Dell Inspiron 8500 - Manual (Page 7)

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Video and Display Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
If the display is blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
If the display is difficult to read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
If only part of the display is readable . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Scanner Problems
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107
Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
If you cannot save a file to a floppy drive . . . . . . . . . . . 108
If you have problems with a hard drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
PC Card Problems
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109
General Program Problems
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110
A program crashes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
A program stops responding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Error messages appear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
E-Mail Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
If Your Computer Gets Wet
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111
If You Drop or Damage Your Computer
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112
Resolving Other Technical Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
What Is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Identifying Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Manually Reinstalling Drivers for Windows XP . . . . . . . . 115
Using System Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Creating a Restore Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Restoring the Computer to an Earlier Operating State . . . . . 116
Undoing the Last System Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Resolving Software and Hardware Incompatibilities
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118