Install any newer Windows version than 7
Install any newer Windows version than 7
It seems you were checking the ark page and wondering about installing custom media. Would you like guidance on that process?
I don't understand how to proceed. The current installation tool only supports Windows 7. Other methods like Rufus or burning DVDs aren't functioning. The Rufus version shows a black screen and restarts, while the Media Creation Tool displays a black screen without a restart. Using a DVD also results in a black screen without display.
Using this kind of hardware, I’d prefer sticking to Windows XP and applying community updates for modern apps. It’s still under development. The latest builds need specific CPU features like PAE, NX, and SSE2, which my processor doesn’t support, causing crashes. You can check your system’s capabilities via the official guides or consider switching to Linux Mint 32bit or Debian 32bit if needed. Ubuntu is only available in 64-bit versions, which won’t boot on a 32-bit machine.
My CPU includes those capabilities. Windows 8 and later are now compatible, and after upgrading the CPU, Windows 11 also functions properly. When I started using Ubuntu, I was running an older 32-bit version (16.04). Linux Mint and Debian 32-bit would fail to launch the installer, while Ubuntu, Lubuntu, and other distros would crash during installation. Why do people think I was attempting a 64-bit installation on a 32-bit processor? It was due to RAM constraints—this laptop had only 4GB of memory, which prevented it from booting Windows 8 or newer (including Linux) except for older versions like Windows 7, Vista, XP, and old Linux distributions. Once I limited the RAM to under 2.8GB (whether a 32-bit or 64-bit CPU was present), Windows 8 and newer (including Windows 11 23h2) worked perfectly. Increasing RAM beyond 2.8GB after installation seems to block the OS from loading, indicating an issue with RAM allocation in newer operating systems.