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Windows 10 install stuck at logo screen
Hello, this is my first post here.
I've been trying to install Windows 10 for a few days now and whatever I do I can't get past the black screen with the four blue rectangles that constitute the Windows 10 logo.
(I haven't installed 10 before - does everyone see this screen, with the rectangles and no text or spinning dots? if so, for how long? what does it mean?)
My current setup has dual boot for Windows 7 and XP, and ideally I'd like to keep these as they are and add Win 10 as a third option.
I used AOMEI Partition Assistant to make a third partition of 148GB on the same drive as the other two versions. I used Media Creation Tool to make an install dvd, and altered the boot order in bios. When I boot with the dvd in my external drive (I don't have an internal one anymore) it goes to the logo screen with just the rectangles and no words or spinning dots. If I leave it for hours it eventually boots back into Windows 7.
I used Microsoft's tool again to make a usb installer and get exactly the same results. I read somewhere that this sometimes happens because Windows 10 needs uefi instead of bios, and it seems that my bios has no uefi capabilities - looking through it I can't see any reference to uefi, gpt, Secure Boot, legacy, csm etc. I failed to find an update for my bios, which is pretty old. Does this mean I can't install Win 10 on this system?
I installed Rufus and chose all the bios/mbr/ntfs options, but the resulting usb gives the same results as the previous attempts. I tried various other suggestions found on various forums with no luck.
What should I try next?
Windows Version 6.1 (Build 7601: Service Pack 1)