laptop upgrade advice please

[briggie]

eyup boys and girls :D ,

I have a old acer travelmate 4100 series laptop ( has uprated 2gb ram ) , but its running on xp :o , can I upgrade the os easily ( and free preferably ) ? , I do not have the original xp installation disc


this is it ...............https://www.cnet.com/products/acer-travelmate-4100wlmi-15-4-pentium-m-730-win-xp-home-512-mb-ram-60-gb-hdd-series/specs/

any assistance greatly appreciated

thanks in advance :thumb2

[jims-terrano]

Sorry Pete, better off getting a new laptop mate.

[panelbeater]

if the code is readable on the bottom,a sticker with the key numbers on it,you could find a win 7 upgrade disc and install that as it should automatically find the key in xp and wont need re registering.

[panelbeater]

or use a key finder program,free, and write mumbers down on paper first.

[emjaybee]

My gut response is "if it's that old, replace it".

Sorry.

I've recently purchased two laptops, a high end gaming machine for myself, and a sensible everyday one for my father. I got them both from Novatech down in Dorset. I can recommend both their products and their service. They're not the cheapest, but you can specify your laptop to what YOU require, rather than what the shop is trying to off load from stock.

Here endeth my two-penneth worth.

:thumbs

[macabethiel]

I have just retired the wife's laptop and bought her a HP that has a Carbon Fibre case and its faster than my HP ProBook 6570b and was less than a third of the price !

[Banshee]

Just building Windows 10 on a brand new 6470b that hasn't even been unboxed before for my brother as we speak, doesn't look like a bad machine at all :thumb2

[macabethiel]

Just building Windows 10 on a brand new 6470b that hasn't even been unboxed before for my brother as we speak, doesn't look like a bad machine at all :thumb2

My ProBook 6570b had a recent upgrade when I had problems with the Power switch going faulty. They repaired the switch okay and the smooth talking repairer sold me a solid state HD.
it's really speeded everything up but of course I have had lost the Encrypted HD as this I am told does not work with Solid State HD's.
That said I don't need HD encrytpion for a home laptop it was just part of the original specification.

[emjaybee]

My ProBook 6570b had a recent upgrade when I had problems with the Power switch going faulty. They repaired the switch okay and the smooth talking repairer sold me a solid state HD.
it's really speeded everything up but of course I have had lost the Encrypted HD as this I am told does not work with Solid State HD's.
That said I don't need HD encrytpion for a home laptop it was just part of the original specification.

I luuuurve solid state hard drives. My laptop has a 250GB ssd and a 2TB disk drive, 32GB ram, it runs Windows 10 from scratch. From power up it takes 45 seconds to boot and be operational and that includes firing up the email client.

SSD drives are bloomin' marvellous.

Not sure this is helping Briggie tho'.

:doh