Instructions re:clean install Win 7, on Dell insp. 1501

[Phil856745]

Hello, sorry for absence, but my wife broke her ankle! My requests for assistance may go down, for a couple of weeks.....

Strange occurrences, I won't say who decided to put in a CD, but it happened, and strangely enough, the C:\windows\system32\DVD.sys, driver in device manager, changed to c:\windows\system32\cdrom.sys.

I may have missed it, but I'm looking for freeware to backup drivers prior to clean install!
Thanks for patience, and help!
Phil

[Anupam]

To backup drivers, you can look here:

http://www.techsupportalert.com/best...ver-backup.htm

[Phil856745]

Anapam, thanks! I'm a bit embarassed, to discover it was under my nose!! - Sorry

Phil

Keep the basket away from light!

[joeguru]

Originally Posted by Anupam

To backup drivers, you can look here:

http://www.techsupportalert.com/best...ver-backup.htm

That's cool. I didn't know we had that. Yay!

[Phil856745]

Well, I went to Dell Support to see what Dell thought needed to be updated. According to the Service Tag scan, there are 38 updates which I decided to at least download them, but I had already uninstalled the auto scan application. Well I went back and accidentally downloaded and installed the Asia/South Pacific app.
Now in the BIOS, their is an entry next to Hard Drive where it allows a password to be placed, that now reads FROZEN.

I've done nothing yet, I could do a restore, assuming it effects the registry.

Phil

[Phil856745]

Hello All, yes it appears that I can still download "Dell Updates", however: I now have a more pressing problem. Comcast, my ISP, is hurting in the tech support dept., What I need is the proper windows 7 settings IvP4, IvP6 as these got scrambled after running one of the ms-fix it apps.

I usually use Firefox, however IE 10 yields same results. When I try to access email I gt a never ending circle of blue dots and no error code.

Restoring email is a high priority, as my Wife is stopping at Library to keep up with her clients, which is another burden on her, one I' like to remove!

Rage against the dying o the light!

[Phil856745]

Hello all, it's been raining "Challenges" here. Well the 13y/o e machine running XP, finally died. Which means my wife is using this one minimally...... And I Don't have any back up for it, I do have a newer e machine that dies due to windows update! And just six days left......Spare Parts????

I'm looking for freeware that will automatically clean the registry of duplicate entries. If I disappear again, I'm looking at 3 dead computers.... Still trying for a "clean instal" on this laptop. Thanks ever so much for all the help!
Phil

Rage against the dying of the LIGHT

[MidnightCowboy]

Originally Posted by Phil856745

I'm looking for freeware that will automatically clean the registry of duplicate entries.

What is your reasoning behind this? Despite what the snake oil peddling vendors of registry cleaners might tell you, you can have thousands of these entries in your registry without them affecting the machine performance. One the other hand, just one wrong deletion can make things a whole lot worse.

http://chris.pirillo.com/are-registr...s-safe-to-use/
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/w...c-925abf7c22bd

[Phil856745]

MidnightCowboy, Anupam, Everyone. My vision is going, ammonia levels > 500ng/ml. Both computers croaked, Id like to have one restored and properly backed up for my wife.

Still raging against the dying of the light!
Phil

[Phil856745]

Hey, for once it was not me! Dead "Gateway" router, or whatever it is properly called. Second one in < 1 year.

To setup a reinstall environment, do I have to use USB 3?

Phil
YHVH