
>If not, how do I back-up the drivers, etc... that I will need? Should
>I contact Dell?
>
>Thank you all in advance for your replies.

I bought a G-Series Opti on E-Bay. Windows 2000 installed on it fine.
I didn't need to hunt for drivers.
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