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    Advice on 1640 with WinXP

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by ViperGTS, Jul 27, 2009.

  1. ViperGTS

    ViperGTS Notebook Evangelist

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    So I have some legacy applications that will not run properly under Vista and most likely Win 7. I need to have Win XP. Best to partition my 500GB drive and dual boot for now? What about finding all the Win XP Dell drivers for the hardware on a new 1640? I won't need all the media drivers etc, this XP will just be for business use. Will need wireless drivers, video card etc the essentials. I know that Win 7 supposedly will allow XP in virtual mode, but thats too far down the road for now.

    Thoughts?
     
    ViperGTS, Jul 27, 2009
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    poncratias Notebook Enthusiast

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    search.


    this forum.


    big thread.


    btw @Mods I old u better make the 1640+XP thread a sticky...
     
    poncratias, Jul 28, 2009
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