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    DELL XPS 1330 - Reinstall CD Needed - Reward.

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by adsandiego, Apr 6, 2009.

  1. adsandiego

    adsandiego Newbie

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    Hello.
    MY GF has a dell xps M1330. I reformatted the HD and now can not install Vista to work properly on it. When I tried installing XP, it wont recognize the drive.

    When I formatted the HD , i also deleted the recovery partition. She has misplaced the disc that came with the laptop. I can not DL the disk from dell or other places.

    Is there an owner of an xps 1330 owner who is willing to upload a copy of his or her recovery disc?

    For your trouble, I'd be happy to buy you lunch (sent in the form of a paypal donation ) :)

    Thanks.

    laptop info: bought 2/2/08
    (red) version xps m1330
    Vista Ultimate installed originally
     
    adsandiego, Apr 6, 2009
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  2. whizzo

    whizzo Notebook Prophet

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    sounds like all you need to do is slipstream the SATA driver into the install disc.
     
    whizzo, Apr 6, 2009
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  3. yuio

    yuio NBR Assistive Tec. Tec.

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    call dell. usually for a small fee they can ship you a new disk.
     
    yuio, Apr 6, 2009
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    pacmandelight Notebook Deity

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    I thought you had to burn a disc off of the recovery partition.
     
    pacmandelight, Apr 6, 2009
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    booboo12 Notebook Prophet

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    Nope, while that was true around the 2004/2005 time frame, Dell has since returned to giving you a Windows DVD and a Driver's disk. All additional software included with a system is on separate CD's.
     
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    adsandiego Newbie

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    That's what it was. I slipstreamed the sata drivers into an XP sp3 install disc and it worked fine. I guess it's just a matter of upgrading to Vista and making sure I have the sata driver dl from Dell.

    Thanks.
     
    adsandiego, Apr 6, 2009
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