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I need help installing windows on my laptop please.


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#31 Useful_Idiot666

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Posted 30 March 2022 - 01:01 PM

Basically I'm trying to install vista to get 7 on there. :P

 
Hi Useful_Idoit666:
 
As John_C, noted in post # 29, the free upgrade offer from Vista to Win 7 expired on 31-Jan-2010 and there is no free upgrade path from Vista SP2 to either Win 7 SP1 (the usual upgrade path) or higher.  If you want to upgrade you would have to purchase a new Win 7 upgrade DVD and license from a reputable source.  Win 7 SP1 reached the end of extended support on 14-Jan-2020 so you will have to decide for yourself if you want to spend that much money to upgrade a Vista OS to Win 7 SP1 (assuming you can find Win 7-compatible drivers for all your newer hardware).



How does this help me install vista?

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#32 JohnC_21

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Posted 30 March 2022 - 01:22 PM

See my link in post #29. Vista will not run on an intel N3050 Braswell CPU which is what your computer has. 



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Posted 30 March 2022 - 02:07 PM

I see. Why won't it run exactly? Will it run windows 7? Managed to convince one of my online buddies to make me a boot usb and ship it to me and if my celeron can run win7 x64 I'll just get that on there.

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Posted 30 March 2022 - 02:54 PM

I think Vista cannot detect the chipset the CPU uses. Windows 7 should not have a problem installing on this computer. 



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Posted 30 March 2022 - 11:54 PM

I see. I have a buddy making me a usb drive and shipping it to me so praying that works. windows 7 ultimate x64:p




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