SATA drivers for a dell optiplex 5050

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I'm trying to get sata drivers to install XP on a optiplex 5050 however I'm having no luck.

Chipset is a Q270.

Thanks in advance.
 
take_a_nap said:
I'm trying to get sata drivers to install XP on a optiplex 5050 however I'm having no luck.

Chipset is a Q270.

Thanks in advance.
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Drivers for XP do not exist for Dell OptiPlex 5050 Tower.

You could try drivers for Windows 7

https://www.dell.com/support/product-details/en-uk/product/optiplex-5050-desktop/drivers

https://www.dell.com/support/product-details/en-uk/product/optiplex-5050-desktop/drivers

However remember you will have to muck about in the bios and set the drive from AHCI to ATA/IDE mode.

Good luck. You will certainly need it.
 
take_a_nap said:
I'm trying to get sata drivers to install XP on a optiplex 5050 however I'm having no luck.

Chipset is a Q270.

Thanks in advance.
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Just go with windows 7, or 10. If for some esoteric reason you have to use XP on this Optiplex 5050. Buy a Sata card that has XP support, if you can get the motherboard to work. Same for graphics networking and sound. Alternatively try drivers for an older OptiPlex. Just seems a lot of hard work to be honest.
 
tekkaman said:
Windows 7 is the way to go. If you must use XP you can use it virtually. It's actually very snappy.
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He/she would have to crack Windows 7 to effectively use it. If they are uncomfortable with that, something like a simple Linux distribution that then emulates Windows XP or even chainloading XP with GRUB could do. I use Windows XP as my main OS even though it is in a VM.
 
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