Chris Wilson Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Agreed, luckily I had the motherboard driver disk to hand when I reinstalled Windows 7 64 bit the other day. Win 7 did not load suitable generic drivers for my (current) motherboard. Without the drivers or another PC already connected to the net I'd have had a problem! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesy Posted March 26, 2015 Author Share Posted March 26, 2015 errrmmm, im lost now - how do you mean back up the drivers? Stevie, pm'd you the service tag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creative Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 go to the mobo manufacturers website and download them. Lan driver is a minimum! at least you could get online and download any further drivers you need without being stuck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike2JZ Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 So go on Dell website, search for your model number, go to the support section > drivers > then download (at minimum) the lan drivers. Stick the lan driver on a usb, then when you go to reinstall windows, once it's done stick the usb in and install the lan driver. Then you will have internet connection again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesy Posted March 26, 2015 Author Share Posted March 26, 2015 ok got it thanks mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesy Posted March 27, 2015 Author Share Posted March 27, 2015 Ordered win7 last night so thanks for the advice.. Next question would be whats a decent cheap upgrade from my current Office 2003 software please? my current one is a bit old and wont open some attachments and excel spread sheets properly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie_b Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 If you're not a power user (not into macros, or very specific formatting, or other deep stuff), you could install a free office package: LibreOffice is pretty good. It can read and write MS Office file formats. Some more unusual features of MS Office don't get imported exactly how they might appear in Office itself, hence me asking if you're a power user. Another "problem" with LibreOffice is the user interface: things are laid out slightly differently to MS Office, not radically, but it could get annoying if you're very used to Office. If it has to be Microsoft Office, student editions are much cheaper. You need to be a student though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorling Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Or get 365, the latest versions of all Office software and capable of being run on five devices for about £100 a year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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