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Recovery button for DELL Inspiron 15R Special Edition?

How to on boot recovery? What button i should press when showing dell logo?I plan to format my laptop, but i cant even find my window 8 product key stick on my laptop. How should I get it? Is it the...

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Dell Inspiron 3537 , can't install 1705 wireless and bluetooth drivers on...

Hey guys,I just bought a Dell Inspiron 3537 with 500 gb hard drive capacity, 4 GB RAM, no graphics card and came with UBUNTU as its OS. So I made a clean install of Windows 8.1 pro myself. All the...

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Dell Venue 8 - Upgrade Window 8.1 to Windows 8.1 Pro

Hi,I have read a month or so ago that some loose their Bluetooth Keyboard and Mouse when upgrading to Windows 8 Pro from/ Windows 8.1, with Venue 8 Pro Tablet, is this still a known issue.

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Dell System Detect Windows 8.1

After upgrading my xps 12 to windows 8.1 (from 8.1 preview) Dell system detect no longer works. When I go to the dell support website to upgrade, or use anything on here that needs system detect it...

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inspiron15, using windows 8.1

I had to call Dell to redo my comuter due to problems that were due to incorrect start up at purchase. I am having trouble navigating through the windows 8 application. I also tried to defrag my...

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Same problem - Brazil

It is happening with me. After enter in sleep mod, there is nothing i can do to wake up the Windows 8.1 (Dell 15R 5537 64 bit)

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XPS8500 does not go to sleep

Hi,Recently, my computer XPS 8500 does not go to sleep after the setting time period. Only the monitor is turned off while the computer is still on I have check the steps from below...

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Question on System Backup

Does System Backup backup up everything after the first time, or only what has changed? After I create a system backup, do I need to only backup data files on a daily basis, and maybe do I system...

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How do I correctly partition the drive without invalidating the warranty?

How do I correctly partition the drive without  invalidating the warranty?   I may  get windows 8.1 full install disk.   I may wait tell after the warranty expires to install 8.1My current disk...

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How to reinstall windows 8

I purchased a dell inspiron 5521 a few  months back but i didn't get any windows 8 CD with it. I have to reinstall my windows, but when i try to do it with my friend's original windows CD, error says...

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Store does not recognize my Administrator User account when attempting to...

I purchased a Inspiron 17 7737 directly from dell.com on 12/5/2013.  It was delivered on 12/182013.  It had Windows 8 as the operating system.  I had assumed that it would have the latest version of...

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Windows 8 Dell Backup and Recovery Manager doesn't work

I have an Inspiron 7520 and uninstalled and reinstalled the new version of Dell Backup and Recovery Manager -- upgraded to premium to make sure that I would have full ability to use the program. Note:...

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Inspiron 630m microphone setup problems

Hello, my apologies if this question has been answered before.I've installed Window 7 of on an Inspiron 630m laptop and cannot connect a microphone, The ports OK re Device manager, but the message no...

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Windows update not working (new to me, but refurbished Inspiron 7000 (7537))

Just got my new laptop today.  Tried to install updates using windows updates, but the download never moves past 0%.  Tried the windows service that auto-fixes windows update...to no avail.  Can anyone...

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Refreshing Inspiron 3520 after Windows 8.1 has been installed.

I took up the opportunity of the free Windows 8.1 upgrade but I have had a problem with some software and I need to refresh my computer.Every time I go to 'Refresh your computer without affecting the...

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Not able to use recovery disk on new hard disk

My hard disk crashed. I have a recovery cd created on the time of purchase. I bought a new hard disk for this purpose. Now when I am trying to recover from the same cd it is getting stuck at 40 %...

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Updating PE Environment message after Win 8.1 Upgrade

After running win 8.1 upgrade I occasionally get msg. that system is updating PE but it never completes as far as I can tell.  Shows as running for about 15 minutes with 20 minutes remaining.  Update...

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What is the difference between windows 7 sp1 & Windows 8.1 aside from Metro...

What is the difference between windows 7 sp1 & Windows 8.1 aside from Metro apps?   I am deciding whether or not to buy the full install of 8.1  or keep Windows 7 sp 1.   I also heard heard...

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Load MMdriver application not working

Hello,I have dell 14z 5423 bought few months back.recently i switched to windows 8.1 from my previous operating system. After I installed the driver for AMD graphics( downloaded from the dell site for...

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Dell XPS L702X - unable to deactivate touchpad

Although there are already quite a few drivers for Windows 8, I can't find an updated version fo the touchpad-driver /-software. I don't want to seem impatient, I'd just like to know if DELL is aware...

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