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    Windows 7 Clean Install Drivers and Partitions

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by orcymorky, Nov 1, 2009.

  1. orcymorky

    orcymorky Notebook Guru

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    Hey gang. I am getting my win7 upgrade disc tomorrow for my studio 1555, and I was wondering a few things before I carry out my clean install.

    First, with regards to drivers, there do not seem to be drivers for everything on the dell win7 driver page (nothing for bluetooth, system utilities, etc.). I have downloaded everything relevant to my computer, but where can I find the rest of the drivers I need? Also, what order should I be installing them?

    Second question is in regards to the recovery partition. Is there any point keeping it? I have heard various things about whether it will or won't work after installing windows 7

    Thanks in advance :)
     
    orcymorky, Nov 1, 2009
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  2. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    If you can't find Win 7 drivers for your hardware, it's generally safe to use Vista 32 or Vista 64 drivers. The two operating systems are similar enough such that this should work. Hell I've used Win XP drivers on a couple early 7 installations and those worked fine too. I haven't found installation order to be of a concern on Dells.

    Agreed :)
     
    Commander Wolf, Nov 2, 2009
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  3. taomorpheus

    taomorpheus Notebook Enthusiast

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    lol!! Your spec is not good for vista too :D
     
    taomorpheus, Nov 2, 2009
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