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Klicken Sie auf Einstellungen speichern und Sicherung starten. Die Sicherung kann mehrere Minuten dauern. Vergessen Sie nicht, die Discs der Reihenfolge nach zu kennzeichnen.

Wenn Backup abgeschlossen angezeigt wird, fahren Sie mit Schritt 2 fort. Starten Sie den Computer neu. Klicken Sie auf Jetzt installieren. Lesen Sie die Lizenzbedingungen durch und klicken Sie auf Ich akzeptiere die Lizenzbedingungen, um fortzufahren. Sie sehen nun eine Liste der Komponenten in Ihrem Computer. Videotreiber Video Verbessert die Bildleistung 7.

Um den Assistenten zu starten, klicken Sie auf Verbindung mit dem Internet herstellen. I tend to update my BIOs when an update is available but many of the others will recommend to stay clear of BIOs updates.

This is mentioned in Step 17 further. In the case where newer hard drives are fitted several errors may occur during Widnows 7 Reinstallation:. Downloading the. You will need to extract the file with 7zip as shown.

First download and install 7zip from here , selecting the 32 bit. Look in this folder for a F6flpy-x86 32 bit or F6flyp-x64 folder 64 bit and copy this to a USB stick. Select the correct one to match the version of Windows you are installing. Note if there are additional folders and a setup. Note some of the items under "SATA Drivers" are applications these should be installed alongside the system drivers. See the downloads page below for example.

The 2 Applications should be installed at the end of the installation while the two drivers should be loaded onto the USB stick. The 2 Firmware may be installed at the end of the installation if desired. For the Intel Drivers the F6flpy-x86 and F6flpy-x64 should be offered as seperate.

Download the correct one and extract it with 7zip then copy the extracted folder to your USB stick. If you get one of the error messages above start a new post in the Disk Drives forum stating your model number, your type of hard drive if you know, for example if you purchased one and what Operating System you have tried to install.

In addition it may be worth mentioning what SATA drivers you have attempted to use. Step 7a is for advanced users, most regular users should skip it. Not all systems have card readers,. DBAN will then load. The easiest way to use DBAN is by typing autonuke and then pressing enter. You should get these two screens. DBAN will then begin to securely format your hard drive. Note DBAN can take a very long time to securely format a large capacity hard drive.

When completed you should get a screen like this. Hopefully it will say DBAN succeeded although sometimes it mentions an error.

Most of the times that it has mentioned an error to me it has actually fully formatted the drive and ran for the same length of time as it should i. Note using DBAN may sometimes cause some issues with product activation if using upgrade product keys as the original version of Windows is not there. Some people have reported that a double install of Windows Vista will work in this case see here.

Others reinstall the old operating system, activate it and then proceed with a clean install Windows Vista. This step is only for systems shipped with Media Direct. These systems will have a MediaDirect button in close proximty to the power button as shown below. If your system doesn't have this button skip this step. The partitions for Media Direct must be set up before the installation of Microsoft Windows otherwise pressing the Media Direct Button while the system is powered down can corrupt your Operating System.

It should look like the following:. Power down your computer. Select option 1 recommended or option 2. Note: The application must be installed after the system drivers while on the Windows Desktop Step Ensure everything documents and the downloads listed above is copied over onto the external hard drive. You will get a black screen that says "Windows is Starting Files" then one that says Microsoft Corporation.

These should disappear pretty quickly. Next one that says Starting Windows. You will then be prompted for your language, time and currency format and keyboard settings. Mine are all set to U. Select Install Now. If using retail media you will be prompted for a product key.

A Dell OEM disc should not require you to input this key and this screen should not display. Once you have input your key select Next. The following screen will display if you have input the wrong key. Alternatively you may skip this step and get a trial of Windows Vista for 30 days. If you do this, it will explicitly ask you what version of Windows Vista you wish to install.

There are always some bugs when selecting "Upgrade" on this screen and this seriously hinders your systems performance. Ensure that "Hide drivers that are not compatible with hardware on this computer is ticked" it should be set like this by default. Select all the drivers listed and then click next. It will take you back to this screen.

Select "Drive Options". This will reveal the drive options. The tools are rather self-explanatory. For a new hard drive you will need to select New to make a new partition case below.

To delete it and then must create a new partition or partitions if you want multiple partitions e. Once you have created your partitions; select the partition you wish to install Windows on and select Next. You might as well delete the Dell factory partition if going down this route as it will no longer work and hence serve no service. To format it, leave the partition intact but remove all data and factory partition.

You might as well delete the Dell factory partition if going down this route as it will no longer work and hence serve no service and instead Extend the main partition.

To install Windows on the partition but not format it in this case all old files will be found in the Windows. Again you might as well delete the Dell factory partition if going down this route as it will no longer work and hence serve no service and instead Extend the main partition.

The Dell Factory setting won't work in either case. I recommend deleting or formatting but you must take the 3rd option if you have not carried out Step 1 and wish to keep your data. Note: if you have not backed up all your data onto an external hard drive. Do not select any of the drive options particularly format or delete. In this scenario all your files will be saved in a folder called windows. Eventually you will get to here. Type in your "username". Next type in your password, retype it and leave yourself a hint.

Alternatively just select next to have no password - not recommended but optional. Now name the computer, by default the PC name will be "username-PC" but you can change this as desired. Next you will get the Windows Update options, I generally select Use recommended settings.

Then select your time and date settings. Set up Network settings and or connect to a wireless network. You may ignore this step and connect later. When you first login, Vista may assess your hardware after this which will take a few minutes.

Now that you have Windows Vista installed. Ensure that you have the latest Service Pack installed. It often works out better installing the latest Service Pack and Internet Explorer before installing the system drivers. Doing so in this order prevents a great deal of problems with Windows Update and conflicts with system drivers. You should have downloaded these onto a USB stick at Step 4 if your installation media didn't include them and have them readily accessible on a USB stick or External Harddrive.

Insert the USB stick and run the. Note Service Pack 1 takes longer to install than Windows Vista normally. Ensure you keep to the order listed above for best results. You should again have downloaded these at Step 4 and have them readily accessible on a USB stick or External Harddrive.

Running the. Unfortunately often no installer runs and the file just extracts. To actually install the driver you will need to navigate to the folder where the driver extracted to and run any setup. Many users think they have installed the driver when they haven't. Select Continue. Select Ok. At this stage the setup should start and you should start the installation. If it does not the driver is not installed. In my XPS and I suspect many other systems the installers do not automatically run.

Accept the UAC prompt and install via the setup program. Usually a series of clicking next, next, finish and then rebooting. I usually tell it not to reboot until I install all the drivers it is faster this way and always worked for me however it is probably best to reboot when prompted. Press the [Windows] and [Pause Break] or go to start, right click computer and click properties.

If it says at the bottom Windows is activated then you are fine. This will happen automatically if you use the Dell disk. If it says activate Windows Now, click the link to activate. If you used the. Use the phone activation. It is a quick automated call, follow the onscreen instructions. See here for more details on activation. If you have an error, yellow? You should quickly check that you haven't missed installation of a driver and check to see that something hasn't installed correctly.

If you still can't find out what it is. Right click the device with the error and select properties:. You should make a new post on the Microsoft OS Forum starting your model of Dell, the hardware ids and whether you have installed Windows Vista 32 bit or 64 bit. Next after the drivers are installed you should rate your system.

Click the link "system rating is not available". Note at this stage I would re-rate the system even a number is displayed there. Although people may not care so much for the system rating it is best to perform. Several unrated systems will revert to the Windows Vista Basic Theme even if they are capable of the Aero Interface and will not allow the user to change to the Windows Vista Theme until the system is rated.

So I am not going to argue or force my opinion here. Just ensure that you install a security suite that you trust. Links to Microsoft Office consumer preview which users may try for free for a limited period of time may be found in the same wiki. These installers require a product key. Use your product key obtained by Belarc advisor Step 1.

For more details about the Microsoft Product Identification Card see here. If your system just came with Office Starter, you cannot download it from a official source however Office Starter is becoming redundant and not worth installing. Instead you should use Microsoft Office Web Apps which has tight integration with SkyDrive and the same functionality or slightly more than Office Starter. Microsoft Mathematics may also be installed, this is essentially a free graphics calculator for Microsoft Windows.

Useful third party additions for the full versions of Microsoft Office are Mendeley Desktop Reference Manager and Mathtype both have free and paid versions.

The free versions should suffice most users. I highly recommend SkyDrive for Windows. This gives users a 7 GB free webdrive which can be accessed via the SkyDrive folder on your computer and within any web brower.

Paid plans can give you GB storage. Everything that you put in this folder is automatically kept in sync between your computers PC or Mac and SkyDrive. Skip Step 14a if your system doesn't have Media Direct. For the systems with Dell Media Direct, once on the windows desktop, insert the media direct disc It should autorun, install the application, if it doesn't you should navigate to the WindowsMD3 folder and click setup.

Use the updater within Media Direct to get it to the latest version. For some unknown reason Dell does not provide Dell Webcam Software under the drivers and downloads page for most systems. Here is the download link Dell Webcam Software R You may wish to download the latest version of Skype before installing the webcam driver.

Dell Support Centre may be downloaded and installed from here. It only works on home systems and does not work on Precision, Latitude or Optiplex systems. Here is the standalone download link Dell Support Centre. Dell Dock is also not provided on the drivers and downloads page. Here is the download link Dell Dock.

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