Dell Laptop User Thread

[msmurf]

yo no prob man. still busy exploring.....haa....

cheers!

 

[l0nEr_]

Eh. Nobody thinks of getting Vostro?

 

[Diavonex]

For you info, the Dell Inspiron 1720 can accomodate two hard disk drives.

 

[cracker]

Cracker just read the Inspiron 1420 manual

The 1420 do not have a Recovery Partition so there's no necessity to do backup.

screen capture of my 1420

recovery partition is there in my 1420.

 

[Diavonex]

If you have a Recovery partition, I would suggest you backup with Acronis 10.

 

[cracker]

No idea....tat is the least of my concern.

What I am interested in right now is how to partition the OS (C drive of 99GB into 2 partition of say, 30 and 60GB.

I wanted to do it the traditional way...ie reformat and do the setting during the setup..but the Dell guy said can use the "shrink" feature to get the job done...

any1 had tried ?

 

[Diavonex]

No idea....tat is the least of my concern.

What I am interested in right now is how to partition the OS (C drive of 99GB into 2 partition of say, 30 and 60GB.

I wanted to do it the traditional way...ie reformat and do the setting during the setup..but the Dell guy said can use the "shrink" feature to get the job done...

any1 had tried ?

You can use Vista to shrink partition.

You shrink the 90GB to 30GB you'll end up with 60GB unallocated.

You can create a new partition with the 60GB unallocated space.

http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/1593/vista_shrink_partition

 

[cracker]

You can use Vista to shrink partition. Shrink the 90GB to 30GB to create the 60GB

http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/1593/vista_shrink_partition

thx ...i had just tried..I could see the 30GB bit...but couldnt see the 60 GB..
must do more study before the next trial...

 

[Diavonex]

Create new partition using the Vista DVD

http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org/new_partition_using_vista_dvd.htm

 

[yandaoben]

ah.... dell inspirion 6400 win Xp user here...

says connected to my home wireless network, but can't access www.google.com, says page cannot be displayed.

i can get to yahoo search pages tho, like when i typed in a url then it redirects me to the yahoo search result page.

any ideas?

Thank you.

 

[Diavonex]

Delete Temporary Files and History and try again

 

[colton]

What dell model did you order?
If it is the m1330, then it is too good to be true.

I ordered the Inspiron 1520. I received Dell's call today and said it will be delivered tomorrow!! Wow in 5 days! However, I've been reading people here formatting and reinstalling stuff - why??? When I buy a laptop, I want to start using it without having to reinstall from scratch. Also, what's this thing about settings for resolution? Which is the best?

 

[Diavonex]

I ordered the Inspiron 1520. I received Dell's call today and said it will be delivered tomorrow!! Wow in 5 days! However, I've been reading people here formatting and reinstalling stuff - why??? When I buy a laptop, I want to start using it without having to reinstall from scratch. Also, what's this thing about settings for resolution? Which is the best?

Just open it and enjoy it.

One month down the road, you'll have a better idea what is good and bad.

The original resolution is usually the best.

 

[cheong79]

Hi All, for those using dell lappy with Vista, can post ur

Windows Experience Index score: Mine below.

Strangely when check HWZ review on new benq lappy, the Graphic & Gaming Graphic rating is 5.9 & 5.3 But mine only 4.6 & 5.1(see above)

Somemore the benq lappy only use 8600gs but mine 8600gt lost hand-down.... dunno why???

http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles/view.php?cid=14&id=2324&pg=3

 

[cheong79]

yo,

just received my 1520, tell me how to check whether got pc restore and i ll come back asap. btw, i can see a recovery partition 10 gb in the disk management screen.

Hi msmurf,

Can check with u, when u click remove ur thumbdrive on the USB icon, do ur thumbdrive still light up?

Mine always light even the message said "SAFE TO REMOVE".

Dunno issit the bug like wat've Diavonex mention?

 

[Diavonex]

Please resize your image to no more than 800X600 before you upload otherwise we'll have to scroll left and right.

Just install ImageResizer and right-click on image file to resize.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

 

[l0nEr_]

Urs is 1520 izit? so u have 8600M GT right? its DDR2 ram i think, not DDR3. Thats y u lost out i guess.

Hey, i just ordered my laptop yesterday. From where can i check delivery date? Thanks.

 

[Diavonex]

Order Status:

http://cs.ap.dell.com/support/orderstatus/index.aspx?c=sg&l=en

 

[cheong79]

Urs is 1520 izit? so u have 8600M GT right? its DDR2 ram i think, not DDR3. Thats y u lost out i guess.

Hey, i just ordered my laptop yesterday. From where can i check delivery date? Thanks.

So u mean 8600gs with ddr3 can outperform 8600gt ddr2??? Like tat seen something is wrong.

 

[l0nEr_]

i dun noe. its just a guess. Tink ur GT should be better than GS though. lol.

anyway the windows experience thing isnt really reliable one lah. The factors contributing to it may be a little weird i guess. Maybe you update your driver you will get another different number