cant find ie7 in add/remove cant find window explorer

petec its 509pm here, okay talked to dell and they are sending me an o/s disk told her that i could not change anything in window set up in add/remove since it asked for disk and i didnt have one. also getting remote they forgot to send or if they i dont know how it look (yeah right). so everything is going to be on hold until i get that cd

another thing,i got a 160gb hard drive how do i know how it is partitioned or if it is??? and what is the difference between what dell has already sent me and the os disk?

 

i used the my computer>manage>disk management and looks as if disk 0 is in 3 parts
1st is sort of shaded and has 55mb.(healthy eisa) fat
2nd is c: with 133.31gb ntfs and heathly
3rd is 4.69gb fat32 unknown but healthy
is this going to be a problem? you mention partitions in your reply and i googled eisa and now it has to do intel processors or something like that. trying to give all the info i can while waiting for dell to send the cd(and the remote)

one more thing the dvd is for xp media center 2005 yet when i right click on my computer it shows xp midia center 2002 sp2 which is right? how do i find out which one is really on this machine?

 

right clicked on my computer it says media center 2002

that 3rd section of hard drive could that be my music, not to far off media player has 4.43gbs.no it lists settings and documents on c . well cant do anything until o/s cd arrives.

got to go back to dell need to know what is supposed to be on dell accessories.

will keep you informed of progress thanks again

 

petec, havent disappeared,waiting for o/s cd from dell.

 

Pete,

Not sure if this will be of any help, but...

Since Jan didn't give her Computer Model, I searched in Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 on the Dell site and came up with numerous pages.

Also, came up with these pages from the Knowledge Base. Hope this isn't totally useless!

My Dell is 5½ years old, so I'm sure my Dell Product Recovery CD would not give any info. that would be useful to Jan. I can read all the text files included on the CD, if I press the Shift Key when I insert the CD in the Drive. At least Jan might do that and pass on the information. On my Recovery CD there is a text file with complete instructions for the recovery of Windows 98SE.

FWIW

 

petec well im back,received the disk day before yesterday and it is the same as the dvd they sent before. the same dvd that is on post #16. sooo?

is the o/s considered a program or what? because this dvd says that it is not for reinstalling programs or drivers. can i put it in and do system file check? someplace i saw a post where you could burn One copy if you had that accessory on dell accessories.(i have 2,driver seset tool and express service code).ill look in dell and be back.

ramona thank you (oh and it is xp media center 2002 according to my computer rt clicking) im going to use your links (thanks loads)

 

okay i found what i was looking for and how to do it. all i need is the dell o/s recovery cd. which i dont have i m going to try one more time with dell live chat and ask for the dell o/s recovery utility,hopfully i can get it and it will not be the third reinstallation disk.

what is about blank,it keeps popping up on dell chat!!!

 

petec sorry so late had granddaughter over,

ran sfc/scannow, windows files protection came up and when it finished it said that "files that are required for windows to run properly must be copied to the dll cache" insert your windows xp professional cd2 now.

had a problem cancelling kept telling me that i would need the cd later on and was i sure (yes) soooooooo! now what?

if i understand it right we didnt get close to checking the files and cd2? thats what it said. going back to dell and see just what i am supposed to use in place of windows xp professional cd2.

 

You're most welcome! Windows XP Media Center 2002 is your OS, but what I was wondering about was the Model of your Dell. E.G., XPS200, 400, 600, Dell Inspiron, Dimension E310, etc. The reason I'm asking, is because the newer models have a simplified way to restore to factory installation, which, as I understand it, requires no additional software (Recovery DVD). See the bolded "NOTE" below:

From one of the Dell KB Articles, instruction for restoring the system to the Dell Factory installation:

From what I can gather there is no CD2, which if not OEM System Recovery software, would contain the Media Center Edition 2002, plus Media Player. Dell furnishes only the one DVD which contains everything.

If you have an older system Dell PC Restore by Symantec is available on Dimension and Inspiron systems that shipped on or after 7/16/2004 in the Americas, and 8/30/2004 in Europe. The instructions are in this Dell KB Article. This also appears to require no additional software (Recovery DVD).

 

ramona it is a dimension e510 and maybe that cd2 is referring to sp2 or rollup2 who knows

petec i did sfc /scannow from run and the windows file protection came up and ran for about 20 or so minutes,gave me the message and told me to insert the xp pro cd2 didnt get past that.

dell says that the reinstallation dvd is the one to use,and want me to repair windows by pressing r. also gave me link to site that im follow which brings up another question the site mentions restore. is restore the same as repair? computers can be nit-pickers.

ramona you have a new dell? what do you have listed in dell accessories? and oh yeah my computer was shipped 10/09/05, missed it by 9 days.

 

this is an added bonus, been meaning to mention it but having senior moments
i use on line library services (pines) order books etc but lately the site is not loading completely(it doesnt load what i need,the whole top of the page is empty) checked it out with firefox and also my 98se they load complete, so it is this computers ie6 problem.

another thing(bonus?) i play mahjong on yahoo i get flashes(as if with camera flash) and i can read what is on my toolbars when i click on a tile,but that page is the only up,whats under is desktop everything else is closed.

is this part of the problem or a clue to what is wrong with adell. oh yeah the firefox i used to check library site is on her (like i said it worked)

only send in 2 error reports lately one was add/remove froze and i could close control panel and open start but couldnt close add/remove. nonrespondenseing program. the other one installation wizard for dell service manual,it froze but i could open start and close it down i dont know just trying to give clues. or maybe trying to avoid reinstalling.?

 

well i bit the bullet and repaired windows xp pro i hope had very interesting time.

it repaired the windows media center
then it wanted to repair windows xp pro and asked where i wanted it
i told it c and it told me that an o/s was there already
i f3 and i told me that i didnt have xp pro loaded then went into windows set up (39 mins worth longer) told me that ngen.exe could not be loaded and something about net framework. that could not be loaded.

we went thur windows set up at least twice. never seen anything like it and why couldnt it load those two things new dvd? im going to check some things and i be back

oh by the way i changed the boot back to c and windows opened my desktop came up i still have one care,safety center, and my music plays although my dial-up connection came when we were the windows loading finalizing etc. dont know why but i have the dvd and i can give it a clean install if it comes to that. well just see what happens think ill run sfc and see if windows file protection come up with anything (like load dll to dll cache)