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    XPS M1730 RAID Drivers for re-install

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by ifti, Dec 29, 2007.

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    ifti Undiscovered

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    Hi all

    I will be reinstalling Vista Ultimate 32 bit when I receive my laptop. I know you need to install 3rd party RAID drivers before the installation - how do i do this? Ar ethe drivers on the Dell CD and I just copy them to a USB Memory stick??

    Thanks
     
    ifti, Dec 29, 2007
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    Anyone know??
     
    ifti, Dec 30, 2007
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    vengance_01 Notebook Deity

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    Vista Makes it nice. Put them on a flash drive, but extract them and stick them in a basic folder. Start the Vista setup cd, and then when it asked if you need to load other drivers, click that tab/button and point it to that dir.
     
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    Do the RAID drivers come with the laptop on the driver disc??
     
    ifti, Dec 30, 2007
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    I have an XPSm1730 with XP - I managed to reinstall on a RAID configuration with the Dell XP install disk, no extra work required (fortunately, as there is no floppy drive to install the RAID drivers during an XP install).

    A couple of tips: I couldn't find the XPS wallpaper on my install disks - make a backup copy if you want to keep it. After installing Windows drivers etc., I tried the Dell MediaDirect CD, and discovered it needed to be run even before the Windows install to prepare partitions on the hard drive - I had to start over to get MediaDirect installed.
     
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    ^^^
    Thanks for the wallpaper tip. I wont be installing Media Direct anyways.

    ;)
     
    ifti, Jan 2, 2008
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    Where do I go extract the RAID drivers onto a flash drive???
     
    ifti, Jan 7, 2008
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