"Can I use Acronis Drive Image to do a drive image of the Inspiron and put it in the e310, and will it find it? "
No.
Installing XP seems to tax many. Since you had issues finding the drivers let me share how I find them. I go to dell.com and put in my service tag. That's how I find the drivers for a dell.
Bob
Got a problem need help? Own Dell Dimension e310 and dell Inspiron 530, dell e310 hard drive crash, ordered a new one from dell, installed it nothing on it, installed windows XP pro, Boots up to windows xp, cant get online, no modem found, cant play dvd video card not found, computer wont/cant find modem or video card, called dell, they said its already installed on your computer, after several calls to dell they said restore is already installed a partition and load the drivers, computer will not let me install drivers states they are not the right file, no hardware found, cant create a dsr partition. Can I use Acronis Drive Image to do a drive image of the Inspiron and put it in the e310, and will it find it? Been messing with it for about 5 months, should I just use it as a door stop? Stumped?
My system:
Type Intel Pentium 4 521 / 2.8 GHz
64-bit Computing Yes
Installed Qty 1.0
Max Supported Qty 1.0
Processor Main Features Hyper-Threading Technology , Intel Execute Disable Bit , Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology
Chipset type Intel 915GV Express
Data bus speed 800.0 MHz
Installed Size 2.0 GB
Technology DDR2 SDRAM
Memory Speed 400.0 MHz
Form Factor DIMM 240-pin
Type 1.0 x Serial ATA - Integrated
Controller interface type Serial ATA-150
Storage controller interface channel qty 2.0
RAID level RAID 1
Type 2 CD-RW / DVD-ROM - IDE
CD / DVD read speed 48x (CD) / 16x (DVD)
Type Integrated
Graphics Processor / Vendor Intel GMA 900 Dynamic Video Memory Technology 3.0
Type Sound card - Integrated
Sound output mode Stereo
Modem Fax / modem - PCI - Plug-in card
Max transfer rate 56.0 Kbps
Expansion Bays Total (Free) 1.0 ( 1.0 ) x Internal - 5.25" x 1/2H , 2.0 ( 1.0 ) x Front accessible - 3.5" x 1/3H , 2.0 ( 1.0 ) x Front accessible - 3.5"
Expansion Slots Total (Free) 2.0 ( 0.0 ) x Processor - DIMM 240-pin , 1.0 ( 1.0 ) x Memory - LGA775 Socket , 2.0 ( 1.0 ) x PCI , 1.0 ( 1.0 ) x PCI Express x1
Interfaces 1.0 x Hi-Speed USB - Phone line - Mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm ( 1 in front ) , 1.0 x Audio - VGA - 4 pin USB Type A ( 2 in front ) , 1.0 x Microphone - Input - 15 pin HD D-Sub (HD-15) , 6.0 x Network - Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX - Mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm , 1.0 x Audio - Line-in - RJ-11 , 1.0 x Headphones - Output - Mini-phone 3.5 mm , 1.0 x Modem - Line-out - RJ-45 , 1.0 x Display / video - Mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm
OS Provided Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
OS Certified Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 , Microsoft Windows XP Professional , Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Software Symantec PC Restore , Adobe Acrobat Reader 6 , Dell Starter Entertainment Pack , CyberLink PowerDVD LE , Drivers & Utilities , Corel WordPerfect , AOL (with 6 months membership included)

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