JMJSelect

hi okay my brother is now without the internet and is bugging the heck out of me.

okay heres the situation.-dell deminsion 3000.
my brother lost his backup cds
he got a virus that really messed up his computer
he tried to back up with my fathers cds.
he has a huge chunk of metal. LOL no really though it doesnt work now.

i tried to chat with dell but i couldnt get it working and i dont know where else to go so i came here. my second home. no really though what can he do?

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CRXGSR

Is the bios messed up? If not, you should be able to boot from CD. You next step is to find an original Windows Install disc. (preferably XP). Just pop it it, and it will format the harddrive, and install a fresh version of windows on it. The individual drivers for your dell components can probably be found online.

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JMJSelect

he lost his cds and cant install xp because he is trying to use my fathers codes(which was a dumb mistake on his part). the bios is not messed up. i think he threw his away, he just wont admit it.

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calvin13

Call Dell and ask them to send you recovery cd's. Or take any XP Pro or Home (use the disk for what you have) cd and load that. The code is on the side of the case. It does not care where you got the disk. Once you are on the net you can download from Dell the drivers that you need. If you need the network driver you can use any pc and download that. Dell will send out "recovery" cd's.

JMJSelect

k thanks and thanks from my bro too calvin

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