If you are reinstalling a modem driver, click PCI Simple Communications
Controller.
If you are reinstalling a network adapter, click Ethernet Controller.
7. From the pull-down menu, click Action, and select Properties.
8. Click the Reinstall Driver button, and click Next.
9. Verify that Search for a suitable driver for my device (Recommended) is
selected, and click Next.
10. Verify that CD-ROM drives is selected, and click Next.
11. When the search is complete and the appropriate driver found, click Next.
12. Click Finish to complete reinstallation of the driver.
13. Repeat steps 3–12 if you need to reinstall both drivers.
Reinstalling Microsoft® Windows®
Millennium Edition (Me)
NOTICE: The Operating System CD provides options for reinstalling your
Windows Me operating system. The options can potentially overwrite files
installed by Dell and possibly affect programs installed on your hard drive.
Therefore, Dell does not recommend that you reinstall your operating system
unless instructed to do so by a Dell technical support representative.
NOTICE: To prevent conflicts with Windows Me, you must disable any virus
protection software installed on your computer before you reinstall Windows.
1. Turn on the computer, and enter the system setup program as directed by a
Dell technical support representative.
2. In the system setup program Boot menu, change the boot sequence so that the
CD or DVD drive boots first as directed by a Dell technical support
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