Dell Xps 630i Install Xp On Ssd

Hello, I have read on this forum that it was possible to install Win XP on the XPS 8500 and wanted to thank you Trailblazers!!! I was wondering if anyone has attempted yet to install XP on the 8700? I should receive my XPS 8700 with Win 7 Premium on it next week? I will then unplug the original HD and try to install the XP on one of my free SATA 3 SSDs.

Also, most probably I will change the Video Card for an another model with compatible driver that I have been using for few years in another i7 PC (I have a spare card). The anticipated problem would be the drivers, especially the LAN/Ethernet drivers Any advice would be greatly appreciated! ***Please note that (despite having legal copies for Win 7 and Win 8 Pro lying around) I prefer Win XP for my typical usage.*** Thanks, XPSTester. I got the PC. Step 1: Unit tested and Recovery CDs done. Step 2: BIOS Modified SATA mode changed from AHCI to RAID Mode.

Is it worth all the trouble to go from Vista 32 bit OS to Vista 64 bit OS on my Dell XPS 630i? It involes a clean system restoration, which will be quite involved, but I just do not know if the perfom. Dell XPS (Xtreme Performance System) is a line of gaming and performance computers manufactured by Dell. 1 History; 2 Desktops. 2.1 XPS Tower 8000 series. 2.1.1 XPS Tower (8910); 2.1.2 XPS 8900; 2.1.3 XPS 8700. 2.1.3.1 System specifications. 2.1.4 XPS 8500. 2.1.4.1 System specifications.

Step 3: Unit shut down. Original HDD disconnected.

SSD connected instead. Step 4: Windows XP installed from CDROM. PC works OK, super fast.

Step 5: Realtek Ethernet controller installed (see the link above, thanks again Sandeep!!!:-). Surfing the Internet is now possible and therefore everything else.

The most critical step accomplished:-). Step 6: Install my own ATI video card and Realtek Audio & HDMI drivers. Playing music and video on a HDTV in Extended Mode accomplished!!! I got 5 questions marks in the Device Manager after the Win XP install. 3 of them were solved by various Intel software. 2 remaining ones are related to Wireless & Bluetooth.

This is the best I could do for now.:-). Hi XPSTester, Welcome to the community. We thank you for the continued trust with us. I understand that you would be trying to install XP on the system you would be receiving and looking forward for the compatible XP LAN drivers: I would like to inform you that this system comes with Realtek RTL8111F-CG fast-ethernet controller. As most of the drivers releases now comes for Windows 7 and 8 only. However, I have tried to find out a XP compatible drivers for the same.

Please check the link below where you can test different drivers that might work for you: If you have any further queries, please feel free to contact us. Thank you for the warning, I guess it is to be seen what kind of hardware is there, once I get the PC.

My hope is that the XPS 8700 is not too different from XPS 8500 where the install of XP was possible. I already did successfully installed Win XP 32 bit on Win 8 HP PC with UEFI Bios, but found too much hassle was needed to find the XP drivers, and since I was not too impressed by the design of the unit, so I returned it. I hope I like the new XPS 8700 and will be able to customize to my taste.:-). Hi XPSTester, Thanks for your reply. It might not require to provide SATA drivers at the time of installation. Please make sure the Legacy is selected and Secure boot is set to disable for installing XP.

Incase, it requires driver then would like to inform you that this system ships with Intel® Lynx Point(Z87) chipset. NOTE: We do not support or recommend Windows XP downgrade on the system. However, we would try our best to find any information that would be required. If you have any further queries, please feel free to contact us. I got the PC. Step 1: Unit tested and Recovery CDs done. Step 2: BIOS Modified SATA mode changed from AHCI to RAID Mode.

Step 3: Unit shut down. Original HDD disconnected. SSD connected instead.

Step 4: Windows XP installed from CDROM. PC works OK, super fast. Step 5: Realtek Ethernet controller installed (see the link above, thanks again Sandeep!!!:-).

Surfing the Internet is now possible and therefore everything else. The most critical step accomplished:-). Step 6: Install my own ATI video card and Realtek Audio & HDMI drivers. Playing music and video on a HDTV in Extended Mode accomplished!!! I got 5 questions marks in the Device Manager after the Win XP install. 3 of them were solved by various Intel software. 2 remaining ones are related to Wireless & Bluetooth.

This is the best I could do for now.:-). Hi tommyo1954, Its completely fine to mention any third party vendor selling our products. Only thing we limit on public forums is any personal information like service tag,order number,email address and phone number etc. You can purchase the system either from us or any retailer, we would only be able to support the version of Windows supplied along with the system. If you wish to downgrade windows on the system we won't recommend or support the same. However, we would try our best to answer any queries that you would have regarding downgrading.

Also, for your information you can check the link below for downgrading Windows 8 pro to Windows 7 pro: If you have any further queries, please feel free to contact us.

Hello, This post also helped me as well. I had Windows 7 and was also getting the error message for my NVIDIA system. I have the GeForce 6100 n Force 405 display.after i followed your directions step by step, and used the 64 bit downloads. I am successfully using the Windows 10 operating system.but, (there’s always a but, lol) sometimes my start menu and Cortana doesn’t work. Its not like i have to have Cortana, but i cant get to my main screen without it. I’ll get a critical error message in a green box that says: Start up menu and Cortana are not working, we will fix this for you upon next sign in, or something like that. But the only option is to sign out and sign in, i do this several times, and the only thing that works is to shut down and reboot.not restart because restart does not work, i have to totally shut down and turn my pc back on.Do you maybe know why this is happening?

And what i can do to fix it? I followed all your steps above.so im not sure what i did wrong. Btw i have an Acer Aspire AMD Athlon(but says e machine at start up) if that helps at allThank you so much for your help.your site is the ONLY site that made any sense!!

The Media Creation Tool did bypass the problem where Windows 10 would not install because the Nvidia driver was not supported. I did get the OS installed, up and running “almost” fine. The problem with my particular HP dv6700 laptop is the native screen resolution was 1280×800.

After the Win 10 installed, I was only presented with 800×600 and 1280×768. If your display was previously using one of these two resolutions, you should be fine.

In my case, dropping back from 1280×800 was not acceptable. Icons were disproportionate and default windows would spill over into the margins (non-viewable area).

I will be rolling my laptop back to Win 7 or Win 8.1 because I don’t see any other solution available, short of Nvidia getting a consumer conscious and updating the 7150M video driver. It’s a shame because this particular laptop continues to be very serviceable, especially after I installed a SSD.

Worked great right from the utility, didn’t have to use external media. No NVIDIA error or need to manually change drivers for same. Only hitch was a message that Windows 10 disables Media Center capability. Prior to making the plunge I determined that Hauppauge’s WinTV V7 program would still work under Windows 10, so I could play my archived transport stream video files that way. And, since I was upgrading from a valid Media Center Edition license, after install Windows 10 downloaded its Windows DVD Player program as a free update! Ivan, you got a beer from me! I also have an Asus Notebook running a Nvidia GeForce G210M on Windows 7.

The Windows 10 icon has just appeared for the first time on my computer. I was told previously it would not because Nvidia decided not to support the graphics card. I looked on the website and, as you say, there are drivers now listed for the G210M.

But, it also says Hybrid Power Technology is not supported and is listed under Exceptions. My computer has Hybrid Power Technology. So, do you think an upgrade to Windows 10 will still work? I also noticed under the ASUS support FAQ that my notebook model – UL50Vg – is still not listed as supporting an upgrade to Windows 10. Thanks for any advice you can offer. Hey guys, I faced some difficulties after upgrading my Dell E6400 from Windows 7 to 10 (using free upgrade by Microsoft).

My windows 10 went wrong several times after restart or shutdown so that it was not able to start again falling in a process of “starting” for eternity. I even had problems with signing out or putting my old man in sleep, because of the tedious useless process for singing in. So each time I had to shut it down forcibly for several times waiting for a clean and complete start up. First I decided to fix it by updating the display driver (Nvidia Quadro nvs 160m) with the latest version, unfortunately nothing happened; until an idea came to my head out of nowhere, to change the Nvidia settings in “Nvidia control panel”. I went through Nvidia control panel>3D settings>set PhysX configuration>and then I choose “Auto-select (recommended)” in the PhysX Processor select box. I’m not sure I entirely fixed the problem however, I shut down/restart/logout/hibernate my laptop for more than 10 times and it works pretty good. Hope it helps someone.

Hello and a merry Christmas. Here is the thing I found out! The Upgrade inside a Windows 7 installation doesn’t work most of the time if you have driver or other unusual software installed issues. The ISO Installation, with a boot and an install in an empty partition seems to work always, even with NVIDIA problems – the Windows driver always works and the install of the latest NVIDIA driver software too. If you have to upgrade inside a Windows 7, you must de-install all conflicting driver or unusual software (proxy, Malware, Virus – etc.) in order to succeed.

Nevertheless even if the upgrade almost went through I experienced some issues with page faults – sometimes it helps to delete the swap file before you start the upgrade to Windows 10. Nevertheless – always do the checkdisk, the clean and the optimize of your hard drive – don’t choose the option to install updates during the upgrade it can take very long. Also the ISO installation is always faster! And you have a media for later use. The activation process can be another issue – sometimes you have to call MS to get a free product key which in fact is more like a digital fingerprint. I was trying to upgrade my Windows 7 PC to Windows 10.

However, after upgrading I am stuck with the Basic Display Adapter because I can’t install the nvidia driver using the package. The error is that “no compatible hardware detected” and my GPU is not in the device manager. I have searched through other forums and tried re-installing the driver in safe mode but its useless. Model used is GeForce 9300M GS, which is shown to be compatible with Windows 10 under the supported device page (on nvidia drivers page). Thank you so much. I had the same issue upgrading to Windows 10.

I followed your instruction and used the media creation tool to upgrade. Fortunately for me, though, I never needed to download the driver update because the original one worked perfectly.

I have the NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430. When I went into Device Manager and attempt to update, it said the system detected that the driver was up to date (version 307.83). Thank you for the post, you are absolutely brilliantkeep up the good work. I had the Nvidia driver problems after windows upgrade. My solution was to fully uninstall the display driver then run the latest version of windows 10 ISO which I previously extracted to a folder.

I selected the download and install updates button then agreed to the Microsoft agreement. At the ready to install page make sure the install windows and keep personal files and apps are selected. I had the problem of not being able to select these settings and it turned out I did not have the latest ISO version for my version of windows 10. Once you are happy select install. After installation windows had recognised and installed the correct Nvidia driver. This procedure is also what I do if I cannot repair windows using sfc /scannow or dism.

I hope this helps someone. Thank you Ivan for a fantastic site and I am pleased to say I have used many of the driver updates you have provided and encourage every one to buy you a beer.

Best regards, Mick. Thanks for providing this information Ivan. I had NVIDIA GeForce 7050 / nForce 620i running on Windows 7, 64 bit. I used your links and followed your directions. I have successfully downloaded Windows 10 without any issues. (Though I will warn those that are going to do this that the amount of time to make the upgrade is huge. I ran most of the upgrade at night while I was sleeping, but it still took some daytime hours as well).

Since I followed Ivan’s instructions exactly, this means I downloaded the new driver after I downloaded Windows 10. Max Payne 3 Trainer Download there. So, warning, the graphics before the new NVIDIA download are pretty rough on the eyes!

But after installing the updated NVIDIA driver the graphics are back to normal. I have the same NVIDIA problem, and followed the procedure described here. At the end of the installation I got the message -Not enough memory to make a RAM disc, error code 0xc0000017. Looking into details: 0xC1900101 – 0x20017 “The installation faled in the SAFE_OS phase with an error during BOOT operation. F9 was the only option which got me back to the Win 8.1 I had before.

My PC is rather old, MSI main board P6NGM-FD with Intel Q8200 and 4 GB RAM. I have a MSI graphics card, 128 GB SSD. Is there any hope for an upgrade to Win10?

Hi Jan, as I remember this motherboard has single channel memory. It sounds like you have a bad or marginal DIMM. Run Memtest or another memory checker. Your PC is high powered compared to some of the PCs I have upgraded to Win10 32-bit.

Do not give up hope, your PC will work under Windows 10. If the problem is not a DIMM, check that the CPU cooler is clean, and the CPU fan is running. CPU usage is high during an upgrade, so the extra stress can cause problems if the CPU is too hot. Then all kinds of strange error messages can occur. I was happy to find this site and hopeful about the outcome.

However, Media Creation Tool hasn’t worked for me. Dell Dimension E521, Win7 x64, Nvidia 7300 LE.

I tried install from online. Download finished >verified >created win10 media >“preparing” >“checking for updates” >“getting a few things ready” >checking for updates >“making sure you’re ready to install” >“choose what to install” >“installing win10” >“computer will restart” >then error: “Modern Setup Host has stopped working”. I click ok, and the Win7 desktop returns.

Clearly Win10 upgrade doesn’t work. Any ideas on how to proceed from here? Hi Jeffery, The symptoms you see during the upgrade can have many causes, but let us start with the most common. The most common problem is that Windows 10 can not create the proper partitions on the hard drive. This problem occurs if there are Linux partitions or old Windows partitions on the hard drive.

(Assuming a single hard drive) This problem will also occur if there are multiple hard drives in the computer with old Windows and other operating systems on them. It is very difficult to predict how many partitions Windows 10 will create when upgrading from Win7. I have one PC that has only one partition, and the next one that has three (System Hidden, Windows, System Recovery). Both upgraded from Win7, and both with nVidia GPUs.

If the PC has more than one hard drive, temporarily unplug all of the drives except the Win7 boot drive. If the PC has only one hard drive, run Paragon Disk Manager or another partition management software and check the partition structure of the hard disk.

It is the first step to finding the problem. I had already installed Windows 10 before I realized that I had a compatibility problem with my GeForce 6150 card. I went to the Nvidia web site and searched for an updated driver. The automated java applet the site uses said my driver was up to date.

Then I found this fix. I skipped the Media Creation Tool fix, since I already installed Windows 10.

I went to the next step and installed the GeForce 64 bit driver program that is posted on this page. I installed and let the program run. It searched, found and updated my drivers with no problem. I am grateful for the extensive, easy to follow, instructions that are listed on this page. Thank you for putting this fix out there where people can find it without having to revert to Windows 8 or below simply because of a driver issue. Thank You -Tracy BTW: This site was listed in the top 5 search results on Google when I searched for help.

I have a 7300LE, in an Asus P5NSLI motherboard. The installation of the driver seemed to be going well, with normal resolution and dual screen operation returning during the installation and the Device manager showing the presence of the 7300 graphics card.

Then suddenly the installation failed and everything reverted single screen and wrong resolution. I’ve now got it to install correctly. I had to disable the Comodo firewall and antivirus package before the install would stick. Thanks for the clear instructions. First, thanks so much for your instructions here. Helped me get my 7950GTX (notebook Go series) working with Win10 64bit.

However drivers 179.48 wouldn’t allow newer games to load (Darkest Dungeon for example). So after lots of hunting and research I think I have something to contribute. I was able to get x64 version of driver set 309.08 to install and function in Windows 10 64bit by doing the following: 1) get the GeForce 309.08 Driver (64-bit) from here 2) extract the files to a folder using 7-zip or WinRAR 3) get modded.inf here: 4) place nv_dispi.inf in the Display.Driver folder replacing the old.inf within 5) disable driver signing by following the instructions 6) once rebooted, install the drivers as you would normally. I only installed the driver and the physics driver. Click to install driver anyway when prompted about these drivings not being signed. 7) complete installation and reboot 8) GAME ON! Hopefully I explained this well enough and it helps out others in need.

Many thanks for this. Our old desktop has NVIDIA GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a and when I had previously tried to update to Windows 10 it was a nightmare due to graphics card issues.

However, your instructions worked like a dream. Had a few issues, namely once Windows 10 had installed the PC shut down to restart but I ended up with a black screen.

Some Google searching and I managed to get it back so I could update the NVIDIA driver. Still got a bit of a delay on start up so checking on that and had to search to up to date driver for our TP Link wireless adapter but now all seems fine.

Once again thank you for such clear guidance. Thank you very much, I almost had given up installing Win10 on my Dell XPS M1710 until I found your post.

Now it works with the Nvidia GO 7950 GTX. I installed Win10 32-bit with the driver 307.68. It can’t be installed with setup.exe directly, but to right click on “microsoft basic driver”, then choose to update driver, browse the folder of driver 307.68, it upgrade to Nvidia GO 7950 GTX successfully at last. Thanks again for driver 307.68 which I even did not find on Nvidia download center and driver 179.48 did not work at all. I have been trying to learn how to get around the NVIDIA message since last year when Windows 10 was first available, and I had my doubts about this solution. However, it worked like a charm.

After Windows 10 installed, installed the 309.08 Driver and everything worked like a charm, as well. I did not have to adjust resolution.

I did have a minor problem with an HP2420 Printer, but got that resolved, as well. My NVIDIA driver was GeForce 6150SE nForce 430. Thanks again, and I would be delighted to treat you to a beer, or something stronger, or several, if we should meet up some day. Text me if you are ever in Sarasota, FL. I have Windows 10 x64 installed in my HP tx1320us, basic MS display driver is fighting hard to stay there.

I have downloaded geforce drivers 179.48, 307.68, 309.08. The GPU is a GeForce Go 6150 and I see it listed as a working driver, but I haven’t been able to make it work (the installers say they can’t find compatible hardware and manual installation on Device Manager says the generic driver is still the best match available). I could finally make it! But I had to use the latest driver provided by HP on the computer, which was 167.43 under hotfix package sp38221. If the provided drivers in this post doesn’t get it done, then try whatever is the latest driver from the manufacturer (I had to do some manual copying of files or you can just use the default location where the files get extracted to – HP extracts by default to C: swsetup ). Hope this helps a bit more!

I finally decided to give Win 10 a try. My only issue after upgrading was the resolution. My monitors native resolution is 1680×1050 and no adapter or fix would find this resolution (the monitor manufacturer is gone and website/drivers removed from Internet). Reinstalling the Nvidia drivers I had didn’t work.

I couldn’t even open Nvidia Control Panel (processes wouldn’t start). I uninstalled everything Nvidia and searched and searched for the correct drivers with NCP included that would work.

Even the Nvidia site was confused about which components I have installed (auto scan found one set GeForce scan found another) On a whim I tried this solution, and finally I have the resolution I need. I also learned I do in fact have the 6150 LE set. Thanks Ivan, life saver! I wanted to share my success with an onboard Geforce 6150 nforce 430 graphics Windows 10 driver battle. The motherboard is ASUS M2NPV-MX. Free Clone Craigslist Programming. When installing latest nvidia drivers, the dwm.exe and Internet Explorer was getting crashed. The solution for this board is the same for both Win7 and Win10, here is the driver comes to the rescue:.

You need to install the 197.45 driver to Win10 and you will have the widescreen resolutions back. Other drivers I tried kept Win10 at booting logo screen in a loop, had to hit reset button 3 times to get the advanced settings option being offered. Wonder how the Microsoft engineers come with an idiotic idea such as disabling menu boot options Damage your harddrive and you can get it!

Hi Ivan, I woke up yesterday to find my display set at 1024×768. I am running Windows 10 with a NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT and a Samsung SyncMaster 215TW monitor. The native resolution for this monitor is 1680×1050 and this is always what I have it set to. Everything has been working fine since I upgraded to Windows 10 six months ago. Everything is displayed correctly in Device Manager. I am using a DVI cable. I discovered some information that I thought might be relevant.

I turned my PC on yesterday but didn’t turn the screen on. Instead I remote controlled it via TeamViewer on my laptop. Lo and behold it was displaying 1680×1050! So in my excitement I turned the monitor on and it instantly reverted back to 1024×768. A short-lived excitement;-( My suspicion because of this behavior is I have a dodgy DVI cable, my monitor cannot receive the higher resolution (it could before) or the monitor driver is the culprit. I will try changing each of these individually and see what I can find out. I’m having the graphics compatibility issue as well.

I’m trying to resolve it on an Alienware 17 R5 laptop with a GTX 980M. I saw there was no mention of the 900 series in the article or in any of the comments so I wanted to ask is this method would apply to my machine as well. I should probably mention that this card was purchased additionally (original gpu was a GTX 770M), and so I have to run it with a modded driver. Haven’t made up my mind on upgrading my OS (current one is 8.1) but I’d like to have the option. Thanks in advance! Thanks a lot, you gave me the courage to install Windows 10.

My GF 6800 GS is working now in 1920×1680 resolution! By the way: I didn’t use your trick with the Mediacreationtool. Somewhere on the Internet I found the trick to download the win10-iso directly with Firefox in XP-COMPATIBILITY mode. For no specific reason I unpacked intuitively the iso to a folder with 7-zip, run setup.exe with no updates, left the computer alone for an hour, et voila! Afterwards I only had to install the Nvidia driver. Old Dell with Pentium D and GeForce 7300 LE.

W10 upgrade adviser said ‘Unable” due to GPU. Used the MediaCreationTool to successfully upgrade to W10 (after having to use “cmd >Right click “Run as Administrator >“net stop wuauserv” to slap the hung-up “getting updates” program 3 times to knock’er loose and finish). NVIDIA website actually lists only the 32bit driver 309.08 as the most recent, so I used your link for the 64bit instead of wasting time pondering over that too much. All is now working well. Thank you for such clear and concisely written/pictorialized instructions.

Too many advisors supply cryptic instructions that require parallel searching to understand how to even accomplish the individual steps they are advising. Enjoy your brew. Thank you Ivan. I spent hours at the Nvidia website trying to find a driver that would work with a 64 bit Windows 10 computer using the Nvidia 6150se graphics adapter.

The Nvidia “auto scan” claimed my computer already had the best available software, which was obviously incorrect. Then I tried manually selecting any software that was listed for Windows 10 64 bit computers.

That was a waste of time. Your method worked. It is truly amazing that neither Windows Updates nor the Nvidia “auto update” process can figure out your method, given they are mega-size corporations with a zillion software experts.

Again, thank you very much. Thanks so much for the simple explanation and easy fix. I, too, received that error notification so many times that I called Windows helpline. Finally, after finding my 2008 Toshiba laptop couldn’t install the “free” update (after upgrading to Windows 7 from Vista) due to compatibility issues I found your solution to my 2008 Dell Desktop Computer Monitor to work easily. I went ahead and installed Windows 10 as a reinstall as the deadline had passed. Then I went back to your page, downloaded the correct NVIDIA (32-bit) and fixed the screen resolution immediately. Whew What a relief to see normal text again.

Thanks so much for your fix. Has anyone experienced repeated system hangs with the 179.48 or 259.47 drivers? I upgraded an Acer 5680 laptop with a GeForce Go 7600 to Windows 10 64-bit. I tested the 179.48 driver package although I had to manually update the actual drivers.

I had good success for about a week when the laptop screen would freeze or I was unable to unlock the laptop. I was not able to determine any change that might have triggered the problems.

Most of the time the laptop was unresponsive to both mouse and keyboard input, although a few times I could move the mouse pointer. Otherwise, the only solution was a hard reset. Reverting back to the Microsoft basic driver stabilized the system. The 259.47 driver package showed the same symptoms. I could not see any pattern in the System or Application event logs. Thanks, Norbert. I just performed a clean install of Windows 10 over my Windows XP (successfully).

I have two screens attached to my pc. The secondary screen is attached through a USB to DVI adaptor. However, since upgrading to Windows 10 I cannot get the secondary screen to work. The main screen works fine.

According to the manufacturers of the USB adaptor the driver is not correct. On looking I see that the Microsoft Basic Display Adaptor is installed under display adaptors instead of a specific one. I actually have a GeForce 7025 / Nvidia nForce 630a graphics card. I contacted Nvidia and they told me in no uncertain terms that this graphics chipset is not supported by Windows 10 and that there are no drivers for this for Windows 10. They said I either have to downgrade to Windows 7 or buy a new pc! Can I take it from your post that if I install the Geforce 309.08 driver now I should be able to make it work and that Windows 10 will actually recognise the Nvidia adaptor?

Thank you, Ivan. The driver 309.08 worked for me on my 6150SE nForce 430. Finally happy with the performance 🙂 The resolution is back to what it should be. The display/monitor no longer cries with notices regarding using wrong resolution 🙂 This is an old desktop PC in my dad’s office and he kept complaining about the laggy display ever since I upgraded it to Windows 10. Have tried looking for drivers a few times already, but it seems today was my lucky day that I came across your website. Thanks again! The cab file 259.47 worked for me on my HP dv9000 with the 7150M.

What was happening for whatever reason is once I installed the drivers I had found the screen would go black entering Windows and would only work fine if I plugged in an external monitor and turned the computer on with it and hit fn f4 to switch screens. So after trying every file here, I tried the cab file last [extracted and updated driver file in Device Manager] and now finally I can turn on the laptop without an external monitor and get video on Windows. EMachine e1810 with an embedded Nvidia 7050. This was a client’s computer that needed a refresh and I put on Windows 10 without knowing the 7050 wasn’t compatible.

I had already purchase the Win10 product key. I couldn’t find a cheap compatible video card to put it.

The machine was hopeless. I was going to give up, go back to Windows 7 and just eat the cost of the Windows 10 key. I was about to install a grey market Windows 7, but I did another web search out of desperation and found you. You saved the day! I’ll take your mail any day. I have an HP Media Center PC from late 2007 (the m7757c model with GeForce 7500 LE) originally running Vista 32 bit, Intel Core 2 Duo 2.13GHz, 2GB of RAM, then upgraded to Win7 64 bit because the processor could support 64 bit OS, and then just last night Windows 10. Originally had the issue to which this post is oriented towards.

My solution was to just save the driver.exe file to my recovery partition on Windows 7 before the upgrade and then once Windows 10 had installed, I just found the driver and installed it and everything was back to normal with screen resolution. It was easy for me and had no issues at all.