You may or may not need any drives as a lot are in the install disk itself. There are Vista drives listed on the support page and most will work just fine with 7
I would wait until you get the OS installed before upgrading your ram to make sure the system is stable as is before you make changes
And Dell is correct you are altering the system for its shipped configuration. although hardware support will still be in effect. you may however be required to reload your original os to get support.
I have no idea as to what windows update you would need as that is a new one too me.
I also checked to see if my system DXG051 is able to operate in 64 Bit Vista mode from the current 32 Bit XP and it is capable to doing so! ;) I would just have to do a clean install instead of moving to Windows7. :(
As well, 32 Bit mode will not support the 8 GB of RAM that I am going to be installing once I receive it. I've been doing some research of my own. Main reason I am switching to 64 Bit Vista Ultimate.
I don't think I am going to switch to the Windows 7 if Dell isn't going to support the Warranty of my system, pretty bad when you pay 5 K for it!
So I may just upgrade from 32 XP to Vista 64 Ultimate, as well as my RAM.
Do you think that would work and not cause any problems?
If you are going to upgrade anyway, why not get Windows 7. Vista 64-bit has become a very good OS but Win 7 is already better. I have been using 64-bit Vista for the past six months on a XPS 730 and will upgrade to Win 7 as soon as it is released (Oct 22). I have preordered three copies of Win 7 so I can also upgrade an XPS Gen 4 and a Dimension 8100. If all goes well I may even upgrade an older XPS T500 to Win 7.
You could always get a new hard drive for the upgrade and keep the old for warranty.
I'v been running the 64bit RC for a few months now and the only problem I'v had with my XPS600 is with the X-fi ExtremeMusic sound card. If I enable more that 2Gb of memory the sound is all pops and crackes! I guess its a known problem, Creative blames the Nvidia moto and Nvidia blames Creatives drivers. Hope this helps.
kevpan815
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October 17th, 2009 20:00
He Is Talking About The Older Dell XPS 600, And Not The Newer Dell XPS 630I!
Davet50
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October 17th, 2009 20:00
You may or may not need any drives as a lot are in the install disk itself. There are Vista drives listed on the support page and most will work just fine with 7
I would wait until you get the OS installed before upgrading your ram to make sure the system is stable as is before you make changes
And Dell is correct you are altering the system for its shipped configuration. although hardware support will still be in effect. you may however be required to reload your original os to get support.
I have no idea as to what windows update you would need as that is a new one too me.
kevpan815
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October 17th, 2009 20:00
Check And See If Windows 7 Device Driver's Are Available 4 Your NVIDIA Mother Board At NVIDIA.COM.
That Is Where I Found Device Driver's 4 My Dell XPS 630I, witch came with a NVIDIA 650I SLI Ready Mother Board.
If Not Then Do As The Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor Recommends And Get The Device Driver's From Windows Update.
nickie_six
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October 17th, 2009 21:00
I also checked to see if my system DXG051 is able to operate in 64 Bit Vista mode from the current 32 Bit XP and it is capable to doing so! ;) I would just have to do a clean install instead of moving to Windows7. :(
As well, 32 Bit mode will not support the 8 GB of RAM that I am going to be installing once I receive it. I've been doing some research of my own. Main reason I am switching to 64 Bit Vista Ultimate.
I don't think I am going to switch to the Windows 7 if Dell isn't going to support the Warranty of my system, pretty bad when you pay 5 K for it!
So I may just upgrade from 32 XP to Vista 64 Ultimate, as well as my RAM.
Do you think that would work and not cause any problems?
jake33
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October 17th, 2009 22:00
Just a tip: You can't upgrade from a 32-bit OS to a 64-bit OS. You will have to back up your files and programs and perform a clean install.
nickie_six
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October 17th, 2009 23:00
Yes (LOL) I am aware of that, thanks for the tip! :)
Pat1
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October 18th, 2009 05:00
If you are going to upgrade anyway, why not get Windows 7. Vista 64-bit has become a very good OS but Win 7 is already better. I have been using 64-bit Vista for the past six months on a XPS 730 and will upgrade to Win 7 as soon as it is released (Oct 22). I have preordered three copies of Win 7 so I can also upgrade an XPS Gen 4 and a Dimension 8100. If all goes well I may even upgrade an older XPS T500 to Win 7.
You could always get a new hard drive for the upgrade and keep the old for warranty.
nickie_six
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October 19th, 2009 12:00
Do you think that it will be okay for my 'old' XPS 600 system?
Derz
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October 22nd, 2009 20:00
I'v been running the 64bit RC for a few months now and the only problem I'v had with my XPS600 is with the X-fi ExtremeMusic sound card. If I enable more that 2Gb of memory the sound is all pops and crackes! I guess its a known problem, Creative blames the Nvidia moto and Nvidia blames Creatives drivers. Hope this helps.