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January 29th, 2016 12:00
Upgrade from Vista to Windows 7
I have a Dell (Vista Home Premium SP2 2-bit) that is quite old by computer standards, but it's been taken care of it and it operates just fine. I'd like to do an in-place upgrade to Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit. I have already run the upgrade advisor and I'm good to go there. Where/how does one get the drivers for Windows 7?
I'm not interested in arguing about whether it's smart to upgrade to Windows 7. I do not want to go to Windows 8, period! On this computer I wouldn't be interested in Windows 10. If I could upgrade it to Windows 7, which I really like, by the time they quit supporting Windows 7 I'm sure this computer will probably have served its purpose. I just want to keep this computer in use as long as possible.
I tried to check on Windows 7 drivers in the Dell site but apparently if your service tag has expired the only thing you can do on Dell is shop for a new one. So I thought I would check here and see if I could find some help.
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January 29th, 2016 12:00
Nikilet
You did not mention your computer model.
I upgraded Vista in my 2007 Inspiron 530 MT to Windows 7 without any issues, all the drivers needed was included in Windows 7, with one exception, the graphics driver, this I had to download from the video cards manufacturer's website. Last year I have went from W-7 to the W-10 free upgrade.
You could also use Microsoft's Windows 7 Upgrade Tool, HERE:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/downloads/upgrade-advisor
Bev.
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January 29th, 2016 20:00
If your Dell runs Vista, it should run Windows 7. Most or all of the drivers should be on the Windows 7 disk itself.
rdunnill
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February 8th, 2016 01:00
I haven't had any problems upgrading 32-bit Vista to 32-bit 7. I have had problems upgrading 32-bit XP to 32-bit Vista and 32-bit 7 to 32-bit 10.
ieee488
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January 29th, 2016 14:00
Simply NOT true.
Drivers are model dependent.
ieee488
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February 1st, 2016 13:00
Are you sure it says Dimension 9000 and not Dimension 9200?
The XPS 410 and Dimension 9200 are suppose to be twins. http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/desktop/f/3514/t/18500668
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February 1st, 2016 13:00
When I bought my computer from Dell online, it was shown as XPS 410. The book that came with it is XPS 410. But for some reason when I go the Dell site and put in my service code it shows up as a Dimension 9000. What's with this?
Is my graphics driver the Nividia GeForce 7300 LE?
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February 2nd, 2016 11:00
XPS 400 is dimension 9150 XPS 410 is Dimension 9200.
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February 3rd, 2016 01:00
Press [Windows] and [ r ] type in msinfo32 into the run box and press [Enter]. Tell us the model, BIOS revision, processor, installed physical RAM from there. Expand components and go to display, tell us the name of your display.
Nikilet
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February 7th, 2016 15:00
Sorry I didn't even notice this answer sooner. I've done so much research on this pending upgrade, because I am not a computer tech, that my mind is buzzing with all of it and hard to keep everything straight anymore.
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6320 @ 1.86GHz, 1862 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date Dell Inc. 2.5.3, 11/22/2007
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB
Name NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE
System Model Dell DXP061
P.S. Kinda' looks like I might have paid the larger price for the XPS 410 and actually gotten the cheaper Dimension 9200.
Nikilet
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February 7th, 2016 15:00
I erased this post because it was wrong. As I stated, I've done so much research I can't keep things straight anymore and this was the wrong info.