Dell Inspiron mini 10V

It's a mini notebook. The hard drive was shot. I installed a new one.
I'm using a Dell XP Home restore CD to restore it.

After XP installed, the hard drive comes up as drive E:
There's no CD drive in it so I'm using an external one to install. It shows
up as D: What is showing up as C: is a "Removable Disk".
In Device Manager it's called a Generic- Multi-Card USB Device.
In reality it is a built in card reader.
There's no trace of it in BIOS. If I disable legacy USB support then I
can't boot off the CD.
Back into installation again. I have deleted the existing Windows partition
(that I just installed) and am now down to Unpartitioned Space and "Unknown
Disk" followed by "(There is no disk in this drive)"

Basically, I want the hard drive to come up as C: That's the way it was
before and that's the way I want it now.

Surely there's an easier way than taking the thing apart and disconnecting
the card reader. With my luck, it'd probably still show up anyway.

I am starting over again at this moment, but I haven't changed anything and
I don't expect anything different.

Ideas?

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Menno Hershberger <mhersh22@nosuchplace.net> wrote in
news:XnsA02CF08D0D43Bbutter@wefb973cbe498:

> It's a mini notebook. The hard drive was shot. I installed a new one.
> I'm using a Dell XP Home restore CD to restore it.
>
> After XP installed, the hard drive comes up as drive E:
> There's no CD drive in it so I'm using an external one to install. It
> shows up as D: What is showing up as C: is a "Removable Disk".
> In Device Manager it's called a Generic- Multi-Card USB Device.
> In reality it is a built in card reader.
> There's no trace of it in BIOS. If I disable legacy USB support then I
> can't boot off the CD.
> Back into installation again. I have deleted the existing Windows
> partition (that I just installed) and am now down to Unpartitioned
> Space and "Unknown Disk" followed by "(There is no disk in this
> drive)"
>
> Basically, I want the hard drive to come up as C: That's the way it
> was before and that's the way I want it now.
>
> Surely there's an easier way than taking the thing apart and
> disconnecting the card reader. With my luck, it'd probably still show
> up anyway.
>
> I am starting over again at this moment, but I haven't changed
> anything and I don't expect anything different.

OK. Scratch that one. The second time around it turned up as C drive!

All I've got left now is an Unknown Device I haven't figured out yet. I'll
try to Google my way through that one.

If not.... I'll be back! :-)



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Menno Hershberger wrote:
> Menno Hershberger <mhersh22@nosuchplace.net> wrote in
> news:XnsA02CF08D0D43Bbutter@wefb973cbe498:
>
>> It's a mini notebook. The hard drive was shot. I installed a new one.
>> I'm using a Dell XP Home restore CD to restore it.
>>
>> After XP installed, the hard drive comes up as drive E:
>> There's no CD drive in it so I'm using an external one to install. It
>> shows up as D: What is showing up as C: is a "Removable Disk".
>> In Device Manager it's called a Generic- Multi-Card USB Device.
>> In reality it is a built in card reader.
>> There's no trace of it in BIOS. If I disable legacy USB support then I
>> can't boot off the CD.
>> Back into installation again. I have deleted the existing Windows
>> partition (that I just installed) and am now down to Unpartitioned
>> Space and "Unknown Disk" followed by "(There is no disk in this
>> drive)"
>>
>> Basically, I want the hard drive to come up as C: That's the way it
>> was before and that's the way I want it now.
>>
>> Surely there's an easier way than taking the thing apart and
>> disconnecting the card reader. With my luck, it'd probably still show
>> up anyway.
>>
>> I am starting over again at this moment, but I haven't changed
>> anything and I don't expect anything different.
>
> OK. Scratch that one. The second time around it turned up as C drive!
>
> All I've got left now is an Unknown Device I haven't figured out yet. I'll
> try to Google my way through that one.
>
> If not.... I'll be back! :-)

One site mentions:

"The only unknown device was the battery driver and I downloaded the
Mini 10v XP driver from the Dell website which worked fine. I also
installed the Synaptics touchpad driver from the Dell website to
enable scrolling to work."

I'd take a skim through the Dell drivers, and see which ones you haven't
got yet.

HTH,
Paul

Paul <nospam@needed.com> wrote in news:jlm0vi$933$1@dont-email.me:

> Menno Hershberger wrote:
>> Menno Hershberger <mhersh22@nosuchplace.net> wrote in
>> news:XnsA02CF08D0D43Bbutter@wefb973cbe498:
>>
>>> It's a mini notebook. The hard drive was shot. I installed a new
>>> one. I'm using a Dell XP Home restore CD to restore it.
>>>
>>> After XP installed, the hard drive comes up as drive E:
>>> There's no CD drive in it so I'm using an external one to install.
>>> It shows up as D: What is showing up as C: is a "Removable Disk".
>>> In Device Manager it's called a Generic- Multi-Card USB Device.
>>> In reality it is a built in card reader.
>>> There's no trace of it in BIOS. If I disable legacy USB support then
>>> I can't boot off the CD.
>>> Back into installation again. I have deleted the existing Windows
>>> partition (that I just installed) and am now down to Unpartitioned
>>> Space and "Unknown Disk" followed by "(There is no disk in this
>>> drive)"
>>>
>>> Basically, I want the hard drive to come up as C: That's the way it
>>> was before and that's the way I want it now.
>>>
>>> Surely there's an easier way than taking the thing apart and
>>> disconnecting the card reader. With my luck, it'd probably still
>>> show up anyway.
>>>
>>> I am starting over again at this moment, but I haven't changed
>>> anything and I don't expect anything different.
>>
>> OK. Scratch that one. The second time around it turned up as C drive!
>>
>> All I've got left now is an Unknown Device I haven't figured out yet.
>> I'll try to Google my way through that one.
>>
>> If not.... I'll be back! :-)
>
> One site mentions:
>
> "The only unknown device was the battery driver and I downloaded
> the
> Mini 10v XP driver from the Dell website which worked fine. I also
> installed the Synaptics touchpad driver from the Dell website to
> enable scrolling to work."
>
> I'd take a skim through the Dell drivers, and see which ones you
> haven't got yet.

It was "Dell Battery Meter/Wireless Select Switch".

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On 4/6/2012 6:28 PM, Menno Hershberger wrote:
> Paul<nospam@needed.com> wrote in news:jlm0vi$933$1@dont-email.me:
>
>> Menno Hershberger wrote:
>>> Menno Hershberger<mhersh22@nosuchplace.net> wrote in
>>> news:XnsA02CF08D0D43Bbutter@wefb973cbe498:
>>>
>>>> It's a mini notebook. The hard drive was shot. I installed a new
>>>> one. I'm using a Dell XP Home restore CD to restore it.
>>>>
>>>> After XP installed, the hard drive comes up as drive E:
>>>> There's no CD drive in it so I'm using an external one to install.
>>>> It shows up as D: What is showing up as C: is a "Removable Disk".
>>>> In Device Manager it's called a Generic- Multi-Card USB Device.
>>>> In reality it is a built in card reader.
>>>> There's no trace of it in BIOS. If I disable legacy USB support then
>>>> I can't boot off the CD.
>>>> Back into installation again. I have deleted the existing Windows
>>>> partition (that I just installed) and am now down to Unpartitioned
>>>> Space and "Unknown Disk" followed by "(There is no disk in this
>>>> drive)"
>>>>
>>>> Basically, I want the hard drive to come up as C: That's the way it
>>>> was before and that's the way I want it now.
>>>>
>>>> Surely there's an easier way than taking the thing apart and
>>>> disconnecting the card reader. With my luck, it'd probably still
>>>> show up anyway.
>>>>
>>>> I am starting over again at this moment, but I haven't changed
>>>> anything and I don't expect anything different.
>>>
>>> OK. Scratch that one. The second time around it turned up as C drive!
>>>
>>> All I've got left now is an Unknown Device I haven't figured out yet.
>>> I'll try to Google my way through that one.
>>>
>>> If not.... I'll be back! :-)
>>
>> One site mentions:
>>
>> "The only unknown device was the battery driver and I downloaded
>> the
>> Mini 10v XP driver from the Dell website which worked fine. I also
>> installed the Synaptics touchpad driver from the Dell website to
>> enable scrolling to work."
>>
>> I'd take a skim through the Dell drivers, and see which ones you
>> haven't got yet.
>
> It was "Dell Battery Meter/Wireless Select Switch".
>

If I recall correctly, you an even uninstall the utility after you have
installed it, and the driver bit will stay behind. There's really no
reason to do that, but just a bit of trivia for you.

Grinder <grinder@no.spam.maam.com> wrote in
news:3pqdnTWF4b9PLOLSnZ2dnUVZ_uadnZ2d@mchsi.com:

> On 4/6/2012 6:28 PM, Menno Hershberger wrote:
>> Paul<nospam@needed.com> wrote in news:jlm0vi$933$1@dont-email.me:
>>
>>> Menno Hershberger wrote:
>>>> Menno Hershberger<mhersh22@nosuchplace.net> wrote in
>>>> news:XnsA02CF08D0D43Bbutter@wefb973cbe498:
>>>>
>>>>> It's a mini notebook. The hard drive was shot. I installed a new
>>>>> one. I'm using a Dell XP Home restore CD to restore it.
>>>>>
>>>>> After XP installed, the hard drive comes up as drive E:
>>>>> There's no CD drive in it so I'm using an external one to install.
>>>>> It shows up as D: What is showing up as C: is a "Removable Disk".
>>>>> In Device Manager it's called a Generic- Multi-Card USB Device.
>>>>> In reality it is a built in card reader.
>>>>> There's no trace of it in BIOS. If I disable legacy USB support
then
>>>>> I can't boot off the CD.
>>>>> Back into installation again. I have deleted the existing Windows
>>>>> partition (that I just installed) and am now down to Unpartitioned
>>>>> Space and "Unknown Disk" followed by "(There is no disk in this
>>>>> drive)"
>>>>>
>>>>> Basically, I want the hard drive to come up as C: That's the way it
>>>>> was before and that's the way I want it now.
>>>>>
>>>>> Surely there's an easier way than taking the thing apart and
>>>>> disconnecting the card reader. With my luck, it'd probably still
>>>>> show up anyway.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am starting over again at this moment, but I haven't changed
>>>>> anything and I don't expect anything different.
>>>>
>>>> OK. Scratch that one. The second time around it turned up as C
drive!
>>>>
>>>> All I've got left now is an Unknown Device I haven't figured out
yet.
>>>> I'll try to Google my way through that one.
>>>>
>>>> If not.... I'll be back! :-)
>>>
>>> One site mentions:
>>>
>>> "The only unknown device was the battery driver and I downloaded
>>> the
>>> Mini 10v XP driver from the Dell website which worked fine. I
also
>>> installed the Synaptics touchpad driver from the Dell website to
>>> enable scrolling to work."
>>>
>>> I'd take a skim through the Dell drivers, and see which ones you
>>> haven't got yet.
>>
>> It was "Dell Battery Meter/Wireless Select Switch".
>>
>
> If I recall correctly, you an even uninstall the utility after you have
> installed it, and the driver bit will stay behind. There's really no
> reason to do that, but just a bit of trivia for you.

Interesting :-)
I'll try to remember and try that on the *next* one!

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