Anyone got Windows 7 running ok on Dell Inspiron 6000?

[Richard]

As the title, I am considering trying Windows 7 on my Dell Inspiron 6000
(2gb ram) 250gb hdd.
Any resource available to get the correct drivers or equivalent ones that
work?

I am currently running windows vista on it without a problem.
Thanks
Richard

 

[Char Jackson]

As the title, I am considering trying Windows 7 on my Dell Inspiron 6000
(2gb ram) 250gb hdd.
Any resource available to get the correct drivers or equivalent ones that
work?

I am currently running windows vista on it without a problem.
Thanks
Richard

I don't have the link handy, but you should run the Windows 7 Upgrade
Advisor and see what it says.

 

[SC Tom]

I don't have the link handy, but you should run the Windows 7 Upgrade
Advisor and see what it says.

Go here: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/get/upgrade-advisor.aspx

 

[Steve]

Go here: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/get/upgrade-advisor.aspx

I wouldn't trust that if I were you. It usually lies.
What you want is to hear from someone who has successfully installed Windows
7 on that machine.

Good luck
Steve

 

[Char Jackson]

Go here: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/get/upgrade-advisor.aspx

Thanks, Tom.

 

[SC Tom]

Thanks, Tom.

You're welcome!

 

[Allen]

I wouldn't trust that if I were you. It usually lies.
What you want is to hear from someone who has successfully installed Windows
7 on that machine.

Good luck
Steve

An understatement, Steve. I ran it several times and every time it told
me that my HD controller wouldn't work with W7--AND that W7 would work
OK on my machine. I've got problems with W7, but not because of the HD
controller.
Allen

 

[SC Tom]

I wouldn't trust that if I were you. It usually lies.
What you want is to hear from someone who has successfully installed
Windows
7 on that machine.

Good luck
Steve

In lieu of anyone who has installed it on an Inspiron 6000, that may be his
best bet. W7UA doesn't lie (a program can't lie ).
I have found on most machines that I have used it, the results may not be
100% accurate, but it does give a good idea of what you have
installed/attached that may have a problem with an upgrade. I found that
there were more programs and hardware listed as "marginally" or "not
compatible" that worked fine than any that were listed as OK that didn't.
Since Vista is running fine on it without a problem, there probably won't be
any problems after the upgrade. That's no guarantee; just my opinion based
on the Vista PC's I've upgraded.

 

[Conor]

As the title, I am considering trying Windows 7 on my Dell Inspiron 6000
(2gb ram) 250gb hdd.
Any resource available to get the correct drivers or equivalent ones that
work?

I am currently running windows vista on it without a problem.
Thanks
Richard

Yes. For any drivers not automagically detected, you can use Vista ones.

 

[Windows7Guy]

Hello Conor,
You should run "Upgrade Advisor" first for Windows 7:
Did you try the "upgrade advisor" located at the link below?
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/get/upgrade-advisor.aspx
Also, did you check compatibility with Windows 7?
Check out the Windows 7 Compatibility site: (There you will find out about hardware and software compatibility.)
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/compatibility/en-us/default.aspx
There is a pulldown from which you can choose "hardware" and "software".
There are also some great articles, instructional videos and such to help with your Windows 7 at our Springboard site:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/default.aspx
In any event a lot of the times, Vista drivers will work in lieu of Windows 7 drivers, however, it's not 100%!
As stated previously, it's best to have the Windows 7 certified drivers installed.
Thanks again,
John M.
Microsoft Windows Client Support

 

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Richard wrote on 03/11/2010 19:05 ET

As the title, I am considering trying Windows 7 on my Dell Inspiron 600
(2gb ram) 250gb hdd
Any resource available to get the correct drivers or equivalent ones tha
work

I am currently running windows vista on it without a problem
Thank
Richar

hi, i am running win7 ultimate x86 on my i6000 right now. you should disabl
Aero features, as the integrated graphics in this machine isn't really up t
pa
(intel extreme graphics
but otherwise i got it to run fine, had a little trouble with the audi
driver
but that was easily remedied by running the XP installer in compatibilit
mode

Dell inspiron 6000 p4M [email protected] (OC), 2gb, 200gb HD, win7 Ult. x86