Dual boot original Vista with Windows 7?

You might try installing the Network drivers from Vista on 7. Probably need to run the setup in Compatibility mode.

If you don't have a copy of the drivers,use dd to extract a copy for you while booted into Vista.

BooZet Freeware | Double Driver - backup and restore installed drivers

You will get a folder containing something like this




Then boot into 7


In Device Manager, rt click Network Adapter select update driver ,



Click browse my computer...>Let me Pick..>Have disc >Browse to the folder with your copy of the Vista drivers.




Hope it helps

SIW2

Hi SIW2. I've been all trying day and still can't get online in windows 7.

I tried various ways of making a driver folder with the software you recommended,some of them worked but the important ones didn't, they're not exe. files and when I've transferred them to Vista with a USB stick they don't install.
I got a zip file of the driver of the router from the makers site. Still nothing, transferred that and it just opened.

In Windows 7 it's like my router doesn't exist.

I rang my ISP support line. Guy didn't sound like he'd heard of 64 bit let alone Windows 7. They " don't support Windows 7, it's not out yet"

Amazingly a guy in an Indian BT call centre spent an hour trying to connect me, he even did a remote on my screen and got his mate in, who was himself dual booting, to help. Still nothing.

So, I can dual boot but at the moment I can't really use the system. It's an absolute bummer. thanks again, John

hello John,

Try this - in Vista run Double Driver - then tick your Network adapter driver ( untick everything else ), then click Backup




The folder will look a bit like this



Inside the Network Adapter folder will be something like this - including the .inf .



Copy that Folder ( not just the .inf ) to Seven.

SIW2

When in Seven, go to Device Manager rt click your Network Adapter , Select Update driver,

Then Browse :



Then Let me pick



Then Have Disc



Then Browse to .inf inside the folder



Like this and click Open



Then OK



Hope it helps

SIW2

It's better if you install by running the installation in vista. Then select the hard drive you want Windows 7 Installed on. Doing it through booting the CD just creates extra confusion with drive letters and booting.

Hi John,

Right click on the Other devices icon and see what is listed there.

Also post a screenshot of the files inside the Network Adapter driver folder you downloaded.

What is the make and model of the Network Adapter?

Hopefully we'll get you connected soon.:)

SIW2

Hi SIW2, Here's some snips of the device manager in Windows7 with the 4 other devices expanded:







The nova stick is a DVB-T digital tv dongle.
I'll do another post with the contents of the router software I tried.
Cheers, John

Hello again. here's the pics of a zip file on Windows 7 with what I hoped was the router/adapter software.
The router is connected to my pc via an ethernet cable with an rj45 plug on each end.
My router is a "BT Voyager 240 ADSL Router". I've been told they are made by DLink but I could not find them on DLink's site so I googled various terms including "Atheros" which is what the adapter driver shows as in Vistas device manager. I got this off a Driver download site but I looked at so many I can't remember which one. Hope this helps, it's driving me crazy.
If I open the zip file on 7s desktop I see a file called "ar8121_10028".
If I open that I get 2 files. Here they are opened,. Hopefully in the right order. The second file contains 32 and 64 bit files so here they are both opened.:)

Hi,


Th ethernet controller - the first screenshot, is not being recognised properly.

It's a long shot, but try updating the driver for that, you could see if Windows can find the update, or if you are able to browse from there to your drivers you copied from Vista - as per the screenshots in my earlier post.

SIW2