i have a dell inspiron 8100 i cleared the admin password with the jumper method now it says to run setup can any one tell me a site where i can download the setup i need thankyou mshane

Fn-X or F2 to get into CMOS setup

That's all

setup says primary hard drive none

thankyou kimsland im in setup it says primary hard drive none and fixed optical drive not installed it also says service and asset tags not installed could you help me please thankyou mshane

Repairable, (through svctag program) but don't worry about it

That's a concern!

Please remove your HardDrive (usually one screw to remove, then pull out)
Then re-insert it securely (just quickly push it in, then push again to make sure it's seated securely)
Check CMOS, still not there? Replace the faulty Hard Drive

Reply back with the result

changing harddrive worked

you were rite i changed the hard drive and it booted up thankyou very much kimsland mshane

Now that other part

SvcTag.exe
ftp://ftp.us.dell.com/utility/svctag.exe
Asset.com
ftp://ftp.us.dell.com/utility/asset.com

Using asset /? should show you lots of uses, like Asset /o for owner tag

Also, you use them from a boot floppy or CD, into a DOS screeen (not sure if it works just from Start-->Run-->cmd, but it might)

it wont work from within a windows cmd. you need to boot in dos - best is to use the dst cd

Thanks mscrx, I wasn't sure.

Anyway, here's that CD: http://www.download.centre4service.com/DSTCD.rar
Here's WinRar (trial) that you need to unrar (unzip) the above: http://www.rarlab.com/rar/wrar38b1.exe
Here's the password when un-raring it: smellyalater