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    "Upraded" by T61 to XP 64 bit, cannot find drivers

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by HookEm, Nov 11, 2007.

  1. HookEm

    HookEm Notebook Enthusiast

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    I am completely lost. I "upgraded" my T61 from Vista Home Premium to XP 64 bit and now I cannot seem to find any working drivers. I am posting from my roommates laptop and his account. I have been downloading drivers from Lenovo and transferring them from a USB drive but I cannot get the internet driver working, which will allow me to find the rest on my own.

    Can anyone help me please...
     
    HookEm, Nov 11, 2007
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  2. vespoli

    vespoli 402 NBR Reviewer

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    Windows XP 64 bit is notorious for terrible driver support. You will probably be best off to either go back to Vista or XP 32bit.
     
    vespoli, Nov 11, 2007
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    stevensol Notebook Consultant

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    If you want a 64bit OS use Vista 64bit.
     
    stevensol, Nov 11, 2007
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    Yes unfortunately XP 64-bit is a bare when it comes to drivers..
     
    philfna, Nov 11, 2007
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  5. BlueHi

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    I Upgraded mine from XP Pro 32bit to XP 64bit with the same problem. It amazes me that I talk to support and they tell me that there is no problem and that a laptop that supports 4gb of ram has nothing for 64bit. I am afraid all these people are right we have to use vista 64. This is absolutely crap seeing that this laptop has a quadro card and we want to use it for our applications not vista! What a crap ass OS.
     
    BlueHi, Nov 21, 2007
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    BlueHi, Nov 21, 2007
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  7. optomos

    optomos Notebook Evangelist

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    Vista 64 will have more than the XP 64 on Lenovo, at least by clearing all the "unkown" devices in device manager.
     
    optomos, Nov 21, 2007
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    If you have Vista Home Premium, you have access to both x86 and x64. All you need is the anytime upgrade DVD. If your intent on a 64-bit OS, Vista x64 will have much better support than XP 64.
     
    copilot, Nov 21, 2007
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  9. sp00n

    sp00n Notebook Deity

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    Agreed with everyone here. Stick with Vista x64 bit. If you need XP, then install the 32 bit version.
     
    sp00n, Nov 21, 2007
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