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Dannykgb
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_ 		9. May 2009 @ 19:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Ok ive searched this forum and found good helpful information on reformatting my dell computer with windows XP, but I rebooted, went to the boot menu with f12, and it turns out I have a SATA Hardrive. All advice found on this forum states I need to load the drivers from the manufacturer's CD onto a floppy disk and use it while reformatting. Now I have two problems with this step.

1) To my knowledge Dell never gave me a motherboard CD with the necessary drivers.

2) My computer does NOT have a floppy disk drive.

Now is there a way to reformat without the drivers on a CD and without a floppy drive to load them? I hope so...

Of course any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks guys.
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mistycat
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_ 		9. May 2009 @ 19:53 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
A program like Driver Max (free) will examine your pc and put all your driver's in a folder you can burn to a CD. http://www.innovative-sol.com/drivermax/
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_ 		10. May 2009 @ 14:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
closed due to multi-posting
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