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Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit)

Hello Team,

 

I have a Notbook Compaq nx9420 and I want to install it with a Windows 7 but not sur that will work. Have you experience this before? will this work?

 

The computer is using a Procesor Intel Centrino Duo with 2Gb Windows XP.

 

Many thanks for your Help!

 

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Hi:

 

Looking at the specs, W7 should work fine, but you will need to manually install the Vista graphics driver for the model graphics adapter your notebook has.

 

The auto install will give an unsupported operating system error.   After it reports the error, just browse to the driver file that was created when you ran the file, from the video controller that needs the driver.

 

The driver folder will be located in C:\SWSetup\sp#####, where ##### is the file number of the driver.

 

Make sure the include subfolders box is checked and the driver should install.

 

For any devices that need drivers, use the Vista drivers from the support page.

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