Dell recovery disk

[Sebby]

That may well be the case with the very recent ones, Tony.

[Simon]

Well, I have a Dell disc, and Windows discs for pre-SP1, SP2 and SP3, so hopefully one of them will work without too much of a problem!

Alan, thanks, I think I have a Windows start up floppy disc somewhere, but if not, or the PC doesn't have a floppy drive, I can get something from http://www.bootdisk.com/ 

Glenn, presumably your Dell CDs are the same as the ones shipped with new PCs?  This one is only just over a year old.

Thanks for all the help, guys! 

[Glenn]

Simon, yes they shipped with Dell D610's, the disk is a full XP SP2 install with the Dell licence key.

[Simon]

Thanks, Glenn.  They are currently struggling to move the photos from the hard drive to anywhere else, and claim that only two files will fit onto a CD.  Not sure what's going on, tbh.

[Rik]

Sounds like Photoshop files.

[Simon]

I don't know what they've done, Rik, but I would have thought they were only files taken off a camera.  If each photo is over 200Mb, and they have hundreds on there, that may explain why the thing was running so slowly!   

[Rik]

Have they actually looked at the file size?

[Simon]

   I'm determined not to spend my free day on it, so have told them, if they want my help, they'll have to wait till tomorrow. 

[Sebby]

Nicely done, Simon.

If you want those files so you can modify one of your XP discs, let me know.

[Simon]

Thanks Seb. 

[kinmel]

Alan, thanks, I think I have a Windows start up floppy disc somewhere, but if not, or the PC doesn't have a floppy drive, I can get something from http://www.bootdisk.com/ 

Make sure you add Smartdrive to the floppy and call it from within autoexec.bat, else file copying during the install will take forever.

[SillyBilly]

If you need a Dell XP CD let me know, we have a few hundred at work doing nothing

Hi Glenn
I have just managed, after 4 days with help from an expert, to remove a really nasty rootkit.  Thought I would do a Repair re-install using the XP Pro with SP2 reinstall CD I bought when I bought my Dell Inspiron 6400/E1505.  I can confirm it gave me the option to 'repair' but only after it gave me a fright by saying it was installing windows!  Only problem is in the last but one phase it reported 30 files it could not find.
I don't want to have to do a fresh install from Dell's hidden partition if I can avoid it.  Could you send me one of your Dell CDs of this type?  I haven't hidden my email address and could send my address by email
Thanks
SillyBilly

[Glenn]

Welcome to the forum, I can send one of the Dell CD's sure, PM me your address and I'll send one on Monday.

[Rik]

Hi SB

Welcome to Netters.

[Sebby]

SillyBilly and

[Simon]

SB!

I was going to mention this, so thanks for reminding me, but when I recently reinstalled Windows on the above sick machine, using the Dell CD, I found there were actually two hidden partitions.  I assume one was for the Dell Recovery files, but haven't a clue what the other one was, so I erred on the side of caution, and left it. 

[Glenn]

The 2nd one maybe a Dell diagnostics partition

[Rik]

You mean it sits there saying "Turn your head and cough"? 

[Simon]

The 2nd one maybe a Dell diagnostics partition

Ah right, thanks Glenn.

[Simon]

You mean it sits there saying "Turn your head and cough"? 

 

[Glenn]

More like a fitness test, now get down and give me 5 good press ups

[Rik]

I just failed.