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August 14th, 2014 14:00
Is there Windows 7 drivers for this wireless and bluetooth device ?
Have an DELL XPS 8700 with the following wireless and bluetooth chipset/card :
Intel Wireless Bluetooth 4.0 + HS Adapter
Intel Dual Band Wireless - AC 7260
Is there drivers for Windows 7 64-bit for this chipset ? Reason I asked was when I tried to get DELL to install Windows 7 Pro instead of Windows 8.1 on my machine, their excuse was that there weren't any drivers for these 2 items in Windows 7. I don't quite believe them.
Have someone here "converted" from Windows 8.1 (not pro) to Windows 7 and you have the chipset mentioned here ?
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bpinnsvin
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August 16th, 2014 03:00
The guide says :
The partition scheme and target system type set as MBR partition Scheme for BIOS or UEFI Computers by default and this can be used in most cases.
In the rare case where you need to install on a 3 TB or larger drive with a SecureBoot/UEFI BIOS select GPT partition scheme for UEFI computer (I have not tested this).
So, if I'm not gonna install Windows 7 on a 3 tb drive, it will be best to disable secure boot and UEFI to legacy ? Or do I only have to disable secure boot, but keep the UEFI setting ?
Reason I ask is that other Windows 7 installation guides says you have to disable these two settings, but in the guide you sendt me it seems like the only thing I need to change may be the secure boot setting. Or maybe not ?
Philip_Yip
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August 15th, 2014 04:00
I'm not sure why they aren't listed but you can of course get them from the Intel Download Centre. Heres the drivers listed for WiFi and also Bluetooth:
http://www.intel.com/support/wireless/wtech/proset-ws/sb/CS-034041.htm
http://www.intel.com/support/wireless/wtech/proset-ws/sb/CS-034060.htm
The rest of the Windows 7 drivers are here:
http://ftp.dell.com/published/Pages/xps-8700.html
bpinnsvin
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August 15th, 2014 08:00
Do you have to disable UEFI and Secure Boot to install Windows 7 or does Windows 7 support this mode too ?
Philip_Yip
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August 15th, 2014 17:00
No but you need to prepare a Windows 7 UEFI USB using an up to date Windows 7 64 Bit .iso and a utility called Rufus, see here:
http://dellwindowsreinstallationguide.com/download-microsoft-windows-and-office/download-microsoft-windows/windows-7-sp1-iso-download/