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    dell e1705 dual boot xp/vista

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by digi111, Oct 31, 2007.

  1. digi111

    digi111 Notebook Consultant

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    I got a question..
    I have xp on a 80gb.
    And i want to put vista on a 20gb.
    I installed vista but where do i put the drivers at? when i try to install it, it thakes me to xp harddrive whrer the xp dell drivers are.
    does anybody know wht to do?
     
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  2. digi111

    digi111 Notebook Consultant

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    Does anybody have any idea??????
     
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    orion23 Notebook Consultant

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    Can you explain a little more?

    Do you have 2 different HD's?

    Or is it an 80GB with a 20GB partition?

    If you only have one HD, you need to create a 20 - 30GB partition in XP.


    Then start the Vista setup (Boot from the DVD) and choose to install it in the newly created 20 - 30GB partition.
     
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  4. digi111

    digi111 Notebook Consultant

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    its an 80GB with a 20GB partition.
    Vista is installed.
    But where do i install dell vista drivers at? When i try to install them it takes me xp hd where the dell xp drivers are.
     
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  5. orion23

    orion23 Notebook Consultant

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    Drivers?

    Do you get the Prompt in the beginning asking you which operating system you want to use?

    Vista

    or

    Earlier Operating Systems

    Choose Vista. Go to Dell.com / support / downloads / Choose e1705 and Vista 32-Bit?

    Download your drivers.

    Or download them from another computer and put them on a new Disc or USB flash drive.

    Don't use the OLD Dell disk.
     
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  6. digi111

    digi111 Notebook Consultant

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    I got the vista drivers.....When Install them it goes to the xp hd where the dell xp drivers are...shouldnt the dell vista drivers install on the vista drive? where shuld i install them at?
     
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    AGAIN, go to Dell.com and download the drivers you need for vista (latest anyway)

    Put them on a CD.

    Start Windows Vista, and run drivers from CD.

    The driver installation should start automatically even if they are extracted to the XP HD or partition.

    Or you could extract all drivers (use winrar) and burn them to a CD.

    Start Vista, go to device manager, and point each device to look for a driver in your CD-Rom!
     
    orion23, Oct 31, 2007
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    samureye Notebook Guru

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    I understand dual boot Linux. But WHy XP Vista? seems as though you should go for one or the other.
     
    samureye, Oct 31, 2007
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