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John Alger Posted on Jul 21, 2014
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Bought a used Dell Dimension 2400 and I'm trying to erase it with all of her information because her bank stuff and all that is on here and I don't want to be responsible and so I'd like to erase this and started fresh it has a Windows XP on it and I'd like to put Windows 7 on it what do I do

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Go to the link posted below and download (free) DBAN disk wiper. It will be an image (ISO) and then burn it to a CD or DVD disk. IMPORTANT: Make sure you have the BIOS set to CD=First Boot Device.
Now insert the CD or DVD in your driver and reboot. Choose "Automatic". Let it run, it will take a while so go and watch a movie or something. It will wipe the drive including partition. It would take the equivalent of the FBI to recover any data off the hard drive once it is finished, this is a pro low-level data remover.
http://www.dban.org/download
click the red "DOWNLOAD" button.
Incidentally, before you install Windows7 I strongly suggest you run the (free) Microsoft system analyzer to make sure W7 will run on your legacy system.
If there are further questions, I hang out at www.suggest-a-fix.com
which is a free computer help forum. Post in the Hardware section and I will be along. This forum is not set up for complicated problems that require repeated, in-depth communication.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on May 20, 2008

SOURCE: dual monitors on my dell dimension 2400

To run dual monitors will require you to install a PCI video card.

Like this one:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2484223&CatId=319

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on May 21, 2008

SOURCE: Dell Dimension 2350 restore cd or bootable cd.

go to pricegrabber.com to buy a new copy of XP. Save the stuff U want and install the new os. reload U'r saved data. If some of what U wnat to save are programs, U will have to reinstall those. The new XP os will self install from cd on boot up.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Feb 25, 2009

SOURCE: I can't get Lorex VistaPro4 QLR0440 working on my XP

I had the same problem for a while till I figured out how to fix it.

go into:
start -> control panel -> system -> hardware -> device manager
in device manager go down to the "sound, video, and game controllers"

in my system there was another set of audio and video capture drivers installed ("kworldb878 audio capture" or something)

go into those, and update driver; instead of letting it search, choose the driver from the list. (lexor is the manufacturer) and then install the lexor drivers, and that fixed it for me :)


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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Mar 18, 2009

SOURCE: Dell dimension 2400 does not recognize cd/dvd drive

Dear Minita,

please follow these steps.

1. Click on START button, the click on RUN
2. Enter REGEDIT and press enter
3. When REGEDIT starts, open up the following folders
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
SYSTEM
CurrentControlSet
Control
Class
{4D36E965-E325 -11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
4. After clicking on {4D36E965-E325 -11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} you should see two settings on the right-hand side:
"Upperfilters"
"Lowerfilters"
Click on each of them, press DELETE and click YES.

Then close REGEDIT, shutdown & restart your PC

if you still having problem or any other questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Many Thanks.

Regards,

AJoshi

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Larry Rider

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  • Posted on Mar 19, 2009

SOURCE: download audio drivers for my dell dimension 4550

From link included select your version from (3) and sound card driver, download and install as instructed. I also recommend check out Dell support for 4550 PC at this link. Please rate me mysleuth

http://search.dell.com/results.aspx?spf=Dimension&ssysid=DIM_PNT_P4_4550&ssysn=4550&s=gen&c=us&l=en&cs=&ec=&ira=False&cat=sup&subcat=dyd%2F3&rf=all&evl=&nk=f&k=dell+dimension+4550&p=1&nf=&rpp=12&sort=K&~srd=False&ipsys=False&advsrch=False&p=1

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