Resolved Dell Resource CD Missing from Add/Remove Programs

I'm going back to have to reinstall a number of drivers from scratch on this computer, and am using the very first driver disc (the resource CD) that came with the machine, to reinstall them.

I am receiving this error message:

When I run add/remove programs, the resource cd is not listed. Tracking down other people who've run into similar problems on the net led me to download the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility. It did not list the ResourceCD there, either.

I haven't come across any tools or other fixes for this problem. Is there a removal tool (similar to what Norton provides for their anti-virus on occasion) to remove the resource CD's remnants, that I've just missed?

 

I expect it is a Dell "thing ", rather than Windows.

Dell used to put a Drivers folder on the C: drive (C:\Drivers), if you ran the the Dell installation try looking for it.

This is a suggestion at the Dell forums
http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/software-os/f/3524/p/19317567/19639469.aspx#19639469
In other words, get the drivers from their website.

I suggest you don't dwell very much on the error, it might seem to be "cyclical ".

Matt

 

I will have to download them directly from the site, it seems.

Thank you.