Sorry, not gonna happen
32bit machines useless anyways, no?
I done it again!
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How could they be useless, when they ran the world for decades, and are still in use every day, in business and industry.
I currently have 12 computers, and half of them are 32 bit machines.
Those all run Windows 8.1/Pro/32. And run it very well, thank you.
I currently have 12 computers, and half of them are 32 bit machines.
Those all run Windows 8.1/Pro/32. And run it very well, thank you.
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I can't believe how little action this forum is getting these days. Where have all the 8.1 users gone?
My latest escapade is to transplant an OS from another almost identical PC to this one, when this one started having problems.
I could no longer do a System Restore. And I did not have a Backup Image file old enough to correct the problem.
So, I made an image off of my other (twin) PC and restored it to this one.
My Data was never in jeopardy, since I don't store it on my C: drive.
There were only a few little things that I to change, like my printer drivers and email program.
So today I'm running on the OS that only a few days ago was running on a different PC.
Which OS, you may well ask? Well, it happens to be Windows 11/Pro/64. And, I did not get it from MS.
Cheers mates,
TM
My latest escapade is to transplant an OS from another almost identical PC to this one, when this one started having problems.
I could no longer do a System Restore. And I did not have a Backup Image file old enough to correct the problem.
So, I made an image off of my other (twin) PC and restored it to this one.
My Data was never in jeopardy, since I don't store it on my C: drive.
There were only a few little things that I to change, like my printer drivers and email program.
So today I'm running on the OS that only a few days ago was running on a different PC.
Which OS, you may well ask? Well, it happens to be Windows 11/Pro/64. And, I did not get it from MS.
Cheers mates,
TM
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As far as I know 32-bit only CPUs are either Intel Pentium 4 socket 478 (or earlier) or Intel Atom netbooks/tablets. The former lack the required NX/PAE feature to run Windows 8/8.1 or 10 32-bit, but you can hack the kernel to run Windows 8/8.1 32-bit. Only problem is that each major update that replaces the patched system files will render the system unbootable, unless you patch the files again. Atom 32-bit can run 8/8.1 or 10 32-bit, I have a tablet HP Stream7 which originally run Windows 8 32-bit and I have now installed Windows 10 32-bit 22H2. The only drawback is the slow speed due to only 1GB RAM. I have disabled almost all visual effects to make it faster, but it still need some patience to use it.
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In the last post, I see only Intel cpu's being mentioned. What happened to AMD? I've bought nothing but AMD Cpu's since the 286 days. I do have several PC's with various Intel chips in them, but they were Given to me, as junk, and I certainly did not pay for them.
In post #18 above, I mentioned the 8GB of DDR3 ram. Initially it ran OK, but just recently that PC stated acting really weird.
So, I ran old reliable Memtest86+, and lo and behold one of those ram stick tested BAD. What was Not surprising to me, is that the name on that ram was "Kingston". I never go out of my way to use Kingston ram, because I've had a lot of problems with it in the past. SO, now, all that Kingston ram is GONE, and that ram has been replaced with ram that I've used in the past and know to be GOOD. It's not a matched pair, (two 4GB sticks) but it's the same speed and seems to work OK together.
And it's on a PC that I never push hard, so it should last me.
In post #18 above, I mentioned the 8GB of DDR3 ram. Initially it ran OK, but just recently that PC stated acting really weird.
So, I ran old reliable Memtest86+, and lo and behold one of those ram stick tested BAD. What was Not surprising to me, is that the name on that ram was "Kingston". I never go out of my way to use Kingston ram, because I've had a lot of problems with it in the past. SO, now, all that Kingston ram is GONE, and that ram has been replaced with ram that I've used in the past and know to be GOOD. It's not a matched pair, (two 4GB sticks) but it's the same speed and seems to work OK together.
And it's on a PC that I never push hard, so it should last me.
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Back at it again!
I used to do weekly dumster diving, behind a computer shop, and I wound up with several old Dell laptops, deemed too old to repair.
One is a Dell Latitude D820, and it has a 64 bit capable motherboard and CPU. It's been running Windows 8.1/Pro/32 for several years.
Just out of curiosity, I wanted to see if it would run Windows 11/Pro/64.
So I cloned my main PC's SSD to a spare SSD that I had on hand, and put that SSD in the old Dell. On boot, it gave me several Please Wait messages, etc. etc. etc, and finally rebooted and came up running Windows 11, like it had always been there. VOILA!
Who would of ever thunk it? The Bios on the old Dell laptop has a mfg date of 2008. Originally it came out with Windows XP installed.
Besides installing a new 120GB SSD in the Dell, I also doubled the ram, from just one GB to Two GB.
With all the crap removed from Win-11, it runs very well on that really OLD PC. It's at least 15 years old.
I used to do weekly dumster diving, behind a computer shop, and I wound up with several old Dell laptops, deemed too old to repair.
One is a Dell Latitude D820, and it has a 64 bit capable motherboard and CPU. It's been running Windows 8.1/Pro/32 for several years.
Just out of curiosity, I wanted to see if it would run Windows 11/Pro/64.
So I cloned my main PC's SSD to a spare SSD that I had on hand, and put that SSD in the old Dell. On boot, it gave me several Please Wait messages, etc. etc. etc, and finally rebooted and came up running Windows 11, like it had always been there. VOILA!
Who would of ever thunk it? The Bios on the old Dell laptop has a mfg date of 2008. Originally it came out with Windows XP installed.
Besides installing a new 120GB SSD in the Dell, I also doubled the ram, from just one GB to Two GB.
With all the crap removed from Win-11, it runs very well on that really OLD PC. It's at least 15 years old.
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And again!
I found in my collection, another pretty old Dell Latitude 131L, Laptop, that definitely will not run any 64 bit OS, even though when I run "System", it says the laptop has a "x64 -based processor". They lied! That cpu is an AMD Sempron 3500+, or so it seems. If the cpu is 64 bit compatible, the BIOS is not!
So, I'm in the process of locating an ISO for Windows 10/Pro/x86. And I'm in hopes that the old Dell will run that OS.
I found in my collection, another pretty old Dell Latitude 131L, Laptop, that definitely will not run any 64 bit OS, even though when I run "System", it says the laptop has a "x64 -based processor". They lied! That cpu is an AMD Sempron 3500+, or so it seems. If the cpu is 64 bit compatible, the BIOS is not!
So, I'm in the process of locating an ISO for Windows 10/Pro/x86. And I'm in hopes that the old Dell will run that OS.
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Yes, I have seen many users dumping an old computer because they think it is useless. Just add an SSD, install a Windows 10 or 11, make it lighter and you have a good computer. My test laptop is a 2006 era Acer Extensa with mobile Intel dual core CPU, 4GB RAM, SSD 250GB, Intel 945G graphics and I have tested all Windows versions from XP to 11. Because 11 can see more RAM than Windows 10 32-bit, it is actually faster with 11!
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I had once a Compaq laptop with a first generation AMD 64 CPU. This could take Windows XP x64, Windows Vista and 7 64-bit, but not Windows 8 64-bit or higher due to lack of the required instructions in the CPU. The most modern you could install on it was Windows 10 32-bit. It worked with Windows Vista 32-bit drivers, not even Windows 7 drivers were available, that old! I am not sure if your Sempron lacks the same instructions to run Windows 8+ 64-bit. In that case go for Windows 10 32-bit. You won't regret it.
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I did find a free Windows 10/Pro/32 ISO, and I'm not running that OS on my really old Dell laptop.
Runs Great!
While surfing the WWW recently, I found a site featuring "Tiny 11" a thoroughly stripped down version of Windows 11/Pro/64.
It's 2GB smaller than the OEM version. All the conditions, stipulations and MS BS is GONE! Nothing left but a sweet OS that really runs fast. I'm currently testing it on an old laptop spinner, but I may clone it over to an SSD.
It's truly amazing what's out there just floating around on the WWW.
Runs Great!
While surfing the WWW recently, I found a site featuring "Tiny 11" a thoroughly stripped down version of Windows 11/Pro/64.
It's 2GB smaller than the OEM version. All the conditions, stipulations and MS BS is GONE! Nothing left but a sweet OS that really runs fast. I'm currently testing it on an old laptop spinner, but I may clone it over to an SSD.
It's truly amazing what's out there just floating around on the WWW.
Pointless, you could make one yourself. "Tiny11" is really bloated
Windows 11 without any appx packages really.Similar threads
