Luckily Windows 7 installation had installed a driver for a wired network connection so I plugged in and went to Windows Update, hoping that Update would install some or all of the missing drivers. And before I could activate Windows 7 I had to reset the system date and time — I got a weird error with an unhelpful message.
I also set the screen resolution higher at this point. I had 99 updates. I installed the updates in batches. After the first batch of about 12 updates the wireless adapter driver magically appeared — not sure why that happened. An Internet search told me that a Dell D video driver was contained in a self-extracting executable from Dell named R EXE so I downloaded that file, extracted the driver and ran the setup. The process for the audio driver did not run into the OS version problem.
I got self-extracting executable R EXE, ran it to extract the audio driver setup files, and the audio driver installed without problem. I updated the Updates and when I was all done I had an old but very nicely upgraded laptop. James D. Skip to content. Share this: Twitter Facebook. Like this: Like Loading This entry was posted in Software Test Automation. When i installed windows 7 on it there was no drivers either and when i downloaded them the sound worked great after that.
View solution in original post. There should be little or no need beyond what WIndows 7 natively supports - and the system is so old, you won't find the drivers from Dell. This system was never supported with Vista and 7 won't be officially supported, either. If there's a driver missing, you'll have to find it from Microsoft or from the component manufacturer.
The D is ancient as systems go - it went end of life years ago. I understand it is old. But it is still a perfectly good laptop hardware wise. Unfortually I was hoping windows would install generic drivers. The wired driver is probably Intel -- the wireless, likely Broadcom -- you should be able to use Vista or 7 drivers for these.
Both should be available - from either Intel or Broadcom whichever you have - Ds were shipped with both wired NICs and a variety of wireless cards. I am trying to install windows 7 on my latitude from an ISO but I need to make a bootable windows 7 disk.
Do you know how I can make a bootable windows 7 disk from an ISO? Nero, Roxio, Sonic, etc. Thanks to all for the wonderful suggestions. Browse Community. Laptops General - Read Only. Turn on suggestions. Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type.
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