Please help me!! Dell Inspirion notebookl

[sarahbee]

I have been bought a dell inspirion notebook and can someone please please advise me on what i need to buy or how do i download my AOL 9 vr broadband connection set up disk onto my notebook as it doesn't have a cd driver to put my cd in :mad: Any help will be so very much appreciated.

 

Thankyou

Sarah :)

[Guest Wolfeymole]

Is AOL your ISP Sarah?

 

If so you need to obtain an external optical drive to load the software.

[Jelly Bean]

Sorry Wolfey to step in.

 

Here are the downloads:

 

AOL Downloads

[Guest Wolfeymole]

When your thoroughly fed up of it consider this.

 

How do I uninstall my AOL software? - Technical - AOL Help

[sarahbee]

Hi yes my ISP is AOl and i am really sorry but i am not very technical with computers so it will be great if you could tell me in simple terms i am sorry about that :o

 

Many thankyou's for helping me out x

 

Yes i have be told off many times by friends about AOL as my ISP lol :o

[Jelly Bean]

Hello Sara.

 

Ok let me explain.

 

Is your netbook connecting to the internet at all?

Are you able to open webpages?

If yes then you need to download and run each item in the list.

 

First download and run "Download the latest version of AOL" by clicking this button: http://info.aol.co.uk/images/buttons/but_getitnow_blue.gif on the link I gave you earlier.

 

Follow the onscreen instructions during download and installing.

 

Then next download and run "Download AOL Toolbar" click the button next to it: http://info.aol.co.uk/images/buttons/but_getitnow_blue.gif

 

Again follow the instructions onscreen that it gives you.

 

 

Then if you wish to use AOL Instant Messenger then click the button next to it: http://info.aol.co.uk/images/buttons/but_getitnow_blue.gif

 

Then follow the onscreen instructions again.

 

If during any of the installs the computer states it needs "Restart" then you must restart the machine before the next install.

 

You may need your AOL user name or email adress and password during the install.

 

 

 

If you cannot get the netbook connected to the internet then your option is to download and "save" the softwares to a USB pen drive via another computer then plug into your netbook and run and install from the USB pen drive.

 

If you do not have a connection via netbook I can give you further instructions on how to use a USB pen drive to transfer files.

 

JB.

[sarahbee]

Hi, no its a brand new notebook and not configured to the net at all, can you please tell me on what type of pen drive i need and where to get it from?

 

Many thanks

 

Sarah

[Guest Wolfeymole]

Do you have any hardware eg; a modem or router modem combination to connect to the net Sarah?

[sarahbee]

Hi, yes have everything from AOL a netgear router or modem whatever it is and i have connected it up and it works but cant get onto the internet as i cant load the cd for instructions :(

 

Sarah

[Plastic Nev]

Hi Sarah, back to your previous question then,

any memory or pen drive that plugs into a USB port or socket will do, but as a device you may wish to use for other file transfers later, I would go for the one with the highest memory capacity you can afford.

 

However, I recommend also obtaining a USB disk drive so you can in the future use it for other CD or DVD media, such as other software or music.

Nev.

[sarahbee]

Hi Plastic Nev, ok i will go for the usb disk drive, can you please tell me on what type i should get as in what i am looking for as i dont have a clue about these things.

 

Many thanks

 

Sarah

[Plastic Nev]

Hi again Sarah, and good morning.

Have a look round some of the retail sites to give you an idea of prices.

However I have found a nice looking one on Amazon for you to look at here-

HP-DVD1040E EXTERNAL DVD REWRITER DVD+-R/RW/RAM/DL: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics & Photo

[sarahbee]

Hi Plastic Nev, that is great, i had a look at it and it looks nice and i am going to order it tonight, Thankyou soooo very much everyone for helping me, if it wasn't for you friends on here i would not have known what to have done and ended up with a notebook i could'nt use, so pleased i found your site.

 

Thankyou very much

 

Sarah :D

[Jelly Bean]

You are very welcome Sarah.

 

If you need further help or just want to surf around the forum and join in the fun side than please do.