Top 20 Dell Inspiron 2200 Notebook Questions & Answers

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You have to do that as and Administrator by right clicking the mouse and looking for the right Setting

Go to service, you need factory reset on BIOS

If she's getting a Windows Welcome screen, then the system is booting and there's no obvious sign of a hard drive password (I've rarely seen these used anyway but they can be removed in some cases.) 1. You'll have to find a Password clear boot CD. There's one by HIRENS that can do it, but I use a simple one found by searching "Offline Windows Password & Registry Editor". You will have to know how do do these things: 1. Change the boot order of your laptop by going into the BIOS setup and make sure the boot order starts with the optical drive (be it DVD or CD) before the internal hard drive. If you cannot change the boot order due to a BIOS password, it can be cleared but you'll need to remove the CMOS clock battery and that requires taking the laptop apart. 2. Download the boot CD ISO and burn it to a physical CD. This is the recommended way to do it. 3. Get that CD you burned into the drive on the laptop and boot it. Either CD you end up with, it will boot a small version of Linux and then give you the option at some point to clear the Windows user password. If you do not know what you're looking at to find the proper Windows install on your drive, it is suggested you have someone look for it and use the password clear CD to help you accomplish it. It should conceivably easy to find what you need to change, and you get to see what it finds before you change anything. Ganbatte kudasai!

In inspiron 2200 shut down the system then restart and when you see the Dell logo tap F2 key. You will goto BIOS. In BIOS go under SYSTEM and then goto BOOT SEQUENCE. Then make sure that USB STORAGE device is at 1. position. You can modifiy this by highlighting the first option and press enter and then use + or - keys to change or look at the very bottom of screen to see how to change the value. Once USB storage device is in first position of boot sequence then on the left hand side of main menu goto POST BEHAVIOUR and expand it. Then goto US emulation and make sure it is enabled (ON) if not then make it on. Then save and exit the BIOS .Now make sure your USB device is connected Then restart the system andsoon as you see the Dell logo tap F12 . Now choose USB from the boot sequence and it will boot form USB device (If that USB device has bootable files)

You do it by format drive:/format then enter Y for yes if prompted. But the best way is to format it from my computer by right clicking on specified drive.

Contact Dell for support on this. They'll need proof that the laptop hasnt been stolen.

Hello DyAnon Hoppes,My name is Jesse and I work on the Dell Social Media Team.This error means that your IDE device (hard drive) has failed or is dying. It will need to be replaced. If you have any further questions or need any information you can email me at my email address listed below. Thank You,Dell-Jesse LDell Social Media and Communities[email protected]

Is it possible that it's display output is set to external screen, display no 2 from within the graphic cards settings/preferences. I cannot see how while in the GUI (XP Loaded) that making an adjustment not suitable for Laptops screen can take affect without XP sending out error messages. I really am curious now as to what the problem is or was, cheers.

Have you verified that the disk you are trying to boot is bootable and not damaged on it's boot sector? Does the drive read other DVDs (after boot into OS?)

In the Tray Notification Area click on the Sound Icon adjust volume. You can find a user manual here: http://www.dell.com/support/Manuals/us/en/19/product/inspiron-1200

Contact Dell for a one-time BIOS password.

Let's use an example Debbie-> don't know how to copy and pastePut your mouse cursor on the d in don't.Press the left mouse button, and hold it down.Now move the mouse cursor across the entire sentence, moving to the right. Stop at the letter e in paste.Let go of the mouse button.The sentence will now be highlighted in Blue.Now press, and hold the CTRL key, and tap once on the c key.[Small case letter -> c ]Put your mouse cursor, where you want to paste what you have copied.In your browser address bar, or whatever.(Address Bar: The box at top that has the URL in it.Starts off with www, or http:// )Now press the CTRL key down again, and this time tap once on the -> v key.c key is the Copy key, v key is the Paste key.For additional questions please post in a Comment.Regards,joecoolvette

Download AND install the audio driver. Choose what Windows operating system you are using, first.Driver: Small piece of software that allows the Operating System to communicate with a deviceThe device is the Audio chipset.The operating system wasn't stated.(Be sure to restart your computer after INSTALLING audio driver)http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/19/Product/inspiron-2200Using Windows XP for an example;Scroll down a little, click on the blue Down Arrow to the left of -Audio (1)Click on - Download File - to the right.Single-file download has a Green checkmark in it's small circle.IF not; click in the small empty circle, to the left of -Single-file download.Then click on Continue in the blue oval 'button'.A small window will come up -Opening R99254.EXEClick on Save File.A small download window will come up.Allow the file to fully download, then DOUBLE-click right on it.(If a Microsoft 'squawk box' comes up, ignore it. Click on OK.Second one? Click on Run)At the bottom of the 3 small windows, click on Next, Next, and Finish.If you are not asked to restart your computer, do so.IF, this doesn't cure the problem, suggest your audio chipset is bad, on motherboard.Since it is a laptop, NO; there is no replacing a sound card.Regards,joecoolvette

Replace the keyboard. You can get a new one for around $11 on ebay. The repair will only take about 5 minutes. Tons of "how to" videos on You Tube.

there's several issues that may be causing this issue, here's the main ones:1: faulty RAM: RAM that is faulty can cause blue screens of death, may not get read from by the system or cuse the system not to boot up at all, remove any RAM, and replace them or if you have two, remove one and attempt a boot, if this fails:2: Motherboard: If this fails, then it's a case of either a trip to the nearest computer shop or the internet, the old board will be simply completely dead, but if this fails... then3:Processor: Now's your chance to upgrade your processor!!, if you wanted something faster, but didn't know what one you want, Google your chipset's list of compatible processors, and look for one with the same socket as the current one, on the top of the socket, next ti the locking screw, there should be a little nit of text, it should say something like mPGA 478P (or another socket like G3 or others, the P is important, this is the form of the socket, with most, there's two form factors, usually P or B)If this results in still nothing, test the charger and battery, this should resolve any issues rather quickly!

Reginald coleman,If the bios sees the hard drive try the steps below to see if that will resolve the issue. If not, you may need to replace the hard drive.

Select your language, keyboard and currency layout from the onscreen menus.

Click "Repair your computer." Select the drive containing your Windows installation and press "Next." The computer will automatically be scanned for startup problems with the operating system, resolving those issues if possible.

Thank You,Dell-Jesse LDell Social Media and Communities

try this hold CTRL, ALT, DLT when it seems to reboot hold CTRL bring up a menu press safe mode after windows starts go to windows start menu go to run cmd type msconfig press the first one start windows normal

first install wifi drivers for your motherboard with the latest versionthen see if your router is configured properly as your ISP did initiallyif all these are ok then connect there should not be any problem