Problem with Dell Dimension 4100

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28 Apr 2009, 12:24 pm

I can't install drivers because dell says I don't have enough disk space even though I have a 40 GB Hard Drive with 37GB Left. Could you guys help me.

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28 Apr 2009, 1:51 pm

What are you installing drivers for? Are you using a Microsoft based OS or Linux derivative?

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28 Apr 2009, 2:03 pm

No, I'm using Windows and just reformatted my drive. I wouldn't use linux on a computer going to a end user.

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28 Apr 2009, 2:51 pm

It might depend on what you're installing drivers for. Does it tell you you don't have enough disk space when you put data on the disk? If so, then you probably just need a new install, because something's screwed up there. Is your partitioning screwed up somehow?

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No, I'm using Windows and just reformatted my drive. I wouldn't use linux on a computer going to a end user.

Once Linux is set up properly, I think it's quite friendly to end users- it's just the installation and configuration that can sometimes be a pain. A friend of mine has his little sister running Linux just fine with GNOME- but he has to install it for her.

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28 Apr 2009, 6:28 pm

Orwell wrote:

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No, I'm using Windows and just reformatted my drive. I wouldn't use linux on a computer going to a end user.

No, I just have one big NTFS partition occupying the entire drive. Should I make a 3GB FAT32 partition also so I can install OEM drivers w/o the installation bitching at me.

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28 Apr 2009, 6:39 pm

I should probably confess that I don't actually know how to use Windows... I never really have. That said, you should be able to install drivers just fine, and I have no idea why it wouldn't let you. If it lets you put drivers in a separate partition and it works that way, try it.

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28 Apr 2009, 7:33 pm

Orwell wrote:

If it lets you put drivers in a separate partition and it works that way, try it.

It doesn't. Windows requires everything to be in it's root folder, bloody git that it is.

OP.... you upgraded this HD didn't you? 37 GB's free... that's not right. Go into BIOS and see how the computer is reporting the HD please?

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28 Apr 2009, 8:13 pm

kip wrote:

Orwell wrote:

If it lets you put drivers in a separate partition and it works that way, try it.

I did and It is the original 40GB ATA Western Digital the computer came with. I installed a freash copy of windows and a can install the sound driver and thats it.

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