I was able to manually download the network drivers for my hardware to a flash drive while logged into the Windows 10 drive, then booted back into Windows 8 and successfully install the drivers for Network and internet connection. It was not until I rebooted after installing the network drivers into W8 that the available networks showed up in the system tray and have since been able to to connect to the internet in W8 without issue. Apologies for not following up sooner.
Only problem now is that while logged into W8 Windows update notifies me that I have it installed on a computer that is manufactured with a newer operating system and that I won't be able to download W8 updates.
And if this is Windows 8 (not 8.1), it went end of life in 2016 -- 8.1 follows in about a year and a half. Whatever you have that won't run under Windows 10 will need updating soon.
@Clickety Split Yups that is what incompatible/compatible means.
Even though Dell doesn't recommend, you can even run Windows XP or windows 98 on it.
But you will end up doing these manual installation/troubleshooting a lot.
Most important of all : In case of Security vulnerabilities found by Dell, Intel, AMD, nViDIA they release patches via Driver updates,. you won't get them
ejn63
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This system is incompatible with Windows 8. It's Windows 10 only as shown on the Inspiron 5570 drivers page.
Clickety Split
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August 26th, 2021 13:00
This is not accurate.
I was able to manually download the network drivers for my hardware to a flash drive while logged into the Windows 10 drive, then booted back into Windows 8 and successfully install the drivers for Network and internet connection. It was not until I rebooted after installing the network drivers into W8 that the available networks showed up in the system tray and have since been able to to connect to the internet in W8 without issue. Apologies for not following up sooner.
Only problem now is that while logged into W8 Windows update notifies me that I have it installed on a computer that is manufactured with a newer operating system and that I won't be able to download W8 updates.
ejn63
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August 26th, 2021 13:00
That "only problem" is because the very accuracy you deny is accurate - this system has a CPU that nothing older than Windows 10 supports.
Clickety Split
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August 26th, 2021 14:00
LOL!
It works perfectly. I'm just not able to download the updates for Windows 8 with Windows Update. I have to manually install them individually.
ejn63
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August 26th, 2021 15:00
And if this is Windows 8 (not 8.1), it went end of life in 2016 -- 8.1 follows in about a year and a half. Whatever you have that won't run under Windows 10 will need updating soon.
XPS_Man
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August 26th, 2021 15:00
@Clickety Split Yups that is what incompatible/compatible means.
Even though Dell doesn't recommend, you can even run Windows XP or windows 98 on it.
But you will end up doing these manual installation/troubleshooting a lot.
Most important of all : In case of Security vulnerabilities found by Dell, Intel, AMD, nViDIA they release patches via Driver updates,. you won't get them