Windows 10: Recommended Win 10 Install Path - Vista Installed - Want to Go To 10

OK, understand what you're saying.....thank you for clarifying this....

So, given the constraints you've outlined, it seems my question is not that applicable like it would have been in the past when looking to go to a new version of Windows.....

Interesting.....

Thanks.

 

If your copy of Windows 10 is retail then go ahead and clean install. There are no upgrade licenses for Windows 10 like previous versions. With a retail Windows 10 you can use any method to install right from the beginning.

 

Thanks again for your help....

 

If you don't have too much data and applications, do the clean install. If it is version 32-bit, then proceed. If it is 64-bit version, please post your specs to verify that this version can be installed on that notebook. You may have to replace it with the 32-bit version.

If you have too many applications, then the upgrade route is to upgrade Vista to 7 (assuming they are both 32-bit or 64-bit and that you Vista version can be upgraded with your 7 version). Then activate Windows 7, and finally use the Windows 10 disc to upgrade to Windows 10 (again must be 32-bit to 32-bit or 64-bit to 64-bit and compatible versions).

The allowed upgrade paths are always the same bit (32 or 64), same language (cannot mix English US with Greek for example), and same or higher version. The last means that Vista Starter, can be upgraded to any Windows 7 version, Vista Home Basic to Windows 7 Home basic or higher, Vista Home Premium to 7 Home premium or higher, etc. If you have Vista Ultimate, you can only upgrade to Windows 7 ultimate. Then you can upgrade from Windows 7 Starter up to Windows 7 Home Premium to Windows 10 Home only. You can upgrade from Windows 7 Professional or Ultimate to Windows 10 Pro only.

Yes, I know, it will take the whole day to go from Vista to Windows 7 and finally Windows 10, but I would prefer it if I had too many applications that I would need 2-3 days to install over a clean-install.

I hope that helps.

 

Thank you for all your input, spapakons.......

Understand your points...

As I just did the Recovery yesterday, I don't have any data or apps installed other than those installed by the Recovery disk. So, fortunately, that's not an issue now.

Will do a clean install of Win10.

Partly because it's the easiest way to get up to Win 10 and partly because it appears there is no real benefit in my case of going the slow way of upgrading from one version to the next version.

Thanks.

 

To go back to your original post, you only have 1 GB of memory. You cannot run Windows 10 on it. A six-year-old laptop can always be upgraded with more memory. Work on that before you do anything else.

 

Why not?

Windows 10 Specifications - Microsoft

RAM:
1 gigabyte (GB) for 32-bit or 2 GB for 64-bit

 

I have successfully installed Windows 10 32-bit on an old Vista era laptop with only 512MB, yes 521MB, RAM. OK I admit this is slow, but if I borrow another RAM module from my other test laptop and increase the total RAM to 1GB it is much more responsive and useful. Of course I don't expect to have 2-3 applications open at the same time, it will slow down. But with one application at a time and little patience you can use it without any problem for office work, surfing the web or light gaming (Popcap's Diamonds Deluxe, Zuma Deluxe and other similar casual games).

 

If your recovery disk is for 32bits and you have a license for Windows 10 Home you can try it but performance will be iffy. If you don't have a Windows 10 Home licence you can buy one for $120 US. What is the recovery disk, 32bit or 64bit? Where did you get the Windows 10 Home license?

 

Vista has a reputation of being too slow and killing old machines. How slower can it be with Windows 10? I would bet it can even been a little faster as Windows 10 are lighter than Vista and have better memory management.

 

Ummm.......I installed Win 10 on it this afternoon.....

Installed fine and works OK......

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Exactly......

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