Assuming there's a hidden Recovery partition, format & do a clean install
using that option.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002


Doctor Cat wrote:
> I don't get involved with setting up PCs very often so forgive me for what
> will probably seem like a dumb question to those who do this all the
> time....
>
> I need help finding the Ethernet Controller drivers for a Dell Precision
> 670.
>
> I purchased the computer, used, from a friend. It came with the hard
> drives
> erased and I have already installed Windows XP SP2 on it.
>
> When I look in Device Manager, I see that I am missing drivers for the
> Ethernet card, video controller, and multimedia controller. The one that
> concerns me most is the Ethernet card: I am trying to get this PC online
> so
> that I can get all the remaining drivers and then network it with others
> in
> the house but, right now, there are no network drivers installed.
>
> Using another computer that is already online, I've been to the Dell
> website
> and searched for drivers and limited it to XP. I downloaded what seemed to
> be the appropriate files (R138111.exe and also R138112.exe) and burned
> them
> on to a CD but when I try to install them on the Dell, it doesn't find the
> drivers it wants.
>
> I've never set up a Dell before but I would like to think that there
> should
> be a file somewhere that has all of the drivers that I'll need to set up a
> Precision 670 or, failing that, the individual drivers I need will be
> findable from the web page but, so far, I'm coming up empty.
>
> Can someone who is familiar with Dells please help me figure this out??