Dell QuickSet Drivers for W7 64-Bit

Hi Ian,

You can download and install the Dell quickset driver from the link below.

http://dell.to/1bJQB4j

Dell media direct software is installed in a separate partition on the hard drive. MediaDirect Must be Reinstalled Prior to Installing Microsoft Windows. You can refer to the link below for the instructions.

http://dell.to/1a2nwlk

Please let me know if this helps.

See Windows Reinstallation Guide/A Clean Install of Windows 7:

http://philipyip.wordpress.com/dell-community-forums/ 

This will instruct you on clean installation of Windows 7 64 Bit including Media Direct.

For Drivers use the following:

http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/software-os/w/microsoft_os/4650.vostro-1700-windows-7-64-bit.aspx

Thanks a lot for the responses guys, very helpful./ I just wish I'd asked you prior to already installing W7 and spending all day faffing about with updates and drivers. Doh!

Yes see Crucial: http://www.crucial.com/upgrade/Dell-memory/Vostro+Notebooks/Vostro+1700-upgrades.html 

Your system performance will be far superior with a SSD.

Thanks for the recommendation, I'm looking forward to the extra performance.

Instead of starting in the complete MediaDirect > Windows install process again, can I create a new partition and then boot to this from the MediaDirect CD? If so what size partition would I need for MediaDirect?

Thanks

While it may not be impossible, it is extremely difficult.

It will be far easier/faster to setup Media Direct partitions and then reload Windows.

Dell Media Direct 4.7 is supposed to be able to be installed after windows on the same partition as the OS is.