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Dell 14R Drivers Install DVD Not functional
Hi,
This is more about Dell 14R Inspiron. I wiped the hard drive completely. the only thing I have to work with for system is my own copy of Win7 Home Prem, the Dell Drivers DVD, and some linux distros.
When I install my own copy of Win7 Home Prem. Things work okay but it doesn't activate and many drivers are missing.
There does not seem to be a system install disk provided by dell?????????? Is that the situation?? Fail dell fail!! Is that?? I can't believe how pathetically problematic and unresourceful that is. I thought the Restore Dell DVD would have system on it but it doesn't seem to.
Finally the drivers. I can download drivers from dell's site but it's a bit trial-and-error. This is additionally vexing because the Dell Driver DVD has all the drivers I need but it won't install/expand the drivers.
Does anyone have any ideas on
- Getting the Drivers to Install from the DVD?
- Dealing with the version of Windows 7 Home Prem Activation?
- Verifying that Dell didn't include a system disk (how is that anything but unresourceful and stupid?)?
What I'll likely end up doing is getting my own Home Prem win 7 sys install to work and downloading and installing drivers manually.
Thanks!