Sorry, I forgot. I think you mentioned you did the free Win 10 upgrade is that correct?
Dell XPS 420 will not boot
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, Nov 17 2017 11:19 AM
Best Answer phillpower2 , 15 January 2018 - 12:41 PM
ERROR IN THE PREVIOUS POSTPhill sorry about this The Hard drives are not as described above they are in fact.Drive 1: a Seagate Barracuda 320 GB 7200rpmDrive 2: a Western Digital Caviar SE 16... Go to the full post »
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Posted 22 January 2018 - 04:20 PM
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If your computer came with any of the following then select Windows 10 Pro 64bit
- Windows 7 Professional (Pro)
- Windows 7 Ultimate
- Windows 8.1 Professional (Pro)
- Windows 8.1 Professional for Education (Students/Pro)
Edited by dmccoy, 22 January 2018 - 04:21 PM.
#228
Posted 22 January 2018 - 04:23 PM
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my dell came with windows VISTA HOME PREMIUM 32BIT
It has been progressively upgraded through vista 32 bit to windows 7 and finally to windows 10 pro, which it ran very well for a number of months until we had a power failure in the house and that resulted in our current position, the last upgrade to W10 PRO was done on 24 july 2017.
after the power failure it would not pass the dell boot screen.
AAL OF MY UPGRADES WERE PURCHASED FROM THE MICROSOFT WEBSITE
jim
Edited by Jb852, 22 January 2018 - 04:28 PM.
#229
Posted 22 January 2018 - 04:27 PM
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Okay then select Win 10 pro 32 bit
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Posted 22 January 2018 - 04:31 PM
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There was no win 10 pro 32 bit, only win 10 pro x86 which i selected im now at the screen in #224
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Posted 22 January 2018 - 04:33 PM
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Ok, thats fine. Select Custom install
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Posted 22 January 2018 - 04:35 PM
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will do,
as a by the by on each OS upgrade i ran the MS compatibility system before buying, selecting custom now
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Posted 22 January 2018 - 04:36 PM
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Through to next screen
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Posted 22 January 2018 - 04:38 PM
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Select the first option Drive 0 unallocated drive 298GB
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Posted 22 January 2018 - 04:41 PM
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will do
proceeding NEXT - DONE
installing WINDOWS
Did you notice it called it drive 0 even though its in SATA port 1 ?
#236
Posted 22 January 2018 - 04:43 PM
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Completely different. That's great. Are you sure you didn't use the Seagate drive though, it only showed 298GB?
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Posted 22 January 2018 - 04:43 PM
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installing updates the pc is connected to the internet
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Posted 22 January 2018 - 04:46 PM
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Positive the Seagate is no longer in the PC, just to make sure
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Posted 22 January 2018 - 04:46 PM
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Okay sounds like it is installing. Let me know when it is complete.
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