TSGL: 3rd party drivers?

[Ron Brunton]

Hi Kathryn,

I think you may have less of a problem than Sony is suggesting. 

I run Vista (SP1) on a custom PC (that is, I built it myself from desired
components). I have/had one need for XP and that was to sync my PDA with
Outlook (long story, that Google seems to have solved). To establish a Dual
Boot system all I did was install XP to a separate partition on my hard
drive (and with 640 GB you have lots of room to do this) and then I got
VistaBootPro (http://www.vistabootpro.org/ ) a free/donateware product that
allows you to set boot options. No installation problems or odd twists. The
only driver issues you might have are around the video card, the wireless
card and the network adapter. Everything else should be already built into
XP. Hopefully you can find those specific drivers at manufacturer's
websites.

Like Russ, I'm not sure what the fuss is against Vista. If you're buying new
hardware that comes with Vista, all of the hardware problems are (likely)
resolved and Vista will work just fine with the computer. Russ has also
indicated the work-around options for the diminishing incompatibilities.
Vista has a more secure and stable core than XP and that is a solid reason
for sticking with Vista.

By the way, XP cannot recognize your full 4 GB memory. Its limit is about
3.3 GB. Vista with SP1 appears to see all of my 4 GB of memory.

HTH
Ron

-----Original Message-----
From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
Behalf Of Kathryn Bassett
Sent: April-20-08 12:57 AM
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Subject: TSGL: 3rd party drivers?

I'm going to be getting a new computer shortly and I hope you can give me
some advice on where to turn regarding 3rd party drivers. The computer I've
chosen only comes with Vista and I want to dual boot to XP. Sony says they
don't have drivers to do that. First, what I'm getting, then on to the
question.

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551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&LBomId=8198552921665300946
I changed things like this:
IntelR Core 2T Duo Processor T9500 (2.6GHZ)
For sake of argument, I chose MicrosoftR Windows VistaR Business with
Service Pack 1 but I want XP Pro
4 GB DDR-SDRAM (DDR2-667, 2 GBx2)
640 GB SATA Hard Disk Drive [5400 rpm]
Optical Disc Drive, Display, Wireless, and Battery - default, and no TV
Tuner.

I have googled all kinds of combinations and guess I'm just not getting the
right combination of search terms. Can you figure out where I would get all
the various drivers I'd need to be able to dual boot and have things work
under XPpro? 

Hopefully, and thanks,

--
Kathryn Rhinehart Bassett (Pasadena CA)
"Genealogy is my bag" "GH is my soap"
kathryn at bassett.net
HYPERLINK http://bassett.net http://bassett.net   

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