Dell Inspiron 3700 User Manual
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Utilities and Drivers for Microsoft
® Windows NT®: Dell™ Inspiron™ 3700 System
Reference
Overview
This section explains how to reinstall device drivers and utilities on your Dell portable computer running the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 operating
system.
To install the system software, you need the following items:
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Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 CD
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Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 5 CD
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System Software CD
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CD-ROM drive (installed)
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One formatted diskette
The following subsections describe the drivers and utilities that are provided on the System Software CD.
Installing the System Utilities
System utilities let you configure features such as the save-to-disk suspend (S2D) partition. To copy the system utilities to your hard-disk drive,
perform the following steps.
1. Insert the System Software CD into the CD-ROM drive.
2. Double-click the My Computer icon.
3. Double-click the CD-ROM drive icon.
4. Double-click the Nt4 folder.
5. Double-click the Suspend folder.
6. Double-click the Axx folder, where xx is the video driver revision.
7. Copy each of the utilities on the System Software CD to the c:\dell directory on your hard-disk drive. The utilities have the following
filenames: mks2d.exe, rms2d.exe, asset.com, and readme.s2d.
For more information on copying files, see the documentation that came with the operating system.
After you copy the utilities to your hard-disk drive, you must restart your computer in the MS-DOS
® mode to use the utilities.
See the readme.s2d file on the System Software CD for more information on using the save-to-disk suspend (S2D) partition utilities.
Installing Softex Docking Services
Installing the System Utilities
Dell DualPoint™ Integrated Pointing Device Drivers
Installing the Power Management Utility
Installing the PC Card Utility
NOTE: To install the drivers and utilities correctly, you must install them in the order presented in this document.
NOTE: You can also run the system utilities directly from the System Software CD.