In the bottom part of the left hand column, click on "support tools".

Then click on "Drivers and Downloads"

 

Select your notebook model and then follow the directions.

This will take you to a list of drivers for your system.

 

Make sure that you install the device drivers in the correct order. Here are the instructions on what that order is.

 

 

 

rubiohiguey

To Request Backup CDs for Your Dell Computer, go here

The drivers and applications for the Inspiron 9400, can be downloaded from here

Bev.


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Please don't send me questions about your system by DCF Messenger.
Post the issue in the appropriate Board, where they will be answered.

The resulting address  https://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/dellcare/en/backupcd_form

does not actually work anymore. I had already tried to access that link from different sites. 

If you need to request the reinstallation media for your computer you will have to call into tech support.  I'm looking into whether the web form to request the disks can be re-enabled, but I haven't gotten any definitive info on it yet, so I don't know when/if it will be available again.

Just download them.  It will be much quicker and you will be guaranteed to have the latest drivers.

 

 

Bay Wolf is correct about the drivers. It is definitely easier to just download them and copy them to a memory key, or burn them to disk, if you have access to the internet.