I installed Windows 7 on a Dell Inspiron 1525 this weekend. It took less than 30 minutes with a brand new 640GB drive. Everything went nearly perfect – the only drivers that Win7 didn’t install was for a “Base System Device”, which was the Ricoh card reader. Here’s a direct link to the correct driver:
http://ftp.us.dell.com/chipset/Ricoh_R5C833_A00_R240788.exe
Update: Per Brandon – the Dell TouchPad/Pointing Stick driversshould be installed for full functionality. Here is a direct link from Dell’s FTP server.
Remember to always backup your data before installing a new operating system. Also, there is no direct upgrade path from XP to 7 so you will be starting out from scratch with software installations, etc.
Thank you verry much !! The drivers are working !!
You are very welcome. I try to help out where I can. 🙂
Hi rex! I’m really struggeling with the installation of Windows 7 on my Inspiron 1525. Why? When I boot from the installation cd, it shows up the language selection screen. But keyboard and usb mouse are not working, so I can not continue the installation.
Didi you have the same problem? Do you have any suggestions?
Thanks fior any help!
Hi and thanks for posting –
Thats odd. It should load default keyboard and mouse drivers.
Does the touchpad work?
Hi, Rex
I am trying to instal and operating system onto the Dell Inspiron 1525, the operating system is Windows 7 and when the instaler loads windows files the computer restarts by it self and the instaler does not get a chance to instal an operating system.
Can you help
Thanks, Ben
hey dude after installing windows 7 ultimate on my dell inspiron 1525, the keyboard layout of the pc has changed. for example. when i press shift+num 2, it displays the double quotation mark ( ” ), and when i press the shift+” key, it displays @. also some other keys have changed. can you help me out please.
Try this:
Go to Start -> Control Panel
Search for Keyboard
Click ‘Change keyboards and other input methods’
Click ‘Change Keyboards’
Check your settings for input language
Hello, I am from the netherlands and I have a problem whit W7,
if I have install compleet W7 om my inspirion 1525 whit intell core 2 duo T7250 and 4GB and he
by a new start then for a moment I get blue screen and the start again, every time
Can you help me out whit this problem
I have the Win7 disc, but not install disc. Where did you install disc come from? (Where can I find an installation disc for the Inspiron 1525?)
Thanks
which version of Window7 should install on the Inspiron 1525, is a 32 bit or 64 bit windows 7 home?
thanks
Hey, so I downloaded windows 7 onto my inspiron 1525, but i had to use the custom package to download it since it kept on stating that i didn’t have the windows service pack. Anyway, the problem now is that my windows 7 got downloaded into my recovery folder instead of OS (C:) and apparently my OS (C:) is full of files from Windows Vista – and I can’t seem to delete them off nor format the entire disk either. Even after changing the administrator from TrustedInstaller to my account I still could not delete the files off. What should I do now? 🙁
guys i need help i have an inspiron 1525 and my hdd got damaged . i replaced the dameaged one with a nbrand new toshiba 1 tb amd when i try to install w7 it says drivers are missing . i ve downloaded thge sata drivers but it keeps telling me the same… 🙁 HELP
Does it boot all the way to the desktop – or when do you get the message?
It’s perfectly normal to be missing some drivers, depending on your hardware.