Comments on: Dell.ca Review http://www.idiotonastick.com/talk/2009/12/dell-ca-review/ ... I forgot the stick Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:03:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: BFG http://www.idiotonastick.com/talk/2009/12/dell-ca-review/comment-page-1/#comment-13775 BFG Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:32:51 +0000 http://www.idiotonastick.com/talk/?p=2606#comment-13775 Well at least the computer told you it had a problem before it crashed and you would have said relly unkind this about Dell...... Well at least the computer told you it had a problem before it crashed and you would have said relly unkind this about Dell……

]]> By: Mike http://www.idiotonastick.com/talk/2009/12/dell-ca-review/comment-page-1/#comment-13772 Mike Sun, 13 Dec 2009 03:15:02 +0000 http://www.idiotonastick.com/talk/?p=2606#comment-13772 Don't psyche yourself out, this is not a difficult job. Depending on which Dell model you have, you may or may not actually need install DVDs. Some Dells have what is called a "rescue partition", which is an area of the hard drive that contains the Windows installation and all the apps required to make your Dell work. A special keypress sequence during the system startup screen will usually invoke the rescue menu and it'll automatically install everything you need. Whatever you do, make sure you've got backups before removing the old, failing drive... Don’t psyche yourself out, this is not a difficult job.

Depending on which Dell model you have, you may or may not actually need install DVDs. Some Dells have what is called a “rescue partition”, which is an area of the hard drive that contains the Windows installation and all the apps required to make your Dell work. A special keypress sequence during the system startup screen will usually invoke the rescue menu and it’ll automatically install everything you need.

Whatever you do, make sure you’ve got backups before removing the old, failing drive…

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