I have Inspiron N4010 i3 M350 with 3Gb RAM and 320 GB harddisk and want to install Windows XP on it, do the above steps applicable to my configuration also ?

Hi;

The cheapset, rapid storage and intel managment drivers are the same for sure. As for the rest you have to check what is installed on your laptop. Use your service tag to see details about your hardware. www.pcidatabase.com is also a good source if you know how to get the vendor and device ID of your hardwares.

Pouria

Hi Pouria.

I just recently got a N5010 without an OS since my softwares wont work in Win7 thinking of installing XP, but found out the problems therein.   Just was hunting the web trying to find a solution and the drivers for xp and landed on this page.  When i went to download the drivers, i found some of the links leading to the intel site dont work anymore.  Greatly appreciate your effort in giving us a solution for the said problem, but would appreciate even more if you could please update those links.   Thanks in advance, and thanks for all the detailed instructions.

Hello;

I am really happy to see that this post is going to help you install XP on your N5010. I checked the links and found out that Rapid Storage and Intel Graphics driver links are not valid anymore and updated them. The new links are now directly pointing to the downloads so easily click on them and save the file. Hope it helps, keep me updated.

Pouria

Hello

Thanks for your post and links. I just bought dell n5010 and i have win xp because I have some old software.

I have problems with graphic card. I have ATI mobility radeon HD 5470. I downloaded drivers from your link. I did everything just you said but after selecting my card from the list I have error it said SETUP CANNOT COPY FILE ati2mtag.sy_

Do you have any idea what is wrong?

Thanks for your help.

Miha

Hello SUDHAN SHOO;

Did you bother to read the very first post of this thread?! I already put all the drivers for you. Please try them and I hope it can help you install XP on your 5010.

Pouria

Hi 

Miha, Hope u are quite well , Miha  I also purchased the Inspiron n5010 and wants to install win-XP but it dose't Support the XP Driver which i have installed earliar.  Have you installed the Driver if you have the Drivers for n5010 then pls Send it to me my email id is - <ADMIN NOTE:Email Id removed per privacy policy>

Hello Miha;

The file you mentioned is located in the following directory:

cx420_avga_8.723.0.0000_7x32\8.723-100406a-098838E-MSI-nonSG\Packages\Drivers\Display\XP_INF\B_98282

If you can see it by browsing, it may have been corrupted, so try to download and extract the driver again. If you can't, then you might have extracted the driver incompletely. Use an extraxtor like winzip to extract it becasue sometimes when you extract by copy and paste method, some files are missing. I hope this helps. What about the rest of the drivers? Are you ok with them?

Pouria

Hi pouria.pls help me to find webcam driver for n5010.for win vista & XP

thanks.

Hello Mehran;

You dont need driver for your webcam actually. Open "My Computer". Under the CD-ROM you can see a "USB Video Device". Double click on it and you will see your face on the screen:emotion-1: I left my phone number for you in a private message, call me if you still have problems.

Pouria

is  bluetooth drivers intalled with wireless driver ?

and how about touchpad drivers

Hi Pouria,

I have got all the drivers from ur locations. But still there are few more thing i would like to know.

I need to make my blue tooth working but u have not mention anything about that.

So kindly provide info about it.

And similarly could u please help me in getting the driver for Web cam.

In a post u have mentioned as web cam does not need driver but I was unable to make it work...

I would appreciate ur help on this regard as well.

Thanks in advance

Karthi

Really nice and detailed post, thanks a lot!

Would you please be so kind to post a link to the proper AHCi driver for Inspiron N5010 laptop to do the slipstream? I tried to find, but finally I gave up. This would be a great help for me!

Thanks in advance!

i am unable to install video and wireless adapter (wifi) drivers for xp, i installed 32 bit xp removing sata option in bios, plz help me to get these drivers, thx in advance and specially for this post and sols... Great work man...

Hello all;

Sorry for my delayed reply as I was attending an exhibition for a few days. Krinolin, below you can find a very detailed step by step guide about making an XP CD with AHCI drivers:

http://maxeasyguide.blogspot.com/2008/04/preparations-for-winxp-installation-cd.html

I hope it helps. I still couldnt find any specific drivers for the webcam, although my own 5010 doesnt need it at all and is working properly with the standard driver of XP. For the bluetooth I used below link and it worked for me:

Give it a try and send me feedback.

Please DO NOT disable SATA in BIOS for installing XP because it gives you awful performance, like a 486 PC. You have better follow the instructions in the link I offered to slipstream AHCI drivers. You will see the difference and get surprized. After that, please try to install drivers again, may I know your graphics chipset? Intel or ATI?

Pouria