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    Reformatting m1530 with XP?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Travisleet, Dec 17, 2007.

  1. Travisleet

    Travisleet Notebook Enthusiast

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    I wanted to know if it would be safe to reformat my m1530 with windows xp. Would it cause and driver issues, etc?
     
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    Metamorphical Good computer user

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    The first thing I would do with any new laptop at this point is downgrade from Vista. Me and Vista are not saavy as Captain Sparrow would say. Dell has always had great driver support (Companies like Sony and Toshiba on the other hand have a real lack of driver support) and I would imagine that Dell will have most of the drivers on there website. Keeping in mind this is a brand new model if not now they'll be out shortly. You can probably try drivers for the XPS 1330 as suggested.
     
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