reinstallation

[Guest]

I have just replaced my hard drive and have placed the Dell reinstallation of
Windows XP into my computer. I reinstalled the software and allowed for the
basic drivers to be installed as well from a seperate disk. Now I was hoping
to find out how I can first off have the computer recognize my wireless card.
Also i was attempting to change the graphics resolution to 1024x768 with
32bit highest color quality; however the only option available is 16bit
medium, and 800x600. I am really lost and not even sure where to begin...
help please. Thank you very much.

 

[Rich Barry]

Did Dell provide you with a Software CD with the necessary drivers on it?
There, you should find the Video and Network Interface Card drivers. Rt
click MyComputer>select Properties>Hardware>Device Manager>Display Adapter
and Network
Adapter. There's probably a yellow mark next to each item. rt click and
choose update drivers. Follow the instructions.
You may have to point to where the drivers are located on the cdrom
drive.

 

[Malke]

I have just replaced my hard drive and have placed the Dell reinstallation
of Windows XP into my computer. I reinstalled the software and allowed for
the basic drivers to be installed as well from a seperate disk. Now I was
hoping to find out how I can first off have the computer recognize my
wireless card. Also i was attempting to change the graphics resolution to
1024x768 with 32bit highest color quality; however the only option
available is 16bit medium, and 800x600. I am really lost and not even sure
where to begin... help please. Thank you very much.

Put the Dell Resource cd back in and reinstall your video drivers. If you
added a video card yourself and aren't using the one that came with your
Dell, get the drivers from the video card mftr.'s website - probably Nvidia
or ATI. Do the same for the wireless card. If this is a wireless card you
added yourself, get the drivers from the mftr.'s website.

Malke