Dual Boot Installation with Windows 7 and XP

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  1. Posts : 9
    windows 7
       #840

    Brink help I have followed fully I dont know where to get the sata driver from to slip it. I have a WD wd5000bevt and i can not find the drivers for it.
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  2. Posts : 71,977
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
    Thread Starter
       #841

    Hello Computergeek,

    You can get the SATA driver from either your motherboard manufacturer's website, or if it's a OEM store bought computer, from the computer manufacterer's website for that model number.

    Hope this helps,
    Shawn
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  3. Posts : 9
    windows 7
       #842

    Motherboard and oem is same company crapway opps Gateway and all the drivers they have is vista and windows 7 do you think one of these might work? Gateway Support - Drivers & Downloads please let me know what you think. thanks in advance.
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  4. Posts : 71,977
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       #843

    What's the model number for you computer? You might consider filling in you system specs to help as well. :)
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  5. Posts : 9
    windows 7
       #844

    Brink said:
    What's the model number for you computer? You might consider filling in you system specs to help as well. :)
    It is not my computer so that is why i left that part blank

    motherboard model NV53A version 1.06
    chipset AMD 785GX
    southbridge amd SB850
    cpu AMD K10
    memory samsung ddr3 2048 times 2
    graphic ATI mobility Radeon HD 4250
    HDD western Digital 500 gig

    model # NV53a48u


    Let me know if you need more info
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  6. Posts : 71,977
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       #845

    I'm sorry Computergeek, but I can't find a SATA driver available for that model either.

    If it has Windows 7 Professional, Ultimate, or Enterprise installed on it, then you could use Windows XP Mode to have Windows XP installed on a virtual machine in Windows Virtual PC if you like.
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  7. Posts : 9
    windows 7
       #846

    Brink said:
    I'm sorry Computergeek, but I can't find a SATA driver available for that model either.

    If it has Windows 7 Professional, Ultimate, or Enterprise installed on it, then you could use Windows XP Mode to have Windows XP installed on a virtual machine in Windows Virtual PC if you like.
    Thanks for the help I am just going to tell him to return the machine and hopefully i can get it going for him.
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  8. Posts : 71,977
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       #847

    You're welcome. Please let us know the outcome. :)
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  9. Posts : 1
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
       #848

    Congratulations on the clarity of the guide.

    I have some questions, which, I am afraid, will betray my little knowledge about OSs. I apologize beforehand for the imprecise terminology.
    I have a laptop with Windows 7 Ultimate installed. I chose this version because of the Windows XP mode, but unfortunately old video games meant for XP which are incompatible with Windows 7 cannot run satisfactorily on the virtual machine. So, I would like to install Windows XP on a partition.

    1) I still have the original XP install disk from an old computer of mine, which has been out of order for a long time. Can I use this disk to install XP on my new computer, or will there be some problems? Otherwise, is it possible to use the copy of XP used for the Windows XP mode in Windows 7 for the installation on a partition?

    2)My laptop has two internal hard disks, one of which is still empty. Which one of them should I partition, since I think that using an entire one for XP would be excessive?

    3) I never set up RAID on my computer, but is it possible that it had been set up by the manufacturer? If so, how can I check?

    Thank you for your attention and for any reply.
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  10. Posts : 1
    win 7
       #849

    dual boot


    I have a desktop PC with Win7 64 premium installed,
    How would I go about installing XP on an external hdd?
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