If you have everything on the external hard drive then ignore this step. Look about in this folder for anything else. Delete it when you have moved whatever you need as it is a very large folder and unnecessary once you have your new windows installed. Note there is more information and an automated tool here. I recommend using unlocker to delete the Windows.
Be careful when using this utility as you can cause damage to the windows installation if you delete the wrong file. You may get unlocker from here. Ensure that you select the advanced install when installing unlocker as it is bundled with potentially unwanted programs e. Click on the optional updates and place a tick for each optional date you want. These will be installed by default on your system. Should you decided not to install an important update which is generally not recommended , uncheck the box for the update then right click then select Hide Update.
The update I decided to disable in this example is the browser choice update which is an unnecessary and annoying update in my opinion.
Select okay when done. Note the important updates is now as 1 update was disabled. There will be no prompt to install that annoying update again. Click install updates.
The updates should download and install this may take a while you may be prompted to restart your computer a few times. You should check Windows Update again after logging on until it tells you Windows is up to date.
Therefore many users opt to stay clear of BIOs updates completely. I personally tend to update the BIOs if available after a clean install. On this screen is the model number and the BIOs revision. The BIOs revision typically this of either 2 formats:. Restart computer. Then double click the file and run it as an administrator. Don't touch the computer until the BIOs update is complete. It should automatically log you off, update the BIOs and restart the computer. Don't power down the computer during the BIOs update as this will ensure your system is rendered completely useless.
Ensure both the battery is at full charge and the AC adaptor is plugged in when updating the BIOs on a laptop. Skip this step unless you are using 2 or monitors. This will give you a taskbar on each monitor completing your Windows experience. Note you get a 30 day free trial of each product; for the Actual Multiple Monitors after 30 days this will revert to the free version its worth having around.
The professional version is of course better and I recommend using it or Actual Windows Manager. See here for a comparison between the professional and free version. I wrote a small wiki on their software here it needs updated however. For more software recommendations look to the bottom of my Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office Downloads wiki. When you have the option always select advanced setup. The larger software vendors e.
Ask, Google, Bing Microsoft pay for bundling their toolbars within the installer. Thus the cost of the software can be made lower or distributed for free in some cases. The advanced setup allows users to disable installation of these toolbars and other programs which they don't want. For Internet Explorer 9 see:. Note some things work better in Internet Explorer than in the other browsers e. Firefox has a variety of third party extensions. You can of course use all three and switch between them for individual tasks.
That's everything done, you should have a fully functional system with peak performance. Please leave these in the comments below. If you are experiencing any further problems, post on the correct forum ensure that you provide basic information such as what Operating System you are trying to install or have installed e.
Windows 7 64 bit and the model of the Dell e. Dell XPS Feedback for these wikies and your overall forum experience is welcome in the Has the Forum Helped You? Browse Community. Turn on suggestions. Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. Showing results for. Search instead for. Did you mean:. Obsolete wiki: This wiki is updated to pdf format here Windows Reinstallation Guide and several other wikies are combined into this pdf.
Step 1. Back up your data. Step 2. Use Belarc Advisor Belarc Advisor will obtain details about your system. Step 3. Obtaining Windows 7 Reinstallation Media - Notes You will be in one of three situations, quickly review the notes applicable for your Windows 7 license before deciding on what media to use: If reinstalling Windows 7 on a system that came with Windows 7 preinstalled by Dell a Dell Reinstallation DVD should be used wherever possible Step 3a.
If Windows 7 was purchased as a full or upgrade license, you should use the retail DVD you purchased. Step 3a. Step 3b. Once the model is selected you need to select the correct OS: Once you have selected Windows 7 64 bit or Windows 7 32 bit look at the categories Click the category to expand it e.
If you get the following error message: Press back on the browser. In the address bar check the URL. Then press [Enter]. The page will refresh and look identical to before This time select Single-File download and it should now work.
Once done press back several times to return here: Ensure it looks the same as before number of categories and number of drivers under each category , if not change the OS to BIOS and back to Windows 7 64 bit. Step 5b. Step 5c. Driver Install Order and Notes If you are planning to install Windows 7 and see that there are no listed Windows 7 drivers available for your system.
Note that: 32 bit Vista drivers may be used in conjunction with Windows 7 32 bit. Conexant Drivers - Under Communications Drivers for Modems are often natively included in Windows 7 if its not there don't worry. Wireless Card - Under Network Not present for all Desktops but most that come with Windows Vista or later will have a wireless card included.
Touchpad usually mentions Synaptics or Alps - Input Generally for laptops only. Mobile Broadband Drivers - under Communications Most users don't have these but the drivers are there for users that do. Step 6. Preparing SATA Drivers In the case where newer hard drives are fitted several errors may occur during Widnows 7 Reinstallation: Errors which state there is no hard drive.
This leads you to a folder with the same name Rxxxxxx as the driver. Step 7a. You should get these two screens DBAN will then begin to securely format your hard drive. Step 7b. It should look like the following: Power down your computer. Step 8. Installing Windows Ensure everything documents and the downloads listed above is copied over onto the external hard drive. Next one that says Starting Windows You will then be prompted for your language, time and currency format and keyboard settings.
Next select Custom Advanced. When you have an existing Windows partition you have a few options: To delete it and then must create a new partition or partitions if you want multiple partitions e. The main screen has two tabs: Snap Photos and Record Videos. Webcam capturing software for owners of Dell notebooks that can capture video streams, apply effects to video and save pictures taken with the built-in camera.
Capture videos and take photo snapshots with Dell laptop webcams Dell Webcam Central is intended to be used only on specific Dell Notebooks with compatible hardware and does not work on other computers. The higher goes up to 4K webcam stream down to HD and below. The program can be used to video conference in virtually any messenger including Zoom , Skype and Facebook video calling. There is software and drivers for the Webcam built into Windows Thank you, Jesse!
I feel so stupid I'd been using webcam central for so long forgot about the win camera. Browse Community. Windows Please help Is this the way to reinstall Webcam Central? Turn on suggestions. Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type.
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