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| Thread ID: 120696 | 2011-09-21 07:39:00 | Forcing an XP driver into windows 7 | milkster1976 (16554) | Press F1 |
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| 1232776 | 2011-09-21 11:08:00 | lol this machine was just lying around i was bored and curious, it was an old dell there is no way on this planet i was actually going to spend money on it, i think right at this minute its out in my shed propping up one of my work benches someone gave it to me so that they didn't have to pay to dump it i am almost tempted to reboot it up for a laugh and see what the windows seven performance score is, it will probably read 0.0000001 or error lol Well this 2006 Dell I have with 1GB RAM scores a 1.0 so you might be right :lol: |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1232777 | 2011-09-21 11:16:00 | I have often used XP drivers in W7. The error message usually stops normal installation, but the .inf file is usually accepted without question. make sure that you have a backup as the wrong driver can crash Windows. | mzee (3324) | ||
| 1232778 | 2011-09-21 11:59:00 | What will win7 run on? Here is a screeny of the lowest spec system I am aware of. 512Mb ram was installed at first as it was required to run the installer, and then it was removed/replaced. Cant say I would actually like to use it for much. | Iantech (16386) | ||
| 1232779 | 2011-09-21 12:45:00 | now thats funny i have no idea on the lowest specs that seven can run on although remaining usable is another question :) |
milkster1976 (16554) | ||
| 1232780 | 2011-09-22 04:22:00 | I have a 'pruned' version of Windows 7 Ultimate which was running on an Asus Eee701 net book. As the drive is only 4gb there was no room for a swap file, so installed 2gb Ram. Software and some system files were put on an SD Card. It was very stable and reasonably nimble. The processor was run at full speed. I have now put it back on XP as my son has borrowed it and he wanted to use the SD slot. |
mzee (3324) | ||
| 1232781 | 2011-09-22 04:45:00 | If you hack the installer you can get Vista (and maybe Win7 as well) to install under 256MB of RAM. | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1232782 | 2011-09-22 05:47:00 | If you hack the installer you can get Vista (and maybe Win7 as well) to install under 256MB of RAM. I Remember that patch back in the early days of Vista betas, people were basically saying "why bother" :p |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1232783 | 2011-09-22 05:52:00 | I Remember that patch back in the early days of Vista betas, people were basically saying "why bother" :p I agree, you'd be mad to do that. 2GB minimum if you want Vista to run well. Funny though that XP runs a lot better on the official minimum of 64MB than Vista does on its minimum! |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1232784 | 2011-09-22 09:05:00 | If you hack the installer you can get Vista (and maybe Win7 as well) to install under 256MB of RAM. You can also install it on a larger drive and then make an Image of it (Acronis), then do a "Universal" restore to the computer you need it on. Universal restore will remove any drivers which may prevent Windows from running. |
mzee (3324) | ||
| 1232785 | 2011-09-22 09:24:00 | You can also install it on a larger drive and then make an Image of it (Acronis), then do a "Universal" restore to the computer you need it on. Universal restore will remove any drivers which may prevent Windows from running. Not a bad idea, but there's one problem: It's still Vista. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
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