Dell Inspiron 1100 - Manual (Page 91)

Solving Problems 91
4 Click Next. The CD automatically scans your hardware to detect
drivers and utilities used by your computer.
After the CD completes the hardware scan, you can also detect other
drivers and utilities. Under Search Criteria, select the appropriate
categories from the System Model, Operating System, and Topic
drop-down menus.
A link or links appear(s) for the specific drivers and utilities used by
your computer.
5 Click the link of a specific driver or utility to display information about
the driver or utility that you want to install.
6 Click the Install button (if present) to begin installing the driver or
utility. At the welcome screen, follow the screen prompts to complete
the installation.
If no Install button is present, automatic installation is not an option.
For installation instructions, either see the appropriate instructions in
the following subsections, or click Extract, follow the extracting
instructions, and read the readme file.
If instructed to navigate to the driver files, click the CD directory on
the driver information window to display the files associated with that
driver.
Manually Reinstalling Drivers for Windows XP
1 After extracting the driver files to your hard drive as described in the
previous section, click the Start button and right-click My Computer.
2 Click Properties.
3 Click the Hardware tab and click Device Manager.
4 Double-click the type of device for which you are installing the driver
(for example, Modems or Infrared devices).
5 Double-click the name of the device for which you are installing the
driver.
6 Click the Driver tab and click Update Driver.
7 Click Install from a list or specific location (Advanced) and click
Next.
8 Click Browse, and browse to the location to which you previously
extracted the driver files.