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I own a Windows XP PC aged a decade 

i wonder if windows 10 could be installed on it or not ?????

 

 

PC specs :-

Intel Pentium 4 (Prescott) 2.4 GHz

2 GB Ram

250 GB SATA HARD DRIVE (seagate)

 

if the answer is NO then what should i upgrade other than the CPU

 

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Why would you even bother? Slap Linux on that old tart and be done with it.

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Give it a try. Install the 32-bit version.

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I own a Windows XP PC aged a decade 

i wonder if windows 10 could be installed on it or not ?????

 

 

PC specs :-

Intel Pentium 4 (Prescott) 2.4 GHz

2 GB Ram

250 GB SATA HARD DRIVE (seagate)

 

if the answer is NO then what should i upgrade other than the CPU

 

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It should work. You wont know until you try. That being said, it is probably time for an upgrade...

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You should be able to. However, if you can't, I would not bother upgrading that PC. Install linux on it or build a new one. it would be cheaper to build a new one than to upgrade

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Probably not. My dad's 10 year old system with a P4 630 couldn't run it.

 

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I own a Windows XP PC aged a decade 

i wonder if windows 10 could be installed on it or not ?????

 

 

PC specs :-

Intel Pentium 4 (Prescott) 2.4 GHz

2 GB Ram

250 GB SATA HARD DRIVE (seagate)

 

if the answer is NO then what should i upgrade other than the CPU

 

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Linux could work, maybe even Ubuntu but Windows 10 you may have a different story there my friend.  In the case of any of these you need the 32 Bit version

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already have a premium RIG   but was keen to know if this was possible ,   that PC is used as a garage PC 

 

the mainboard dosn't support bootable USB drive  and when try installing windows 8 through DVD drive  gives an error "the drivers not found".

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Try it and find out? I don't think anybody has been brave enough to try it, but I'm sure I read somewhere that the 478 socket wasn't supported for some reason. But go for it, can't run any worse than Windows 7.

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I managed to run the tech demo on a 2004 Pentium M laptop, so it should work though I need to re-install it and see.

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It would run, but better to stay on XP and get some good virus software or install lightweight Linux like Lubuntu.

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already have a premium RIG   but was keen to know if this was possible ,   that PC is used as a garage PC 

 

the mainboard dosn't support bootable USB drive  and when try installing windows 8 through DVD drive  gives an error "the drivers not found".

You could try plop boot manager on a CD or floppy disk, then use that to boot from USB

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I also had a similar PC, a decade old, Pentium 4, but with 1,5 gigs of RAM. Win 10 installed just fine. But it doesn't exactly run that well, obviously. 

Here's the link to the update tool, in case you don't have it: 

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/418286-did-i-find-a-way-to-get-windows-10-early-even-though-i-reserved/

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

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Windows 10 uses newer CPU technologies. The 'Get Windows 10' app in Windows 7/8, will tell you about the unsupported technologies.

The CPU needs to support: CMPXCHG16b, PrefetchW, NX bit (for 64-bit Windows) and LAHF/SAHF, and probably others.

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Windows 10 uses newer CPU technologies. The 'Get Windows 10' app in Windows 7/8, will tell you about the unsupported technologies.

The CPU needs to support: CMPXCHG16b, PrefetchW, NX bit (for 64-bit Windows) and LAHF/SAHF, and probably others.

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