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    64bit XP drivers for X60 clean install?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by gntaylor, Dec 22, 2007.

  1. gntaylor

    gntaylor Newbie

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    I'm about to do a clean install on a Thinkpad X60. 1.83GHz Core Duo. On the Lenovo drivers pages I see that Vista has 32bit and 64bit drivers but I don't see the same for XP. Can I assume the XP drivers are for both 32 and 64bit?

    It also seems there are two different pages for drivers. One is a driver matrix page and another lists all drivers and utilities. The drivers seem to have different names and file sizes depending on which page I download from (ie video drivers).

    Thanks for any advice about this.

    Gene
     
    gntaylor, Dec 22, 2007
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  2. j-dogg

    j-dogg Notebook Evangelist

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    just do vista 64 bit clean install, the driver support is better, i doubt those drivers are for both
     
    j-dogg, Dec 22, 2007
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    j-dogg, thanks. I think I'll do that. There is more info here
    and I also have 64bit Vista that I got w XP.
     
    gntaylor, Dec 22, 2007
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    j-dogg Notebook Evangelist

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    i use vista 64 i love it. as soon as i booted the 1st time it found everything. i plugged the laptop into my internet with a wire since there were no wireless drivers yet, but once vista gets to the internet it does everything for you. i had 44 updates. it found my webcam, quickplay buttons, fingerprint reader, graphic and audio drivers all 64 bit. it was weird when windows actually did what it was supposed to. good luck you wont be sorry, ive been using 64 for a while and havnt run into any problems, and i use big software, autocad photoshop, indesign, office. all that stuff
     
    j-dogg, Dec 22, 2007
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