Installing on laptop

[orionMX]

Got a laptop with Win2K installed. I want to upgrade to WinXP pro. I have
never had a laptop and am noticing some progs that I am not familiar with,
eg. battery consumption, mouse pointer stuff (Synaptics Pointing Device
driver) and others. The question: If i just do a normal install of WinXP,
does it contain all this stuff? Are there specific drivers i would need to
get from Dell? Am i being clear?

thanks

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Notebook computers require specialized hardware drivers only
available from the notebook manufacturer.

After upgrading to Windows XP Pro, visit the Dell support
web site to download/install all the Windows XP drivers designed
for your specific Dell notebook model computer.

Welcome to Dell Support
http://support.dell.com/home.aspx

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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| Got a laptop with Win2K installed. I want to upgrade to WinXP pro. I have
| never had a laptop and am noticing some progs that I am not familiar with,
| eg. battery consumption, mouse pointer stuff (Synaptics Pointing Device
| driver) and others. The question: If i just do a normal install of WinXP,
| does it contain all this stuff? Are there specific drivers i would need to
| get from Dell? Am i being clear?
|
| thanks

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Got a laptop with Win2K installed. I want to upgrade to WinXP pro. I have
never had a laptop and am noticing some progs that I am not familiar with,
eg. battery consumption, mouse pointer stuff (Synaptics Pointing Device
driver) and others. The question: If i just do a normal install of WinXP,
does it contain all this stuff?

No. You'll need to get WinXP-compatible versions of those
applications/drivers from the laptop's manufacturer.

Are there specific drivers i would need to
get from Dell? Am i being clear?

Yes. You'll need to get WinXP-specific device drivers for all of the
laptop's components (motherboard chipset, video adapter, audio adapter,
network card, etc.) from Dell. Download these and burn them to a CD
before doing anything else.


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Bruce Chambers

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[Bruce Chambers]

Notebook computers require specialized hardware drivers only
available from the notebook manufacturer.

After upgrading to Windows XP Pro, visit the Dell support
web site to download/install all the Windows XP drivers designed
for your specific Dell notebook model computer.

Welcome to Dell Support
http://support.dell.com/home.aspx

Carey, don't you think it'd be a better idea for the OP to download the
drivers and have them on a CD _before_ performing the upgrade? After
all, the laptop might not be able to reconnect to the Internet (and
Dell) if WinXP doesn't have suitable chipset, NIC or modem drivers built-in.


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Bruce Chambers

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You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having
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[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Yes, your suggestion would be best.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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"Bruce Chambers" wrote:

| Carey, don't you think it'd be a better idea for the OP to download the
| drivers and have them on a CD _before_ performing the upgrade? After
| all, the laptop might not be able to reconnect to the Internet (and
| Dell) if WinXP doesn't have suitable chipset, NIC or modem drivers built-in.
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|
| Bruce Chambers
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| Help us help you:
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| You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having
| both at once. - RAH