Could I revive the old laptop

[hz363]

Hello all:

   6-year ago, I bought a HP laptop. The factory OS is win7. Later, by the help of Forum, I downgraded it to winXP. Since then I have been using this machine and like it.

   As everyone knows I was forced to leave the winXP and bought a new Laptop with w10 and put the old machine aside.

   I like  hardware of the old one, now I am thinking to revive the old machine with installing  w10 to replace the old wXP. Is it possible? I got confused information. 

   Could you, please, give me exact idea for clean installing standard w10 into this old machine.

   The related data are:

                               Model:    HP Laptop Pavilion dv6-1334us

                            OS:     wXPpro  sp3

                                  CPU :     Pretinum Dual-Core CPU

                                          T4300  @ 2.10 GHz

                                          2.10 GHz , 2.10 GB of Ram

    I am eager to do this work. Thank you a million in advance.      -- Zhao

[Huffer]

The Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family or GMA 4500 is not supported for Windows 10*

There are no drivers available for this graphics adapter under Windows 10*

Windows 7 is actually the optimal OS for that hardware.

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi, @hz363 :

W10 will install a working graphics driver for your notebook.

If not, the W7 driver will work if you manually install it.

I am more concerned with the audio and wireless not working.

You can try W10 and see what happens.

In any event, usually the W7 drivers will work for devices not installed by W10.

I have W10 working on much older platforms than yours...HP nc6400 with Intel GMA 950 graphics, for example.

[hz363]

     Hello Paul:

    According to your opinion, I think I can do the risk.

   Before downloading the (w10).iso from MS, I need to know 32-bit or 64-bit should I use.

Please tell me which one should choose.

   If my old machine can only work on 32-bit, but I downloading/purchasing the 64-bit,

what will happen? stop installing? not working? .........       --Zhao

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

The T4300 processor is a 64 bit processor, so no problem with installing W10 x64.

Is there a way you can experiment with installing W10 without buying it?

If you can, then if it works completely, you can buy it, if not, you don't, and save your money.

You may be able to download it from here, and when you get the part where you are asked to enter a product key, select the 'I don't have a product key' option and W10 will install and ask to be activated.

Use the Media creation tool to make a 64 bit USB installation flash drive, or save an ISO file which you can then burn to a DVD.

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

But you should have 30 days to experiment with it before it quits working or asks you to buy a license.

[hz363]

     Hello paul:

    Last night, I go to the MS website to download the w10 *.iso.  The downloaded file is "Win10_1703_SingleLang_English_x64.iso". It was directly gone to my documents/downloads.

    One strange things happened: During the whole downloading, it did not charge money!

    Now how make the USB/Fresh-Drive bootable with the downloaded file and where to pay the money 

     Tell me please!                        -- Zhao 

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

I think that you would pay Microsoft after you install W10.

That's the good part.  If it doesn't work well on your PC, you have 30 days to try it out before you buy a license to activate your installation.

I have zipped up and attached the Microsoft ISO to USB/DVD tool below.

Run that to put the ISO file onto a DVD. It will make the DVD bootable as well.

Or use your DVD burning programs burn ISO function to do the same thing.

If you use the dvd burning program, burn the ISO file to a DVD at the slowest speed you can to get a good burn.

[hz363]

     Hello paul:

    Its now Sunday morning, are you in your office?

    I don't know somehow your zipped file hard to open.  Besides, USB is handy 

for me now. Could you tell me the USB way briefly?

                                                                                                    --Zhao

   PS: MS postpones charge money, unusual/great.   

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

I don't work for HP, so I am at home.

If you are running on XP, install this free DVD burning program.

https://www.cdburnerxp.se/en/download

Then after you install the program, run it, and you will get a home screen with several options.

You want to select the Burn ISO Image menu.

Then just follow the easy steps to burn the file to a DVD.

Again, select the slowest burn speed you can from the menu.

[hz363]

     Hi paul:

    You are a special-grade-volunteer, skills and work hours.

    Unfortunately, I run out of empaty DVD disk. 

    Thank you !!!!!!!!!!!                                           --Zhao