I got an older used laptop that has an Intel dual core CPU with a clock speed of 2 GHz, a RAM with 4 GB RAM and a HDD hard disk with a size of 250 GB (system is 64 bit capable). Installed was a 32-bit version of the Windows 7 Starter Edition.
My friend has formatted the hard drive and put up Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit, also because it allows the 4 GB of RAM to be fully utilized, instead of the 3 GB previously with the 32-bit version).
Since I would like to use Windows 10 but on the laptop, I have a bootable / s SD card or USB flash drive with Windows 10 ISO (Enterprise Edition) created and then selected in the BIOS as a boot medium. After the restart, the logo of Windows 10 is briefly visible and just before the small charging circuit should actually appear, the laptop suddenly switches itself off immediately.
Incidentally, this behavior of the laptop only occurs when you try to install Windows 10. Windows 7 (Ultimate & Professional) can be installed properly and runs stable.
What is the behavior of the laptop and is this possibly somehow to fix?
My computer still has Windows 8 etiquette, which has expanded by itself (by updates) to 10; I do not know how to do that.
Hope that helps, if not, not bad
Installation maybe damaged?
Windows 7 Ultimate pulled up (64-bit, also because it allows the 4 GB of RAM to be fully utilized, instead of the 3 GB previously with the 32-bit version).
A 32-bit system can manage up to 4GB of RAM, so installing the 64-bit system would not have been necessary.
The computer may not meet the requirements for Windows 10, see here:
https://www.microsoft.com/...ifications
On the other hand, the laptop manufacturer will presumably no Windows 10 driver more available, so that just for a laptop, the specific drivers will be missing, but you can look it up on the support page of the manufacturer.
Otherwise I would install a Win 10 Home or Pro version on the stick via the Media Creation Tool:
I can also recommend installing a Linux distribution. For example, Linux Mint. I recommend the xfce edition, which runs extremely fast even on over 10 year old devices. You can take the 64bit version. Download here: https://www.linuxmint.com/ Write down the downloaded ISO with this tool https://unetbootin.github.io/ to an empty FAT32 formatted USB stick. Then boot the stick.
Also on Skype, Spotify, Minecraft, Teamspeak and Discord you do not have to do without Linux.
So, the ISO file is not damaged, Windows 10 Enterprise could easily be tested on other systems (PC with a 3 GHz Quad Core CPU and 4 GB RAM, & Asus Netbook with a 1.8 GHz dual core CPU and 1 GB RAM) and runs stable (except for the speed of the system version of the netbook, which is not surprising in a 1 GB of RAM).
As for the requirements: As I already suspected by the abrupt shutdown of the laptop before loading after startup, there seems to be problems with / in the actual booting, which in my opinion (only?) Can be located on the BIOS.
The software "Everest Ultimate" shows me that my system is a BIOS of the manufacturer American Megatrends Inc., version 306 from 27.10.2008. In the BIOS itself there's neither a Secure Boot option nor UEFI settings marked as such.
I have to look, with which BIOS version the netbook is running, perhaps I find there further hints… Besides, it can't hurt to inform me a little bit more about the "UEFI" settings or about the Secure Boot option… Although my friend has warned me several times before, a BIOS flash or before performing a system firmware update, I'm assuming that I will not be spared a BIOS update.
I definitely thank you for the answers so far ;-)
Greetings, Lucy
PS: That a 32-bit system with a RAM up to 4 GB supports, I was quite familiar. Even so, 'Everest Ultimate' only showed me a memory usage of '3-3.5 GB' for the 32-bit Windows Starter. Only after reinstalling a 64-bit version of Windows 7 will the entire 4 GB of RAM be used.
There's just hardware, which is too old for Windows 10. Since you can do little.
Since you have an EE of Windows, I have to potentially assume that you use a pirated copy anyway. Private individuals do not come into this sort of thing (so without further ado) and are not intended for private individuals - in companies there are admins who look after them.
In short: Start your existing Windows, load the Media Creation Tool from the https://www.microsoft.com/.../windows10 and execute it.
If the tool says your hardware is not compatible you can do nothing.
If the tool does not complain - well, then you definitely have your EE from untrustworthy source.
My assumption that the termination of the boot process (after the start of the laptop by switching off the device itself) can actually stand only in connection with the BIOS itself, does not seem so outlandish. (at Intetesse, see further execution in my answer below)
Current drivers would have to be still available for my Asus model…
Thank you for the link to the Microsoft website with the detailed overview of system requirements for Windows 10. (Until then, I only knew the slightly more superficial listing of Microsoft…)
Thanks a lot, I had plans to install a Linux distribution on the small netbook after the test of Windows 10 (and as soon as I got this with my 'big' laptop baked ^^ °). So far I have only worked with several versions of Windows and Android (mainly) with iOS (through an old iPhone 4s) and OS X (very little). With Linux, however, I have not had any experience. Apparently, unlike the Windows versions, the Linux distributions are built on top of each other. Which distribution is recommended for the beginning (quasi for getting started to get to know and understand the system)? What is the difference between the distributions? For some advice, I would be really grateful.
Even though I have mastered the actual handling of hardware / software myself, despite having dropped out of training as a media assistant, I'm quite capable of learning (also thanks to my keen interest in technology and science) and understand contexts quite quickly, so that I meanwhile become one See the advanced user.
I downloaded the ISO version of the Enterprise version directly from the Microsoft website. Nowadays, more and more system and software installation files (for various types of devices) can be legally downloaded from the Internet (often checked and / or downloaded directly from the manufacturer websites).
Licenses for Windows 10 are sometimes offered on the Internet very cheap for sale (often only for a short time). Also, private users sometimes offer their purchased license keys for sale (in a legal way).
And now and then you have one or the other acquaintances who can help you with the opportunity to acquire.
Although the Enterprise version is preferred to companies / companies and the Education version is sold to schools and universities because the specific settings and functions of the respective editions have been adapted to the specific needs for a particular type of use. However, this does not mean that you have virtually no chance (legal interests) of using these editions of the operating system as a normal mortal (with very special interests and corresponding needs regarding the use of these versions). [Would be in my opinion also quite nonsensical, since almost all special additional functions that are not included in the Home or Pro versions, in the form of software, patches, etc. Separately downloaded and installed (even without the law to break).
I've already installed and run the requirements checker, and as stated in my question above, it clearly shows that my system is Windows 10 compliant. (I would be very surprised at a laptop with the o.a. Hardware components otherwise.) [As in my general answer below and read in other comments from me, I'm more of a BIOS problem…]
Linux Mint is one of the most used distributions and ideal for beginners. The configuration is mostly fully automatic. The xfce edition has a start menu as you know it in Windows, so you can find your way around. Even if you have never worked with a Linux distribution and are unfamiliar.
Programs are installed via application management. This is similar to an appstore. There you will find, for example The vector graphics program Inkscape, the image processing GIMP, Libreoffice, Skype, Spotify, Minecraft, the free DJ software Mixxx, VLC Media Player and much more.
There's also a central update manager. If new program versions appear, it will appear at the bottom right of the clock and offer an update. You do not have to update every single installed program like with Windows. The updating can also be completely automated so that it runs in the background.
In rare cases you have to install programs that are not available in the application management. Such programs are available for Linux Mint as a deb file. These are installation packages that can be easily installed by double-clicking. An example of this would be this Youtube Downloader: https://www.4kdownload.com/de/products/product-videodownloader Just go to this page with Firefox under Linux Mint and click on Download. You then have a deb file which you can then simply install by double-clicking.
