posted on Nov, 10 2010 @ 09:36 AM
Originally posted by davespanners
You can download drivers for every Dell product made after 1994 for free from their website, even if you can't find it there it will be on the web
somewhere. Why would you need to buy a CD?
Dell drivers
Yes, you can, no argument there. Here lies the problem. I did a fresh install on a Dell Notebook computer, and installed Windows XP from a factory OEM
CD. No drivers loaded, could not go online, no Ethernet drivers at all. So, went to my own computer, a custom built job, and downloaded the drivers
from Dell Support, and burned them to CD, all were .exe files.
Nothing doing, not a one would install, the computer said the drivers were not official Dell, and could not be installed. I have an external CD/DVD
USB optic drive, and I have three Dell CDs with Dell drivers for a desktop computer that all install just perfectly on a Dell desktop computer. I also
have a CD with 100,000 Windows drivers on it, not a one would install. Dell has these little things locked up tight. The bad thing was, I installed PC
Linux Gnome on it and Linux had all the drivers, every single one.... but, with only an 8 Gb hard drive, updates had no room to install. I worked on
that little monster for 6 hours, and gave up, something I rarely do. but without a bigger HD, the girl owner has no choice but to buy a new laptop.
She told me she would not ever buy Dell again, and lots of other people have said that to me also. For the money, if you want a new computer, a
desktop model, E-Machines at Walmart is the best deal. You can get the whole thing for $300. The best thing is build it yourself.