Tom_M wrote:
Install the new hard drive. Boot the computer using the recovery disk. You may have to manually select the boot device when powering the computer. This is typically done by pressing the F12 key during power-up. Then follow the prompts. This will install Windows on the new drive. Once Windows is installed you then install the drivers from the driver disk.
That is exactly what we needed to know in this situation of a recovery disk and a new empty deive to replace broken drive.
Found all sorts of text posts and videos, but nothing that said what you said very well.
At least a set of instructions could have come w/ the recovery disks from Dell, but I have strong suspicions as to why they do not provide it...
