Laptop still boots from stick?
I wanted to set up the old laptop (Windows XP) again and install Windows10. After I have selected the USB stick in the boot menu, the Windows 10 logo appears briefly and then only orange stripes. Can someone help me?
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I would say the laptop is too old. Windows 10 probably wouldn't run if you could do it. The whole BIOS is definitely out of date and the MBR can play a role too.
Windows 10 no longer runs on such an old device. But I can recommend installing a Linux distribution on it. For example Bodhi Linux. This distro uses only half as much system resources as Windows XP.
Here is the download of the ISO: http://sourceforge.net/...o/download
Then write the ISO to an empty FAT32 formatted stick using the Unetbootin https://unetbootin.github.io/ tool. If the stick is larger than 32GB, you have to format the stick as FAT32 with this tool https://www.wintotal.de/download/fat32formatter/. This tool bypasses the 32GB limit.
Then boot the stick created on the laptop and follow the instructions of the installer. He will set up the WLAN right away. As the type of installation, I recommend choosing "Erase hard drive and install Bodhi Linux". A restart takes place after the installation is complete. Wait until the desktop appears. Then go to the start menu and open the terminal (called Terminology there). Then enter the following commands there and conclude with Enter:
sudo apt update -y
sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt install unattended-upgrades
unattended-upgrades ensures that the updates run fully automatically in the background. Not only the system but also the installed programs are kept up-to-date. Unlike Windows, you don't have to update every single program.
Then perform a restart.
And this is how you install programs under Bodhi Linux. To do this, go to the Bodhi AppCenter. You can find it in the system tray. That is divided into categories. There you can find e.g. Firefox, VLC Player and much more.
You don't have to do without Spotify under Linux either. This is how to install:
Enter the following commands on the terminal or copy & paste (ctrl + c & ctrl + v):
curl -sS https://download.spotify.com/debian/pubkey_0D811D58.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
echo "deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list
sudo apt update -y
sudo apt install spotify-client
You can find that in the start menu.
