Consider buying an XP laptop like I found on http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lenovo-S10-White-1-6GHz-70GB-504MB-Notebook-10-1-Computer-Laptop-/271348612594?pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item3f2da33df2 (for USD 15). You should be able to install the drivers on that. You might be able to find an even cheaper one.
Kees
The HP Scanjet 3970 is a pretty old scanner; I need it to scan a couple of negatives to my computer but I just can't seem to install the scanner.
My computer is running 32-bit Windows 7 Enterprise, for which there are no compatible 3970 drivers, so I got Windows XP Mode and tried to install it through that but it just doesn't seem to work.
I downloaded the XP drivers and software, installed it, wouldn't work, removed it, installed again, won't work, repeat, repeat, repeat.
My computer, NOT IN XP MODE, recognizes the scanner as "USB Composite Device" (in the Device Manager) and not as an imaging device, and I tried manually installing the drivers through the Device Manager by selecting the appropriate .INF file, but it keeps saying the drivers are up to date and all that.
Then I tried to do the same in XP Mode but my computer in XP Mode doesn't even recognize the scanner - it's not anywhere in the Device Manager.
What could be the problem? How do I install it?
Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you!

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