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Hi I have an old Dell Demension XPS 8733, good old solid machine that is my back up tower. I just picked up a new copy XP with SP3, does anyone know if the dell requires using the Dell disks? I do have the old disks with no SP3, but I would like to use the new set. My concern would be any Dell specific drivers!
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Posted 26 June 2009 - 11:31 AM
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Posted 26 June 2009 - 11:51 AM
The downloads for all the Dell machines are here:
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/ .
I don't see an XPS8733 listed, perhaps it is listed under a different format model number.
The Dell disks are pure OS disks keyed to the machines bios. A retail OS will load just fine and all the drivers should be available from the above site.
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/ .
I don't see an XPS8733 listed, perhaps it is listed under a different format model number.
The Dell disks are pure OS disks keyed to the machines bios. A retail OS will load just fine and all the drivers should be available from the above site.
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Posted 26 June 2009 - 12:16 PM
Thanks for the link I will check it out, I had problems with an compac machine years back and to do it over with the compac disk.
Owner of to many computers some new, some gathering dust!
Main home built ASRock ConRoe 1333-D667 3.4 dual, core 2g ram, Thermaltake TR2 430w, Galaxy 9500GT vidio, XP home SP3 working through a WRT160Nv2
Dell Dimension 3000 2g ram backup
Acer Aspire One SSD w/Flash Point for travel.
Main home built ASRock ConRoe 1333-D667 3.4 dual, core 2g ram, Thermaltake TR2 430w, Galaxy 9500GT vidio, XP home SP3 working through a WRT160Nv2
Dell Dimension 3000 2g ram backup
Acer Aspire One SSD w/Flash Point for travel.
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Posted 26 June 2009 - 07:47 PM
I had an old compac, and the disk that was provided with it was a 'recovery disk'. Dell has always provided a true OS disk.
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