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preparing installation win 10 on a win xp prof laptop
Dear
the laptop:
Acer travelmate 4672WLMi
MFG.DATE: 0608
Travelmate 4670 series
Model NO.: ZB1
original OS
windows xp professional SP2
Acer does not support this laptop according to the list on their website. All laptops not mentioned on the list are not supported.
I assume this means I have to find out for my self? or it's a confirmation it will not work at all?
According to acer site these are the minimum needed on the laptop:
Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster ( laptop has 1.66GHz, genuine intel(R) CPU T2300 (2 CPUS, x86 family 6 model 14 stepping 8 ) )
RAM: 1 gigabyte (GB) (32-bits) or 2 GB (64-bits) (laptop had original 1 GB(supports dual channel), but is doubled to 2 GB. one is samsung 1GB 2Rx8 pc2-4200S-444-12-E3, other is kingston kvr800D2S6/1G 1.8V )
I assume OS (XP) is a 32 bit version as I don't see anyware 64bit nor 32 bit mentioned).
Free hard disk on hard disk: 16 GB (32-bits) or 20 GB (64-bits) (as windows xp does not give right for a free windows 10 , I have to buy one. so plenty of harddisk space (44,3GB (C drive) and 44.8 GB (D drive ), total disk: 93.16 GB.
Grafics card: Microsoft DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM-device driver ( laptop has a ati mobility radeon X1400 card, memory 512 MB. directX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904), I can't find anything about a WDDM-device driver).
A Microsoft account (is this obliged? I prefere a local account for the moment).
And internetconnection (I assume this is for those who can download the free windows 10?)
Acer also informs that the bios should be updated: laptop has ZB1 V1.3233.3B33(dxdiag) , Acer v1.3233. 11/07/2006(msinfo32). SMBIOS version : 2.4
Why won't Windows 10 not work if the correct bios is not available? Can I find out of my recent bios version is good enough?
there is a bios upgrade available for the Travelmate 4670 series, (version 3239, date:2008/12/08 ), but acer doesnt mention what it will improve.
I collected the information using winver, msinfo32 and dxdiag.
if this all is ok, then I will have to find all drivers from windows 10 update.
How big are the chances I wil find them all or at least for basic things as, videocard,audio, wifi, networkcard. Other things as cardreader, bleuttooth, modem, are not important to work.