11-29-2015, 10:51 PM
Thanks
Unfortunately a downside of the low-end Net/Lap Books is to cut costs they do not have conventional HDD or SSD they use a version of SD disk technology thats soldered directly to the motherboard . As these PCs are intended for Web use (ie ChromeBook) they only need 32Gb and 64Gb sizes to run the OS and a small amount of Data .
They can be repaired or upgraded but need a special heat gun to melt the solder on the underneath of the chip ( see You Tube ) I worked in Telecomms using soldering irons and know just how hot they need to be to melt solder .
My present idea is to uninstall Win10 and Install LL 64 bit and then use a VM ( not sure which yet ) to run Win XP. I am not sure of the need to Activate it on VM thats a problem as my CD is an OEM one.
It looks from my research that Microsoft in spite of no longer supporting XP still wants it activating for new installs .Looking on the Web it looks as if there are some ( dodgy / illegal ) ways of getting round that . I might try some as I feel that I have already paid enough blood money to Microsoft on OEM software that was lost when the PCs died ( MS don't do refunds )
colin
Unfortunately a downside of the low-end Net/Lap Books is to cut costs they do not have conventional HDD or SSD they use a version of SD disk technology thats soldered directly to the motherboard . As these PCs are intended for Web use (ie ChromeBook) they only need 32Gb and 64Gb sizes to run the OS and a small amount of Data .
They can be repaired or upgraded but need a special heat gun to melt the solder on the underneath of the chip ( see You Tube ) I worked in Telecomms using soldering irons and know just how hot they need to be to melt solder .
My present idea is to uninstall Win10 and Install LL 64 bit and then use a VM ( not sure which yet ) to run Win XP. I am not sure of the need to Activate it on VM thats a problem as my CD is an OEM one.
It looks from my research that Microsoft in spite of no longer supporting XP still wants it activating for new installs .Looking on the Web it looks as if there are some ( dodgy / illegal ) ways of getting round that . I might try some as I feel that I have already paid enough blood money to Microsoft on OEM software that was lost when the PCs died ( MS don't do refunds )
colin
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