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Win10 install - how low can you go? Attempt 2 - Toshiba Equium A100-027 laptop
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<blockquote data-quote="Analoguesat" data-source="post: 1099906" data-attributes="member: 176362"><p><strong>Info</strong></p><p></p><p>An old laptop borrowed out of the junk pile at work. It had Vista on it when new.</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Computer specs</strong></p><p></p><p>Toshiba Equium A100-027</p><p>2GB ram </p><p>160GB platter hdd </p><p>Intel dual core pentium according to the sticker on the front</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Total cost</strong></p><p></p><p>Nil so far</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Verdict</strong></p><p>Not going well so far! For starters the hdd had been swiped at some point so I had to rootle around for a replacement. The spares box donated a 160gb platter drive out of another old laptop. Only the usb ports on the rear panel are recognised during the boot process - the ones on the side appear to be totally inactive during initial boot. </p><p></p><p>Only 1 of my usb build discs gets anywhere into the boot process, unfortunately its a 64 bit one and the build bombs out after a few minutes at the win10 blue "window logo" with a "not 64bit architecture" error..... Im a bit puzzled at the moment although the hdd is desperately slow which is probably causing issues. I will see what else I can find over the next few nights and see how far I can get with this computer. Ive got a couple of ideas if it continues to be difficult.......</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Analoguesat, post: 1099906, member: 176362"] [B]Info[/B] An old laptop borrowed out of the junk pile at work. It had Vista on it when new. [B]Computer specs[/B] Toshiba Equium A100-027 2GB ram 160GB platter hdd Intel dual core pentium according to the sticker on the front [B]Total cost[/B] Nil so far [B]Verdict[/B] Not going well so far! For starters the hdd had been swiped at some point so I had to rootle around for a replacement. The spares box donated a 160gb platter drive out of another old laptop. Only the usb ports on the rear panel are recognised during the boot process - the ones on the side appear to be totally inactive during initial boot. Only 1 of my usb build discs gets anywhere into the boot process, unfortunately its a 64 bit one and the build bombs out after a few minutes at the win10 blue "window logo" with a "not 64bit architecture" error..... Im a bit puzzled at the moment although the hdd is desperately slow which is probably causing issues. I will see what else I can find over the next few nights and see how far I can get with this computer. Ive got a couple of ideas if it continues to be difficult....... [/QUOTE]
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