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December 12th, 2011 12:00
Installation of Windows XP
Hi,
Hopefully I am in the correct forum.
I have recently acquired Inspiron 1525 with Vista Home Premium.
I have been using XP on my desktop for ever, and am used to the format.
I want to get both machines talking to each other and with different OS's there are some problems, which would be resolved if both were using same OS.
Can I do a clean install of XP/SP2 on the Inspiron without running into any problems? Is XP on the D:\ drive?
I have been looking at the WWW, and cant find anywhere that gives a definitive answer, there seem to be problems with the drivers?? And, there is so much conflicting advice on setting up file/printer sharing it is very difficult to decide which route to take!
Is there anyone out there that can help? preferably with step by step instructions :emotion-1:
Thanks,
Brian
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December 12th, 2011 12:00
Drive will need to be set to ATA not AHCI.
You can try the following Drivers.
I would Recommend you try to find a robins egg blue XP SP3 Dell CD.
Notebook system software : http://ftp.us.dell.com/utility/R161278.EXE
Chipset drivers : http://ftp.us.dell.com/chipset/R153997.EXE
Media Card : http://ftp.us.dell.com/chipset/R141246.EXE
Intel Graphics : http://ftp.us.dell.com/video/Intel_GM965-Express-Chipset-_A05_R173064.exe
Lan Network : http://www.marvell.com/drivers/driverDisplay.do?dId=175&pId=3
Wireless : http://ftp.us.dell.com/network/R171131.EXE
Bluetooth : http://ftp.us.dell.com/network/R161378.EXE
Camera : http://ftp.us.dell.com/input/R165116.EXE
Modem : http://ftp.us.dell.com/comm/R147115.EXE
Touchpad : http://ftp.us.dell.com/input/R155586.EXE
Camera Application : http://ftp.us.dell.com/app/R160320.EXE
Audio : http://ftp.us.dell.com/audio/R171789.exe
Quickset : http://ftp.us.dell.com/app/R161139.EXE
robinsonb46
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December 12th, 2011 12:00
Great response time!!
I wont know if this is the answer until I have gone through the motions, will be on it soon and will respond on forum,
thanks
ieee488
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December 12th, 2011 12:00
There is no reason to install XP just so your two PCs can talk to each other.
Frankly, when I tried to share the internet on my Vista laptop with my iPhone, it was much easier with Vista.