6 Contents
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Dell Diagnostics
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
When to Use Dell Diagnostics
. . . . . . . . . . . 86
Starting Dell Diagnostics From Your
Hard Drive
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Starting Dell Diagnostics From the Drivers and
Utilities Media
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Dell Diagnostics Main Menu
. . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
What Is a Driver?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Identifying Drivers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities
. . . . . . . . . . 91
Using Windows Device Driver Rollback
. . . . . . 91
Using the Drivers and Utilities Media
. . . . . . . 92
Troubleshooting Software and Hardware Problems
in the Microsoft Windows Vista™ Operating
System
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Restoring Your Operating System
. . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Using Microsoft
Windows
System Restore . . . . 94
Using Dell Factory Image Restore
. . . . . . . . . 95
Using the Operating System Media
. . . . . . . . 96
Troubleshooting LCD Display Problems
. . . . . . . . . 98
4 Removing and Installing Parts . . . . . . . . 99
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Recommended Tools
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Turning Off Your Computer
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Before Working Inside Your Computer
. . . . . . . 100
Removing the Computer Cover
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
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