Dual Boot Windows 7 & XP on 2 separate drives on Acer laptop

Problem and solution were quite straight forward. It's a pitty it took so long to solve.
did you install the drivers already? I did post them in an earlier post. Most of the time it's a zip file, just run setup.exe in zip file.

In my listed are multiple wireless lan drivers, but you only need 1 (the one for your chipset). Best thing is to install them all. Post back after installing them all and rebooted. Post "device management" screenshot afterwards

The AHCI driver has already been installed btw

Hello, Kaktussoft. I have gotten into XP and just like you said I can see the drivers sitting in the Windows 7 hardrive folder named Drivers. Before I start unzipping and clicking on setup files, do I first need to cut and paste or copy and paste those zipped folders int XP and unzip form there?

Hello, again. Almost there!!! But there's connection problems. I see that I have got connection (Signal Strength says "Excellent") to my network but update downloads for XP will not come through. It goes to the website and gets hung up on the "Checking for updates" progress bar which flashes the green working color but there is nothing downloading at all. As for the driver downloads, There were two that wouldn't install because some hardware on my laptop is insufficient, (VGA_Intel... & Camera Chicony...). But there is also a problem with the zipfile Audio_Realtek_v5.10.0.5704_XPx86. There is no SETUP file in there or in any of the folders in there to get that one to work. I see nothing with an .exe extension. All the rest are on there which is awesome.

Serenity said:

Hello, again. Almost there!!! But there's connection problems. I see that I have got connection (Signal Strength says "Excellent") to my network but update downloads for XP will not come through. It goes to the website and gets hung up on the "Checking for updates" progress bar which flashes the green working color but there is nothing downloading at all. As for the driver downloads, There were two that wouldn't install because some hardware on my laptop is insufficient, (VGA_Intel... & Camera Chicony...). But there is also a problem with the zipfile Audio_Realtek_v5.10.0.5704_XPx86. There is no SETUP file in there or in any of the folders in there to get that one to work. I see nothing with an .exe extension. All the rest are on there which is awesome.

There is a setup.exe in it!! I just did check

You were absolutely right, Kaktussoft. There was a SETUP file in there but something goofy must have happened with my first extraction. I extracted a second time and there it was. Sorry about that. So I don't know how XP connected to the internet for those update downloads but it did and I am up to date. Everything is working but oddly, the sound control slider on my laptop's volume works properly for XP but entirely opposite in Windows 7. For example, in XP, if the slider is muted there will be no sound. But in Windows 7 if the slider is on any level but mute, there will be no sound. Weird, huh? And there is this popup that appears everytime I start XP. I will take a camera pick and include that next time because I haven't any idea what it is asking for. Whether I hit OK or Cancel it seems to make no difference.
Here are 3 screenshots showing my complete Device Manager.







I am so excited to start those games you have no idea!!!! But I have to take things in order. Norton is presently installed for the Windows 7 partition but I still need to install it on the XP partition. I'm so thrilled. You guys have been incredible and I couldn't be happier.