Studio XPS 435MT Vista 64 bit and Dual boot to XP 32 bit

Any way to install just XP on Dell XPS studio 435MT? I would like to un-install Vista

To install only XP, simply install it. Overwrite the Vista Partition when you install XP.

Install XP into a partition of 50 to 80 Mbytes (enough space to install the OS and programs) and use a separate partition to store all documents and media. If the OS ever becomes corrupted, it can be reinstalled without losing all of your data.

Arne

Thanks Arne,

Do I need XP drivers?

Do you know where I can get them?

Thanks for your help

Jaime

To install XP you need a licensed copy of XP, which is a self-contained installation package. When the Hard drive is formatted the setup program erases everything on the partition. The computer hardware is compatible with the XP OS, but chipset drivers and network adapter will not be included on the setup CD.

I have to use XP to run the academic versions of statistical software, but for the most part the 64-bit address space will become more effective as software is written to take advantage of the better multi-task prioritization of the 64-bit OS.

The original post lists the necessary software. If your XP copy includes SP1, then only the network driver is critical to have before the install. You can get that driver from the Intel website.

It took much too long for me to figure out how to install XP as a second OS, so I thought I'd share the "solution" to the problem.

Arne

First off let me say that: Arne286 “You are the heat!”

Thank you so very much for taking the time to create this post. I had spent MANY an hours researching/reading web pages in search of how to LOAD Windows XP, 32 bit on to my Dell Studio XPS 435MT Vista 64 bit.

I called Dell and inquired if there were any “Windows XP drivers for my new XPS 435MT?” and I was told that the only drivers available were for Vista. From what I had read on web pages was that the general consensus seamed to be a two-fold problem to loading Windows XP on to a computer that has no support (Drivers) for Windows XP.

 1.)    You had to turn off in the SATA Native Mode from Enable to Disable.

2.)    FINDING and loading all the correct Drivers for the motherboard/Windows XP or the whole thing would NOT work!

There were several suggestions how to do this and one to find a CD with 100,000 drivers. I took all the best information off of each of these and even though it was sounding like I would lose speed by turning off the SATA Native Mode, It was worth it to me (HALF of my programs would not work with Vista 64 bit, and this was unacceptable to me.)

I was about to give up on my hopes, finding ALL the right drivers seamed imposable. Then on one of the last searches for info, I found the above posting (Which is great! Thanks to Arne286 and his note on RadarSync)...  I took that information, along with other info and came up with the following game plan:

1.)    The first thing I did was what Arne286 said to/download! However, I had to save the files on to a USB key/stick (burning them to a CD would have worked just as well.) NOTE: I downloaded ALL the Windows XP drivers for certain devices myself to load from the manufactures web sights, the ATI Video Card Catalyst, LCD video monitor, and the different sound card I added… Drivers like that.

2.)    I then installed a new SATA Hard drive in to my Dell 435. (A used/old one would work as well I guess.) There was a free SATA port open on the motherboard of my Dell 435 as well as one free power plug. (NOTE: As I am sure you all know – be sure YOU ARE GROUNDED anytime you have the case open.)

3.)    When finished, I booted in to Vista, went in to the Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Computer Management, and Disk Management. Activated the new SATA hard drive and formatted it. (I broke/formatted the drive in to 3 partitions.)

4.)    Then I turned off the computer and UNPLUGGED the VISTA 64 bit SATA hard drive (the one that came with the computer) I only unplugged the SATA cable and not the power cable.

5.)    At this point when I turned on the computer it only saw the new SATA hard drive with no data on it. This is where I loaded my Windows XP CD, rebooted and then followed the instructions to load Windows XP on to the new drive. (NOTE: I have read MAY web pages that say this will only work if you have a “Windows XP – SERVICE PACK 2” disk. If you only have Service Pack 1, there are pages out there that can help you MAKE/BURN a Win XP disk that you can slip/load the service packs in to a compiled CD.)

6.)    Once loaded, I followed Arne286 instructions on: Install XP SP3 and NET Frame 3.5.

7.)    I SKIPPED (did NOT load) VistaBootPro

8.)    Copied the i386 folder to the hard drive.

9.)    I loaded the PRO2KXP_V13_4, BEFORE I ran the RadarSync.

10.) Then I loaded RadarSync and ran it.

11.) Even though I have a different sound card; I still loaded the Real Tek audio drivers.

        12.) Once I had my Windows XP finished and I was happy with it. I turned it off and then went back inside and plugged back in my Vista 64 bit SATA hard drive.

13.) HERE IS THE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS SYSTEM!!! When I now boot up, I will get the initial Dell BIOS start up splash screen. NOTE in the upper Right Hand corner there is a set of note that offer you to PRESS the F-12 KEY to get to a “Boot Menu.”

When I PRESS the F-12 KEY, I am taken to a menu that will LET ME PICK WHICH HARD DRIVE TO BOOT FROM,  SWEET !!!  When I want to boot to Vista 64 bit, DO NOTHING! The hard drive is on the 0 (zero) SATA spot and the BIOS should boot right to it.  When I want Windows XP, I press the F-12 key at the BIOS boot screen and select the new hard drive and the computer will boot to it (which has my Win XP on it.) I have one of the partitioned drives I divided up when I formatted the new SATA drive as a shared storage drive so I can access the files from both the Vista and Win XP.

Of course, NONE of this would have been possible with out Arne286 instructions and his use of RadarSync. Thanks again for all you have done. You really the bomb!

I wouldn't ever recommend dual booting without a proper bootloader... switching boot drives in the bios is risky and poses threats to your individual boot loaders on each drive.

Hello Arne286, first, sorry for my bad english. I have 73 years old and learned informatic world when i was 65. I have had sufficient time for learning but i cant find the drivers of my XPS 435m because my son has given in my birthday WINDOWS VISTA !!!!! no no no no very bad, i cant understand it. ---------------------XP-------> ¡¡¡ yes yes yes !!! Of course. Congratulations from spain, i hope you can help me...

BYE BYE

Very good article!!!

I was also fed-up of the freezing and crashing and video glitch and audio troubles and a lot more.

I decided to just download only three things. WDM 221 (this is the latest and best), PRO2KXP_v14_0 (Intel) and downloaded the video driver from ATI website. and the Once I put the Windows XP Pro in, it just erased all of the configuration of Vista 64 bit and istalled easily winxp pro. Please note: you must NOT delete the small partition that has the orignal OS and drivers etc.

Once the OS (XP pro) was done all I had to do is, installed first graphic driver (ATI) and PRO2KXP_v14_0 (from Intel)

After installing the ATI driver and PRO2KXP_v14_0, you MUST install Anti-Virus software - at first I didn't and my PC was infected with 18 trojans because I downloaded the WDM 2.21 from mirror sites seeing the realtek site was so slow. DON'T download from mirror sites. DON'T! Have patience and download the real thing from the real place.

 DO NOT download from mirror sites because it contains trojans. That's what happened when I did and I had to do all over again the above.

I have now installed all of my softwares. Aodbe Premier Pro 1.5, Adobe Audition 1.5, Logos Schollars Library (HUGE), Google Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer 7, WinXP Pro SP3, and now .NET 3.5, MS Office, MS Expression Web, Adobe Photoshop, QuickTime, Pinnacle Studio 9 Plus etc.

Guess what? This machine runs just wonderfully and Praise the Lord!

I think I might even stay on this as long as this machine works. I don't think I will switch to even Win7 unless it really come clean and good.

Conclusion:

1. Have a legal copy of  XP pro. (I don't have xp so I don't know)
2. Download:  9-4_xp32_dd_ccc_wdm_enu from ATI website.
3. Download: PRO2KXP_v14_0 from Intel Website.
4. Download:  WDM2.21 from Realtek website.

Now install in the order as above:

1. Install XP pro (do NOT delete the small partition that has the orignal OS and drivers)
2. Install 9-4_xp32_dd_ccc_wdm_enu
3. install PRO2KXP_v14_0
4. Install .NET Framework 2.0 (I don't know why it did not let me the .net 3.5 first)
5. Install WDM2.21
6. Install XP SP3 etc.
7. Install your other softwares. During this time actually some of my sofwares automatically asked me to install .net Framework 3.5
8. Forgive my not so good English :)
9. God bless you.

This really helps.. but i cannot get my wireless to work on XP. Do you guys know where is the correct driver for wireless?

Just an update for those looking for the Video Drivers. The new driver 9.9 blew up on me.

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/previous/Pages/radeonaiw_xp.aspx allowed me to find 9.4
That should solve any issues anyone else has.

I struggled quite a bit to do this on my XPS 435 - the problem was that I didn't need the Inteldrivers go go on the internet (they gave me the error message "No intel (R) adapters are present") but the Realtek drivers, as my XPS had a RTL 8168/8111 PCIe Gigabit Ethernet Adapter. I found a driver for this on Realtek's home page.

TIp: Download PC Wizard 2009 and use this to get an overview of your system's hardware. :-)