the computer came with vista. i have an old dell windows XP cd could i use that? and if so where would i find drivers for this. i tried the emachine site but the drivers say for (Vista)
2007-09-25 13:26:38 · 7 answers · asked by jason l 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
if theres no xp support i wouldnt do it until u can locate all the drivers for ur hardware but im sure u can at least after u identify ur hardware .. and no i doubt a dell restore cd will work .. if its a retail xp install disk with a key it might ..
2007-09-25 13:29:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are no XP drivers for that computer. A friend was going to take Vista out and put XP on his Emachine that wasn 't the same model but it had no XP drivers either. He Turned the UAC off, did the Windows Updates, put 2 GB of ram in instead of the measly 512 MB and is now happy.
That Dell CD will not work with your Emachine. If you have the model of the motherboard you can see if there are drivers for its onboard devices but if Emachines have special firmware they might not work. Of course youd have to buy the XP OS.
2007-09-25 13:40:09 · answer #2 · answered by s j 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can indeed install xp on it. The issue you may run into, would be if emachines has used a product so new, that is has nothing but vista drivers for it. You can actually go to emachines site, and find the model number for all the components in your pc, go to the component makers site, and see if there are xp drivers available, before you do the switch. That would be the way to truly know if it will work before attempting it.
2007-09-25 13:31:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Two fold question.
1) Can you install Windows XP? With 99% surety, I would say yes, the hardest thing to find may be the drivers, but most Vista drivers wirk with XP, the other way around is not necessarily true.
2) Can you use your Dell CD? Not if it was desgined for a Dell system only. You may well end up purchasing a new XP CD.
2007-09-25 13:30:54 · answer #4 · answered by Michael H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes you can install windows xp on it... but i'm not sure that you can use that old Dell CD. For the drivers, you can find them all through emachine's website
http://www.e4me.com/support/product_support.html
2007-09-25 13:29:48 · answer #5 · answered by thrallz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you may partition it and use it as a twin-boot equipment. you may adventure some document permission themes while attempting to get right of entry to records on the Vista partition from XP. you additionally can use Microsoft digital computing device to run a "digital" reproduction of XP below Vista. mutually as this might assist you run the two OS's concurrently it is going to require a stable volume of RAM (2 GB at minimum, 4 may be extra useful).
2016-10-19 23:46:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi! once you install windows xp and can get on the internet..go to driver detective or it's called drivers headquarters.
the new name is driver detective,anyway it is free to try and $29.95 to buy.
it will scan your computer and update drivers for you.you just click download and it installs them for you..good luck...
cyril
2007-09-25 14:07:46 · answer #7 · answered by pocketwatch 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋