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    Vista reinstall M1330 killing me HELP

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by photognj, Apr 22, 2008.

  1. photognj

    photognj Notebook Geek

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    Hi,

    Dell is having problem finding the guide to reinstalling Vista on a Dell XPS 1330.
    "You can do a google search" chat guy says.

    I recall seeing guide to reinstall but can't find it.

    The order of reinstallation is something like: chipset, video, audio, wifi, drivers, then Windows updates.

    Can you please help? This is second reinstall and addition of Nvidia and a few other drivers is creating Blue screen of death.
     
    photognj, Apr 22, 2008
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    nick5ter Notebook Enthusiast

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    odd, didnt realised it was such a pain to reinstall vista...

    i just loaded vista... installed all the dell drivers chipset first, then the video card drives... not sure the rest really mattered. then popped on SP1 then started a windows update.

    at what point do u get the BSOD? after which install?
     
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    chinezegirl Notebook Enthusiast

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    lqaddict Notebook Consultant

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    The sticky is the very first thread on these forums!
     
    lqaddict, Apr 22, 2008
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  5. photognj

    photognj Notebook Geek

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    thanks for the help. i looked at that sticky but more intested in just a clean install without any of the dell MEDIADIRECT stuff. I saw a detailed step-by-step guide in one of the threads the other day.
     
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    lqaddict Notebook Consultant

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    I'd leave MD alone, there are reports that it screws up your MBR if you ever push the MD button and the MD partition is nowhere to be found.
     
    lqaddict, Apr 22, 2008
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