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Hello. This is probably a dumb question, however...
How does one go about installing drivers to a newly-loaded OS in a dual-boot configuration?
I have ME running on C: and just loaded W2K on the D: drive. The latter is only running as 16-color VGA, even though this laptop has a Trident CyberBlade Ai1 AGP 1024 x 768 display.
Is there some way to copy the drivers from the ME OS on C: to the W2K OS on D:??
I can't simply "install" the drivers directly onto D: because everything came pre-loaded on this laptop (under the ME OS) and there's only an "emergency recovery CD" - no separate disks containing the hardware drivers, etc.
Is there some sort of workaround for this problem?
Thanks!

"Hello. This is probably a dumb question, however..." YES
W2K and ME are as different as chalk and cheese and can not share drivers, or anything else for that matter, you have two seperate Operating Systems and you need to install seperate programs for the W2K O/S.
In W2K just go to Windows Updates and it possibly will offer you a Graphics Drivers as well as SP4 and various other security updates.

If windows update doesn't have your drivers, then go to the graphics card manufacturer's website and download their latest (for 2000) and install them.

Don't downplay yourself... If you don't know something - asking others to help out is not dumb...; the only "dumb question" is the one never asked...
As Curt and co advise, go hunt for the drivers for graphics card in the laptop; then boot to W2K and install them. Possibly the laptop manufacturer's website will have suitable drivers; if not the Trident site?
Failing which do a www trawl for:
Trident CyberBlade Ai1 AGP windows 2000 drivers
and sources will pop up; they did when I trawled "out there".

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