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Solved UPgrade from windows 7 32bit to windows 7 64 bit lost network driver
hi
can anyone help. I had windows 7 32bit installed on PC have upgraded to windows 7 64bit but seem to have lost network adapter driver. Any advice would be apprecited, I have no network or internet access.
dell inspiron windows 7 32
I had a similar problem when loading XP onto a laptop that had been running Vista. I didn't have the wireless network driver for it. So ...
Open System Properties.
Click on Device Manager
Scroll down to the Network Adapters section
Find the wireless card item
Double-click it
Select the Details tab
In XP, it showed a text like this. It's the unique ID for the network card.
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_4229&SUBSYS_11208086&REV_61\4&6C79FC5&0&00E0
On my Win 7 box, I don't get a tangled description like that. Instead, I get plain, readable text:
Intel(R) 82567V-2 Gigabit Network Connection
Either way ... google-search for that text. In my case, I found a web page at Cnet with all the necessary drivers. They had XP 32-bit, XP 64-bit, Vista 32-bit, Vista 64-bit, Win 7 32-bit, and Win 7 64-bit. They had it all. Easy.
If you have access to another computer you can download 64-bit network drivers from Dell Support.
Dell Drivers and Downloads
Depending where you live, you may need to change the region.
Just save the drivers to a USB stick and use that to install them on your computer.
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For future reference, you always want to have the drivers handy on an external drive or a flash drive before installing a new OS.
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Thank you all for your help
dell inspiron windows 7 32
You're very welcome. Did you manage to get the drivers you needed?
Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit Intel Core i7 870 @ 2.93GHz 8Gb Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 664MHz nVidia GeForce GTX 460 1024MB dedicated RAM HP Pavilion Elite 495UK Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit Intel Core i7 870 @ 2.93GHz MSI 2A9C (CPU1) 8Gb Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 664MHz nVidia GeForce GTX 460 1024MB dedicated RAM Realtek HD Audio HP2310i 1920 x 1080 1x1954GB Hitachi HDS22020ALA 330 (RAID), 1x1954GB Hitachi External for backup and storage 460W HP Elite Air cooled Logitech K750 solar-powered keyboard Logitech Wireless M180 mouse 2Mb Pure Avanti Flow Internet Radio with iPod Dock, 64Gb iPod, HP USB Speakers, Sony MDR-V500 Headphones, Sony Vaio F-Series Laptop
