Help needed with installing Windows 10 on old computer

JaseUK

JaseUK

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Hi,
A mate has given me an old Dell Dimension 2400 computer which currently has XP installed. He would like Windows 10 but I am really struggling to do a fresh install on it.

The computer has an IDE hard drive and DVD drive.

When I boot from the W10 installation disc is gets to the point where it says its loading files with the white bar across the bottom of the screen but as soon at the bar gets full the computer restarts and it boots into XP.

I have swapped the jumpers round from master to slave and back again but no joy.

I cant seem to get it to boot from USB either.

Please help.
 
Is your Windows 10 a shop bought/online retail copy complete with CD key because you cant upgrade Windows 10 from XP with the free version as XP is not eligible.
 
varkanoid said:
Is your Windows 10 a shop bought/online retail copy complete with CD key because you cant upgrade Windows 10 from XP with the free version as XP is not eligible.
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I'm not upgrading XP, I'm trying to do a fresh install of Windows 10. I am using an ISO I downloaded from MS.
 
Dell computers usually have a small partician with operating sytsem and recovery files on , so delete all particians then install 10.

Make sure you can get the drivers for the computer.
 
best thing to do is install windows 7 and update till you get the 10 window and see if you are supported.

i had a 754 board with nvidia 6100/704 or something chipset and that was too old for windows 10, so had to keep it on windows 7, but it was only the graphics driver that wasnt supported and i had a dx11 gpu in that machine lol.


the dell computer is quite older, probably older than what ive been dealing with, so you might just about get windows 7 never mind 10.
 
I ended up just cleaning up the XP installation and it appears a lot better. Thanks for all the info and assistance.
 
If you do want to upgrade Windows, install Windows 7 - that doesn't have the need for the NX bit. Windows 8 and onwards require NX bit compatible processors.
 
Yer I'd try Windows 7 also. I'd partition the drive (if it's big enough!?) and give Windows 7 a try at installing, if it works great, you can delete and expand the old XP partition into Windows 7, if not and it goes a pear shaped, then you can just delete the Windows 7 partition and merge that into the XP install.
Least that way if Windows 7 doesn't want to install, you can always boot straight back into XP now that you have it set up.

*But* you'd want to read up about dual booting XP and 7 first, just in case 7 doesn't install, but it messes with the boot manager.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/8057-dual-boot-installation-windows-7-xp.html


Or and probably easier, is to just change the HDD over and try Windows 7, I mean everyone's still got old IDE drives about, right..? Or is it just me. :rolleyes:
 
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