Adding XP to Vista - success but no internet?

donny-gal

I followed the instructions for dual booting my Vista (:mad: ) PC with Windows XP, and succeeded in creating the drive, loading softward, Dual Boot Menu however, XP seems to be in isolation, no recognising Lan connection or wireless. Not sure all other components recognised either.

Can anyone help>

Regards
DG

banger9365

have you installed the motherboard drivers for xp

donny-gal

errr! used an old laptop XP and I dont imagine the drivers and utilities for the new vista one will have the xp ones on too??

Any suggestions as to where to find the motherboard to look on the Dell webpage?

Thanks
DG

tomsolomon

Try this program Sisoft sandra. heres the link
http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Utilities/System_Analysis_Utilities/SiSoft_SANDRA_Download.html
It will tell you all you need to know about your system.

Or try one of these
http://www.driveragent.com/?ref=93&gclid=CPi07cHZ5I4CFQPllAoda0a_Kg

http://www.versiontracker.com/subscribers/marketing/vtwtrial13/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=ppc&utm_content=drivers&utm_campaign=windows+3.5&gclid=CMGfrYza5I4CFQESEgodblEJPQ

banger9365

"no recognising Lan connection or wireless. Not sure all other components recognised either" if the hardware is not recognised you need drivers will not work with out them.you will have to find the driver for xp ("XP seems to be in isolation")
"errr! used an old laptop XP and I dont imagine the drivers and utilities for the new vista one will have the xp ones on too??" it dos not have xp drivers
so basicly you need to find the drivers for xp to us the hardware.
the dell wabsite should give you drivers for both OS and there should be a service number,serial number,service tag or something like that on the dell to get drivers http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/product_support/en/product_support_central?~ck=ln&c=us&l=en&lnki=0&s=gen

daku

hey

I also want to add xp to my vista pc

where do i start??

KILL_BILL

daku wrote: »

hey

I also want to add xp to my vista pc

where do i start??

you need to partition your hard drive if its not already done and put xp on one of the other partitions

tomsolomon

See the other thread also.
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=562130

daku

hmm

seems a lil tricky:o

would I be better off doing a fresh install of vista than partitioning from there or something??

im confused

daku

ok so ive already got 2 partitions on my system

c drive : 220gb
d drive (recovery): 9.9gb

what now

donny-gal

Hi Daku

I followed these instructions
http://apcmag.com/5485/dualbooting_vista_and_xp
I already had the two partitions so just created a third "F" ("E" is the CD/DVD)
as I had put quite a lot of photos on it only gave me a 10gb F but it was enough and I can link to the other drives (eventually I hope!)

You will need a copy of XP, I was lucky enough to have the XP disc from my old laptop (now defunct).

Thanks Banger/Tomsolomon - currently downloading the drivers for XP from the Dell site as a starter for 10.

I may be back.:rolleyes:
DG