2When the Drivers and Utilities media installation program starts, follow the prompts on the screen.
NOTE: In most cases, the Drivers and Utilities program starts running automatically. If it does not, start Windows Explorer, click your media drive directory to display the media contents, and then
3When the InstallShield Wizard Complete window appears, remove the Drivers and Utilities media and click Finish to restart the computer.
4When you see the Windows desktop, reinsert the Drivers and Utilities media.
5At the Welcome Dell System Owner screen, click Next.
NOTE: The Drivers and Utilities program displays drivers only for hardware that came installed in your computer. If you installed additional hardware, the drivers for the new hardware might not be displayed. If those drivers are not displayed, exit the Drivers and Utilities program. For drivers information, see the documentation that came with the device.
A message appears, stating that the Drivers and Utilities media is detecting hardware in your computer.
The drivers that are used by your computer are automatically displayed in the My
6Click the driver that you want to reinstall and follow the instructions on the screen.
If a particular driver is not listed, then that driver is not required by your operating system.
Manually Reinstalling Drivers
After extracting the driver files to your hard drive as described in the previous section:
1Click the Windows Vista Start button , and
2Click Properties→ Device Manager.
NOTE: The User Account Control window may appear. If you are an administrator on the computer, click Continue; otherwise, contact your administrator to enter the Device Manager.
Reinstalling Software
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