Apparently it is some sort of RAID issue. He's rolling back to the Dell install and then going to try to use partition magic to get me a partition.
Damn, it just doesn't seem like it should be this hard. On 6/16/06, John Galt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey, I put a smiley on it. > > Sorry, I have no patience for BS, and it sounds like this guy is handing it > out. > > BTW, Deana, the vast majority of drivers are either the default ones that > ship with XP, or they would be installed AFTER the initial OS install. The > only exceptions to this I can think of are if you have any funky raid > drivers or whatever, and that's one of the questions you would be asked > during the install. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Charlie Griefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 11:02 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Stupid Dell > > > > T... you need to work on coming out of your shell a bit and saying > > what you think. > > > > All this holding stuff in can't be healthy :) > > > > On 6/16/06, John Galt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Tell your tech support guy I said he's an idiot that should do his job > > > instead of making excuses :) > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Deanna Schneider [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 10:53 AM > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > Subject: Re: Stupid Dell > > > > > > > > My tech support guy says that yes, while the drivers are there, > > > > they're not the ones that work during install. > > > > > > > > I don't know - it doesn't necessarily make sense to me, either. > > > > > > > > On 6/16/06, John Galt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Go to support.dell.com > > > > > > > > > > Type in the service tag on the machine. > > > > > > > > > > Download your drivers. > > > > > > > > > > Honestly, I hate it when people talk smack on Dell. I have like 4 > > of > > > > their > > > > > boxes and never have any problems with them. > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > From: Deanna Schneider [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 10:31 AM > > > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > > > Subject: Stupid Dell > > > > > > > > > > > > So, I got a new work computer. It's a Dell. The first thing I > > always > > > > > > do with a new computer, particularly a Dell, is reinstall a > > generic > > > > > > copy of windows and partition the drive. I try to do that. BSOD. > > > > > > Lovely. We pass it off to our internal tech support, as they don't > > pay > > > > > > me to do hardware stuff. As it turns out, Dell has now started > > > > > > shipping computers with no disks, and no way (apparently) to > > download > > > > > > drivers. So, while tech support has currently gotten it past the > > BSOD > > > > > > (it was a conflict with the video card and hyperthreading, or some > > > > > > such), it now doesn't see the hard drive, because it's a SATA hard > > > > > > drive and you need to preinstall the (nonexistant) drivers. > > > > > > > > > > > > Oh, and 30g of the drive is taken up by a "back up install" of the > > > > > > orginal system config, because Dell's new support model is "roll > > back > > > > > > to fresh install" if there are issues. Lovely. > > > > > > > > > > > > I just want a computer - I don't want your 8 million Dell specific > > > > > > reminders, popups, and gobbleydegooks. ARG! > > > > > > > > > > > > Rant over. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:209540 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
