Dell Latitude c610 refusing to boot from windows 10 x86 DVD
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:arrow: I've seen others do this, and I've verified that the laptop has a DVD-ROM drive. The drive seems to show some activity when booted off of, but it fails and the computer boots into Windows XP (which is what's on the harddrive). Windows XP does not recognize the dvd rom drive and instead treats it like a cd drive (because it can only read and write cds). I need that old laptop because i want something that can rip movies off some old dvd's i have.
:!: the DVD was tested in multiple computers (none of them were mine
), and they seem to recognize and read from it.
:?: Any help? (The poll is only if you're in a hurry)
:!: the DVD was tested in multiple computers (none of them were mine
), and they seem to recognize and read from it.:?: Any help? (The poll is only if you're in a hurry)
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If that doesn't work, there may be a SETUP executable stored on the root directory of the dvd.
Windows XP thinks its a CD-ROM drive, and refuses to read the dvd.
It was upgraded to a DVD-ROM drive. And there is no USB Boot option in the BIOS.
It should run, as long as the pentium iii has PAE.
pentium 3 - 1.2ghz
512mb ram (just enough)
40.0 gb harddisk
1024x768 TFT LCD (the minimum is 800x600)
i have a mac, but it has no dvd drive
good idea. But i'm not interested in taking the time to research external dvd drives. Also i forgot to mention this, but this is the only computer I have that has a floppy drive module that is hot swappeable with the dvd drive. I would also like to get some stuff off some old floppy disks (I might even upload some of it to the WinWorld Library).
Keep in mind that the floppy drive uses a proprietary connector that only works with the DELL LATITUDE C Series (c600, c610, c800, c810, etc.)
Will try that... it might be able to boot off the windows 7 dvd.
ReactOS isn't a bad idea either.
Also forgot to mention that Windows XP refuses to read from the floppy too.
You could use Plop. Read this article to get more information. Once Plop is burned on to a CD / floppy it will allow you to boot the usb with out the BIOS. This will hopefully work for your system. Also ReactOS is a slow moving project. I think you will have a better luck with using WineHq in linux than ReactOS...
If you were you were using a Pentium M, you could pop a Dothan in there and maybe get 8 or 10 running, but it would be unbearably slow. (I've tried)
On top of that, your device originally comes with a CDRom drive, which can't read DVDs and is likely why your Bios doesn't support DVDs, and why you can't boot them. Your graphics is horrible, so I doubt it'll handle any composting, which is used in 8+. And, the max ram you can put in there is a gig. Now if you did put a DVD drive in there, update the bios as a newer version may have DVD support. But that still won't fix the fact your CPU isn't supported.
I'm sorry, but that thing is far too old to even run 7. And I thought my d600 was bad.
Says the one who proudly uses a CRT.
That is literally, one of the most retarded things I heard. It is not like people a millionaires that can buy a new computer whenever they want to. And how does that suggestion AT ALL contribute to the OP's question? It doesn't.
As for the OP's question: Yeah the laptop would be to old for 8.1 and 10, but it likely that there is a patch to get Windows 8.1 installed on older computers.
I too use 2000'ish CRT monitor, which can go to about 1076 x 800.
I have a 17" CRT at home that can do a whopping 2048x1024. In my perspective, that is pretty amazing.
As many others pointed out, Windows 10 will absolutely not run on that laptop. You'll need at least a Core series or equivalent to run Windows 10, Heck. A Pentium 4 doesn't support Windows 10 (Not even the Prescott models with NX) AFAIK so if it won't work on a Pentium 4 then it will definitely not work on a Pentium III.
XP will work just fine for DVD ripping if you can find a compatible ripping program. I think old Nero versions have one but I'm not 100% sure. Only if it's a 7x0 series model. The 7x5 Pentium Ms lack NX-bit so Windows 8-10 won't work without kernel hacks on those.
will try that.
I've installed bios revision A16, and it seems to support dvds. The boot options say HDD, DVD drive, and Diskette drive (not installed).
So it should support booting off dvds.
So Windows 7 is my best option, or windows 8 if i can get the patch... Cool!
The reason I'm updating it is because windows xp is insecure. My best option is to update to 7 (because it doesn't require the NX-bit.)
Hell, I even know someone who ran a networked computer for 3 years without antivirus and never got anything. (He took it to me when it started getting slow. Virus scanned it, clean. Only reason it was slow was because the CPU was slowing itself due to overheating.)
Seriously. All you need is a decent AV and noscript and you're golden. Unless you need support for super modern programs, then yeah upgrade. But most programs work on Xp anyways.
Take a look at whatever "up to date" software you are using right now. Come back a year from now and see how many security vulnerabilities have been found. Realize that these vulnerabilities usually don't just magically appear - they are in your up-to-date software RIGHT NOW, and you should assume the bad guys already know about them.