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Question posted by Larryd14 on February 28th, 2014

Dell Inspiron 531 Upgraded From Vista32 To Win7 Ultimate.

I've been looking for updated drivers for this computer and noticed they all reference Vista 32 OS. As I have upgraded my system to Win7 Ultimate, do I need different drivers? Thanks, in advance. Larry-

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Answer #1: Posted by krishmaqvan on March 1st, 2014 12:11 AM

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Yes you need wn 7 driver but most of wndows 7 has latest driver but some times newer version of hardware need driver but you can easly get driver for win7 at below link for your laptop.

http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/19/product/inspiron-531

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