Dell Inspiron 1521 (Mid 2007) - Manual (Page 9)

Contents
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If only part of the display is readable . . . . . . . 131
Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
What Is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Identifying Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 132
Troubleshooting Software and Hardware Problems in the Windows
Vista
®
Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Restoring Your Microsoft
®
Windows Vista
®
Operating System 135
Using Windows Vista System Restore . . . . . . . 136
Using the Operating System Media . . . . . . . . 139
13 Adding and Replacing Parts . . . . . . . . . 141
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Turning Off Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Before Working Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . 142
Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Removing the Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Replacing the Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Returning a Hard Drive to Dell . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Removing the Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Replacing the Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Hinge Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Removing the Hinge Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Replacing the Hinge Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Removing the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149