[kellywellyes]

Hi!!

I´m new around here and I am having a problem with mi mini.

Somehow, after installing Kaspersky it seems to have got a huge amount of viruses and I need to reformat. However, it didn´t come with a CD or USB backup and the being the inspiron 910 the F11 trick doesn´t work.

What do you recommend? I need it urgently so I am trying to avoid calling Dell and having them mail over a USB.

Thanks!!

[anguish]

If the F11 trick is from other Inspiron's that aren't Mini's, I suspect it's for an OS partition that would be on a larger hard drive. The Mini 9 won't have this option.

If it didn't come with any OS restore CD's (specifically OS and then a driver CD), you'll probably want to get at least those. After that, if you have another computer you can use, you can then reformat using USB keys/drives if you have any available. I have yet to do an install via a USB optical drive, and I have formatted and reformatted both of my Mini 9's numerous times.

Hope that helps some.. Feel free to ask more questions!

[kellywellyes]

OK! Thanks!

After spending most of the afternoon trying to find a way I guess I will have to take the long route and ask Dell for the USB or the CD´s.

Thanks a lot!

[anguish]

Yeah, the CD's you want regardless. If you have another computer with a CD drive, then you are good if you have a 1 GB USB key to reinstall the OS and stuff. If not, then you'll probably want to either a) buy an optical drive or b) have a friend who has a computer with an optical drive create a USB key with the OS and drivers on it.

Good luck!