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Problems upgrading Dell Dimension 5000 from Win 10 32 bit to 64 bit
I'm a newcomer to TF and have joined hoping that I can get some useful advice on an upgrade problem I have.
My PC is a Dell Dimension 5000 running Win10 V1703 in 32 bit mode. CPU is Intel 4 524 Prescott (3.06GHz) in Socket 775A. The mainboard is a Dell OW5363 with version A07 BIOS (the latest version). I have 4.0 GB of RAM installed of which 3 GB is reported as usable.
The PC has been running OK with Windows 10 for some time, but I wish to upgrade to 64 bit as the latest version of Photoshop Elements will only run on a 64 bit system.
I downloaded the Win 10 Pro version 1073 64 bit ISO file and burned it to a DVD. I then took an image file of my c:\ drive so that I could restore everything if any problems arose.
With the DVD in the reader I rebooted the PC selecting the DVD as the start-up source. The DVD whirs happily and a blue Windows logo appears on the display. After about two minutes the DVD stops and the PC reboots and then starts up in the current 32 bit mode.
As an experiment I replaced the c:\ drive with a formatted blank hard drive and tried again. This time the PC boots from the DVD and after a while reboots from the DVD and the process is repeated until I get tired of watching the blue logo.
'Settings, 'System', 'About' confirms that my system type is 32 bit operating system, x64-based processor, so I am hoping that my PC is capable of supporting a 64 bit OS.
Does anyone have any guidance on how I should proceed? All suggestions will be welcomed!