Driver Needed XP 64 bit for Broadcom BCM4313

ok, i know it may not exist. the laptop is hp g56-122 but hp wont even provide drivers for xp 32 bit but i found one that works for that somewhere. the reason i want to use 64 bit xp is because it will match my win 7 64 bit and ubuntu 64 bit. 7 is good, but no backwards compatibility, so i need xp, if i install xp, 7, and linux on seperate partitions, i always end up with a partition misalignment due to linux and swap being on logical partition, so i found a way to squeeze 7 and xp on the same partition. however if i use one 64 bit and one 32 bit windows the 32 bit program files go in Program Files and 64 bit go in same so they overwrite and one will not work, if they are both 32 bit or both 64 bit they will just share program files

Does anyone know any wireless card that has xp x64 driver that i can put in my laptop in place of the original?
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Does anyone know how to rename the folder "program files" in xp or 7?
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Is there a way i could edit the driver for 7 to make it work in xp?
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Anyone know if windows 7 and xp can be installed on GUID Partitions?

1. Do an 'anytime upgrade' to Windows 7 Professional or Ultimate.
2. Download the virtual XP from Microsoft that runs under those 2 variants of 7. Fully supported.

Then you have XP without the needs for tricks like this. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspx tells more.

Kees

What are you talking about? Windows 7 has near full backwards compatibility. It won't do 16-bit program support, but I don't believe XP x64 will either.

A lot of people seem to get confused by the whole XP Mode option in 7. They think that it means that there's no backwards compatibility support without it, which they'd find out is incorrect if they just TRIED running some app. Probably 99.99% of apps that worked with XP will work with 7. One of the biggest selling points of Windows is its backwards compatibility. It's also probably the single biggest source of Windows' security issues. Even if starting tomorrow, Microsoft started following every single best practices procedure for writing secure code, they'd still be saddled by mountains of code that was written before that which they need to preserve to provide that compatibility with older apps.

Windows 7 uses the Vista driver model which is completely different from the Windows 2000/XP driver model. So there is no way to make them work short of having access to the source code and rewriting big chunks of it. Just by virtue of asking this question it is clear that even if you had the source code for the driver, you'd lack the skill necessary to modify it successfully. You're not alone, I'd be in the same boat.

And GUID partitions are used by Apple, and so to get Windows installed you need to use Apple's Boot Camp which provides the necessary low-level translation software.

But I'm betting you haven't even TRIED running any of the apps you think don't work, you just made an erroneous assumption. And if it happens that you have one of those 0.01% of apps... First off, odds are you should have updated years ago, but you also have the XP Mode option available to you as already outlined.

i dont really like using the virtual machine for things because it is running an os inside an os

so i think my best bet may be finding a wireless card that has a xp x64 driver

Which still doesn't answer the question of have you actually TRIED running whatever apps you think will not run on 7, or are you just assuming that they won't?

And good luck with that search. Like I said a ways back, XP x64 had very poor driver support because it wasn't intended for widespread distribution. Odds are, if they'd managed to get Vista out the door reasonably on time, XP x64 probably would have never been born. But the fact that it was a little known and little used OS, coupled with the fact that we've had not only Vista, and Windows 7, but Windows 7 SP1 come out means that you're looking at probably over 4 years on. The odds of being able to find any bit of hardware still supported that far out would be a challenge, let alone finding one for sale, that will work with your particular laptop, which also happens to have an XP x64 driver. Needle in a haystack doesn't quite begin to describe that scenario.

Every way you turn on this one you're going to find one insurmountable obstacle after another. And even if you somehow manage to find this elusive network card, which probably doesn't even exist, you have the issue of exposing yourself to a significantly higher amount of malware on account of XP x64 being an orphaned OS. Letting that thing loose on the Internet would be very ill advised.

And I'm not really sure what the problem is running an OS inside an OS. Pretty much every CPU made in the last 3-4 years, probably longer, has virtualization tech built right into it for exactly this sort of purpose.

We've tried the whole soft approach, but obviously it's going to take a bit more. What you're trying to do is never going to work, and it would be stupid to waste your time trying to make it work. Just try the bloody programs on 7, and I'll bet you a shiny nickel that they work just fine. No need for XP Mode or anything else. Install, run, the end. You probably have a better chance of being struck by lightning after surviving a plane crash while going to collect your lottery winnings that you won without ever even playing the lottery than you do getting XP x64 to work like you want. Give it up. Stop wasting your time, and that of anyone foolish enough to try and help you in the future.

but thanks for at least attempting to help rather than assuming that i dont have a clue what im doing. also i have all drivers installed except wireless, its the only one i cant find.

and jimmy, the first way i tried to run the old stuff was in 7, and it will not work
that is the reason i have installed xp to begin with, but i decided i will just use 32 bit on xp unless i find a 64 bit xp driver for wifi

still have the partition misalignment problem. it seems that if i have an extended partition not matter what i do there will be misalignment. this time however the extended partition itself is misaligned instead of all of the logical partitions inside it being misaligned.

i know it may be a bit off topic but anybody know which is better to be misaligned?

my guess is that as long as the logical partitions in the extended are aligned correctly, the container itself being misaligned shouldn't cause a performance hit

I thought I read xp64 and you're right, it's just x64!

But let's try that other driver question. Did you remember what driver we need to install before a wifi card driver?

As to the misaligned 4K sector issue (I'm guessing that's your question) the speed hit on writing from XP is about 4 times slower than when its aligned. Since a majority of the time in windows is spent reading, you usually don't feel it till you do something like install apps.

Bob

what driver is needed before wifi?

does the nic driver need to be installed for wifi in xp?

and the misalignment is in the linux partitions (extended with 1 logical for linux and 1 logical for swap) so it should have no effect on xp

The reasons are simple. Such as the wifi card is connected to the chipset. The chipset is connected to the CPU. Without the chipset drivers, wifi cards may not be seen.

But it's time to toss in the towel on this card. HERE'S WHY.

To see if there was some hope I checked for Linux drivers and found no support for this card.

Seems a shame but for XP 64 I suggest you use some USB stick.
Bob

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I take it that you didn't look inside. I had to double check, just in case.
Google for Dell's R267611 driver if you want.
Bob

Went to www.dell.com to get 2 since one was an ethernet connector that I needed and a friend got that for me, it does require an outside computer. Once online I sought out drivers for my Optiplex GX620 and put in my service tag - not the Express Service Code. This was once a work machine with from a person who gave it to me and I had all that info ready - it was WINXP Pro but it is now WINXP Home Edition. I had used a a recovery disk for that. This computer is inmy name and it is out of warranty. I needed a Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabyte Controller to connect to the internet. Two others were needed: SoundMax Integrated Digital Audio & for Video, Intel 82945G Express Chipset Family (2). All Three are in a flashdrive, along with all the info about my Dell. So, if my system crashes, I have the ability to resolve any problems, Darrell

Here all the office is flipped to 64 bit. I wonder if some are stuck in the past and will miss all the great stuff.
Bob

and save to the desktop. Put it into a Flash Drive and then install it. Darrell

LENOVO G460 SAME PROBLEM

THERES A FIX CALLED BCMWL564

SOME SAY IT WORKS

THIS DRIVER MANAGE THE WLAN BCM4313 UNDER XP X64:


http://www.easy-share.com/1915934211/wlan.exe


PS: NO LONGER NEED THAT HELP I ASKED BEFORE ANYMORE
GREETING FROM
CHILE
GOOD LUCK

THIS DRIVER MANAGE THE WLAN BCM4313 UNDER XP X64:


http://www.easy-share.com/1915934211/wlan.exe


PS: NO LONGER NEED THAT HELP I ASKED BEFORE ANYMORE
GREETING FROM
CHILE
GOOD LUCK

THIS DRIVER MANAGE THE WLAN BCM4313 UNDER XP X64:


http://www.easy-share.com/1915934211/wlan.exe


PS: NO LONGER NEED THAT HELP I ASKED BEFORE ANYMORE
GREETING FROM
CHILE
GOOD LUCK