All,
My computer, Dell Inspiron M5010, that was purchased in 2010 had a total hard drive failure, so my remedy was to replace the hard drive and search for the operating software disks and reload. After searching everywhere, the discs were never provided, Dell standard practice, but I did find a utility driver disc, which has been of no use.
When I load the WIndows 8.1 onto a fresh hard drive, it seems to be running smooth until the "Getting Devices Ready" stage and then the screen goes black and the show is over. It seems like this is related to an outdated driver between windows 7 and windows 8.1.
Any idea on how to load a driver onto a blank computer without an operating system?
Totally in the dark...literally and figuratively.
sz90pw