Thanks. just tried again today using version 1.6.5. no luck even removed sd card, switched on debugging, switched off and on again during rooting, tampering with debugging switch, installing adb, drivers from dell etc. sienz.
Can your phone be detected by the PC ? Do not assume it is. Check this by :
Put your Streak into Fastboot mode by powering on while holding the camera button. It will show a screen that says ‘Touch Calibration’ and ‘Fastboot’. Tap Fastboot. You will now see ‘Wait for USB FastBoot detect….’. Connect your phone to computer using the USB cable. The screen should display ‘FASTBOOT_MODE’.
If the phone screen is stuck at ” Wait for fastboot…” : then try this – On computer, Go to Device Manager. You should see an errored item called Android 1.0. Right click Android 1.0, select Update Driver Software, select Browse my computer, select Let me pick, select All Hardware, scroll down to Android Phone , select Android Bootloader and click OK.
If above fail then you need to reinstall drivers:
Download the correct drivers
Android SDK :
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
Windows drivers from here: ( or google for the exe file )
ftp://ftp.dell.com/Handheld/R288920.exe
Dell Mobile sync software if you need it for syncing :
http://www.nero.com/link.php?gen_id=10&to=9999&installmd5=mhubdell&prg=installmhubdell-1.exe