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    XPS 1530 not compatible with WinXP?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by hooper1, Jan 23, 2008.

  1. hooper1

    hooper1 Notebook Geek

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    After at least three attempts at getting information from Dell about this question, I thought I'd post here. One rep said that I would not be able to remove Vista and install WinXP on the XPS 1530. He said the components were not compatible with XP. Others indicated it would be fine.

    All seem to agree the switch to XP would work without problem on XPS 1730. (But that machine is not portable enough form me.)

    Anyone have any experience installing XP on an XPS 1530?
     
    hooper1, Jan 23, 2008
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  2. pixelot

    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    This thread might help.
     
    pixelot, Jan 23, 2008
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  3. hooper1

    hooper1 Notebook Geek

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    Great! So far, I'm not impressed with Dell sales. YOU are more helpful!
     
    hooper1, Jan 23, 2008
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  4. bmp41083

    bmp41083 Notebook Evangelist

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    XP is completely compatible on your XPS M1530. I received mine yesterday and had XP with all drivers completely installed within 2 hours.

    The thread that pixelot linked is the only resource you need for drivers. About halfway through the thread near page 5 someone posted a rared file with all of the drivers in it. Download those 2 files and that should be all of the drivers that you need.

    The only thing that you may not have is a copy of Windows XP with the SATA drivers slipstreamed into it. You have two options, but first you must download the Intel Matrix storage drivers from the dell support page. Then you can either load the drivers by pressing f6 during the xp installation when it tells you to press f6 to load raid drivers (this happens before you select partitions, shortly after you press a key to boot from CD) or you can download a program called nLite and slipstream the drivers into your Windows XP CD. I would actually recommend the slipstream process as it is a great tool to learn and it can teach you a lot about windows and its a lot easier than it sounds.

    The choice is yours. If you need help slipstreaming the installation just send me a private message. I would be more than happy to walk you through it.
     
    bmp41083, Jan 24, 2008
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  5. sahib_sbhamra

    sahib_sbhamra Newbie

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    hi there,
    i would be gratefull if you can give step by step of installing windows xp on Dell XPS 1530, As i hate the vista OS very annoying.
    would appriciate if you can email me the response on [email protected] or [email protected]
     
    sahib_sbhamra, Feb 20, 2008
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    bmp41083 Notebook Evangelist

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    mia4l Notebook Evangelist

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    I have XP working on my laptop. You have to make sure you install the correct drivers for your specs
     
    mia4l, Feb 21, 2008
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