Are drivers available?  

moke's post is pretty much the only thing preventing me from upgrade. Also, do you guys recommend going from XP -> Vista -> 7? Or should i reformat?

sidd said:

Thanks for the quick response. I checked the HP site, and I didn't see anything Windows 7 related. Do you think they'll still work, or should I just wait until after Windows 7 releases?

Sidd vista drivers work just fine. they just need to be installed in compatibily mode

Let us know if you need help


Ken

You might also want to download the windows 7 upgrade advisor. this will give you a good idea where you stand as far as which version 32bit or 64bit you might beable to run as well as any ares that might giv you some trouble. Fabe Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor - Download - Microsoft Windows

I think the NC6400 is 32 bit only but will run any version of 7 fine (in theory...)

I did a clean install so maybe an upgrade would work better.

sidd said:

moke's post is pretty much the only thing preventing me from upgrade. Also, do you guys recommend going from XP -> Vista -> 7? Or should i reformat?

What a shame - you are letting some one elses post stop you from trying to install Win7.
recommend you run the win7 upgrade advisor.
Unless your system is 100% identical ( impossible ), then I'd still try and install Win 7.
Being a "Beta Tester for XP (Whistler), Vista, and Win 7. I would recommend you clean install Win7, and leave XP to become Windows.old.
you can then copy and paste all that you need or want into Win 7.
when your sure you have all the data you want. use the Clean HDD via Properties, and let Win 7 remove the windows.old .
Then you can DEFRAG and have a very fast Win 7.

#2. It your happy without any data from XP. FORMAT C: /FS:NTFS
then clean install Win 7 - average install time 25m to 35m.
And away we go.

Just an update on how things are going for me, Windows 7 seems to be more stable. I ran checkdisk on the new hdd and it seems to be fine, but I realised it never got formatted so I used the w7 disk to first partition the 320 gig drive then format my windows partition.

I now have a 200gig windows partion for w7 and approx another 100gig which I will either ghost my old hdd's xp onto if I get any more w7 issues or will put the new ubuntu onto.

I will report back if I have further issues, but at the moment so far so good. Also I got paragons free ghost like software so have a backup of my whole w7 install in a stable state so it will be less painful to get back to a running state.

Last week I wiped the HHD in my old gateway laptop; installed Win7 HomePre and the installed picked up every driver needed.

Clean devise manager and the system is oh so stable. This was a hell of a lot easier than doing a restore with the hidden partion by a long shot and now I have a super clean system without all the embedded programs that gateway loads up.

Snuffy said:

sidd said:

moke's post is pretty much the only thing preventing me from upgrade. Also, do you guys recommend going from XP -> Vista -> 7? Or should i reformat?

What a shame - you are letting some one elses post stop you from trying to install Win7.
recommend you run the win7 upgrade advisor.
Unless your system is 100% identical ( impossible ), then I'd still try and install Win 7.
Being a "Beta Tester for XP (Whistler), Vista, and Win 7. I would recommend you clean install Win7, and leave XP to become Windows.old.
you can then copy and paste all that you need or want into Win 7.
when your sure you have all the data you want. use the Clean HDD via Properties, and let Win 7 remove the windows.old .
Then you can DEFRAG and have a very fast Win 7.

#2. It your happy without any data from XP. FORMAT C: /FS:NTFS
then clean install Win 7 - average install time 25m to 35m.
And away we go.

Sorry! Better safe than sorry, and I'm not in a rush. Installing Windows 7 right now. +rep

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