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Windows 10 or 11 Installation on Windows 7 Laptop

Pescofi_6400 Posted messages 7 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -  
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HP dv6-2140ef Laptop

Processor i5-430M 2.26GHz Turbo. Screen 15.6. Hard drive 640GB. nVidia GeForce GT320M card (1024 memory). Current equipment: Windows 7 Home Premium Edition (64 bits). Thank you for your suggestions Pescofi 6400

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    .eric Posted messages 1386 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   87
     

    Hello

    it was in 2010. "it's true but you shouldn't believe the sellers, they will never tell you that what they are selling is not good." The conclusion is still valid! Thank you Scarface 72

    https://forums.commentcamarche.net/forum/affich-18242766-hp-pavilion-dv6-2140ef-entertainment

    So yes, but 15 years later we aren't really sure why, and finding drivers... it's rare to find a 7 64 bits, from that time in its original laptop, if he doesn't go online too much it will soon be a collector's item.

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  2. Winux
     

    Hello to you too,

    Windows 10 and 11 are too heavy, it's necessary to choose a lightweight distribution of Linux.

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    1. brucine Posted messages 24849 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 170
       

      Hello,

      It's an antique, but it's probably not the hardware that's preventing the installation of Windows 10; otherwise, 4 GB of RAM and a mechanical hard drive would cause a barely bearable slowness unless the computer is confined to simple tasks and the startup (or more accurately, the non-startup) of all non-essential services is optimized.

      It’s probably something simpler: there is a chance it might be impossible to find Windows 10 drivers.

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  3. SidonieValois Posted messages 26 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
     

    Hello,

    My computer was old school and definitely not compatible for the upgrade... But I went ahead and did it today — I'm now on Windows 11!

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    1. brucine Posted messages 24849 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 170
       

      Hello,

      It all depends on what we mean by old school; here, given what is presented to us with a really very old machine, even just 4 GB of RAM will pose a problem and make the machine unusable even if we manage to install Windows 11 and find drivers for it.

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