Inspiron 8000 & Win XP - Where can I find drivers after HD upgrade?

Question

I replaced Win98 ME with Win XP last year and found the XP drivers on the support site. Now I want to upgrade the HD from the original 10Gb to 80Gb, and am going to try cloning the old HD with Acronis True Image 11, but if that goes wrong I'll do a clean reinstall of Win XP.  Problem:  the support site now offers drivers for all OSs (including Linux Redhat) - but no longer for Win XP.     2 questions:      1.   Where will I find the appropriate drivers now, if I have to reinstall Win XP from scratch ?      2.   Is it possible to clone my old HD of 10Gb to my Maxtor External HD of 320GB,  and then clone downwards from the Maxtor to my new HD of 80GB ?    Any advice and guidance much appreciated - thanks!   Inspiron 8000 512 Mb RAM Win XP Home Maxtor 320Gb External HD  Acronis TrueImage 11

ejn63 · Answer

1.  support.dell.com.   2.  Yes, if your cloning program supports imaging (most do).

Chivers · Answer

Thanks for speedy reply! But entering my service tag, or product details, at dell.support.com now offers drivers etc for every OS  except Win XP - although they were there when I upgraded from ME to XP last year. Is this because I could (maybe?) use Win 2000 drivers ? Or is there somewhere else on dell.support.com I should look?  Thanks again for your help.

ejn63 · Answer

Very little if any of the hardware in the 8000 should need more than the drivers built into XP.

Chivers · Answer

Thanks again, appreciate your help.

Bay Wolf · Answer

I have some of the WinXP drivers for the I8000 on my site.  You can get them here: http://www.bay-wolf.com/i8000winxpdrivers.htm

Chivers · Answer

Thanks, Bay Wolf, thats useful.

Bay Wolf · Answer

You are welcome.

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