Virtual Machine Question

I was planning on installing Windows XP on my laptop, but ran a test with Microsoft Virtual PC to make sure everything was working.

Now my wireless wasn't, and here's why:
I didn't have wireless drivers on the OS, however on my real pc I do.

On the Virtual PC, these are the network drivers I have:
http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/5530/14457184.png

On my actual pc, here are my drivers:
http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/7082/44742641.png

My question is, when I install XP, which drivers will I have?

And if I have the Ethernet ones, how can I install the ones I have on Win 7 now?

And another thing, I have installed XP before, and I did not have wireless drivers, so I uninstalled XP. But I wonder why the drivers on XP don't match the ones integrated into my pc.

Thanks in Advance.

 

you need to use the real drivers (for intel 4965) , do not go by the hardware showing in VPC, it is "virtual".

 

Yea but when I installed XP on my actual computer, I had the same drivers as I did on the Virtual Machine, and I had no Wireless driver, and the Adapter was nothing like the one I actually had.

 

XP didn't have native Intel 4965 drivers, you need to go get them yourself. Remember that XP is 8 years old, and your laptop hardware isn't. While service packs update drivers that get automatically installed, they aren't completely up to date.

 

Do I need to get Ethernet Drivers as well? Or just the Wifi Link?

 

Probably both, I don't 100% know what drivers XP would include or what the service packs would install (or even what SP level of XP you're installing).
It's always recommended you get your drivers for your system before you do a clean install. You should also get some sort of AV/spyware/malware protection software and install it before you get online after your OS install.

 

Thanks a Ton!!! You are a lifesaver!!! +Rep