Dell xp upgrade windows 7

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I really appreciate it. All forum topics Previous Topic Next Topic. Replies Thanks again. Does that sound about right? JackyPit 2 Bronze. Thanks again for the effort. The Dean- I have no idea how to use the Dell disk, unfortunately. However, you install Win7 before you even use Zinstall — so if the disk lets you have Win7 installed, you can then use Zinstall with no problem. Post Reply. Top Contributor. The entire A Clean Install of Windows 7 guide might be helpful to you. These are relatively few but if yours is one of these use a Digital River.

Browse Community. Laptops General - Read Only. Turn on suggestions. Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. Go to Solution. First, you can't upgrade - a Windows 7 install must be done from the start format-reload-restore your files and applications. View solution in original post. Thank you. I wasn't totally clear I wasn't wanting to upgrade from XP just wanted to know if the computer that was built for XP was capable of running 7.

I am currently running LINUX on it as the operating system because I was having problems with the drive and had to replace it then didn't have Xp SP3 to complete the installation.

You did answer my question though and I appreciate your input. Browse Community. Am I wasting my time? I would not give up so quickly. And the wireless runs fine. The driver is 9. Not sure did it come on the Win 7 DVD or via the automatic updates. Can't remember but If I manually installed, then it was either the latest Vista driver on the Lenovo site or more likely the latest Vista driver from the Intel site. Can't really check at the moment but best I can recollect the wireless worked out of the box and maybe Windows Update pushed a newer driver.

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