Can I run Windows Vista on my older model laptop?

Question

I have an HP Pavilion ze5500 CTO Notebook PC. 512 RAM 40 GB hard drive. Would this be enough to run windows vista?

Where can I download Windows Vista?

Answer 1

Here ya go, straight from MS:

Minimum Supported Requirements

Processor: 800 MHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor 2

System Memory: 512 MB

GPU: SVGA (800x600)

HDD: 20 GB

HDD Free Space: 15 GB

Optical Drive: CD-ROM Drive 5


1BitLocker Drive Encryption requires a TPM 1.2 chip or a USB 2.0 flash drive
2Processor speed is specified as the nominal operational processor frequency for the device. Some processors have power management which allows the processor to run at lower rate to save power.
3Adequate graphics memory is defined as:
– 64 MB of graphics memory to support a single monitor at 1,310,720 or less
– 128 MB of graphics memory to support a single monitor at resolutions 2,304,000 pixels or less
– 256 MB of graphics memory to support a single monitor at resolutions higher than 2,304,000 pixels
– Graphics memory bandwidth, as assessed by Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor, of at least 1,600 MB per second
4A DVD-ROM may be external (not integral, not built into the system)
5A CD-ROM may be external (not integral, not built into the system)

Answer 2

Check the HCL list at Microsoft. You should have enough horsepower to run Vista, but if you run all the bells and whistles (including their new graphical interface), you could be pretty slow. The new Beta tester is out. You can download it and give it a try.

Answer 3

Read the system requirements listed on Windows Vista, it will tell you the minimum requirements you need before you get started. Even if you try to install without knowing the requirements, during install the program will tell you that you don't have enough XXX to complete the install.

Answer 4

You will be able to run the Basic Vista version, but running an Operating System with it's minimum requirements is never recommended.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/capable.mspx

Answer 5

Yes,I think you can.I don't think you can download Windows Vista yet.

Answer 6

no dont do that not to you back up the laptop frist
ignore that one who said yes that be ok

when you have the pc set it up put it on then do this
HP computers no1 they have the verry best recover system of all

click on start /all programs
in the list go to pc help & tool
then click on
hp-pc- recovery tools-cd
noW click on
creat the recovery tools cd
use a cd(r) disk ...to creater the pc tools cd
then click next
and wait for it to creat a
system tool recovery cd
do not stop it at all
when the system tools
cd is created your have
a system recovery tools
cd- this cd will reinstall
all the software that came with the pc and
now coz we have reset the software it will
restall the software that is on the pc and
reinstall windows xp home and set it back up
windows xp will be reinstalled and set back up

the
hp-pc-tools cd
this just reinstall's the software that was on the
the hard drive at the time you buy the pc it will also
install windows xp. os .with out asking for the windows xp cd
creat multiple partitioins




hp-pc-dvd revovery creater cd
click on start /all programs
in the list go to pc help & tool
then click on
hp-pc- recovery creater cd
use a dvd (r)disk .do not stop this till the .hp-recovery .creater cd's have been made.then your have your .hp-recover creater cd's



what.hp-creater cd's do
hp-pc-dvd revovery creater cd
use a dvd(r) disk
to create the revovery creater cd
you will have 2 options
options 1: to just install the windows xp & the software that was on
the hard drive from day 1 without for mating the hard drive
options2: will format the hard drive
and reinstall windows xp with out asking for the windows xp cd
& install the software that was on the pc from day1




hp-cd's & windows & product key cd
your windows product key
can be fond on the side of the pc or on the top
or at the back of the pc
now its best to write that windows product key
and keep it in a safe place

and put that windows product key in to a notepad
and copy the notepad
to a back up cd put the
product key cd. in a safe place with windows xp & the hp-pc-recovery cds
all in a safe place

now you can make back up copy's of the recovery cd's you have made
with the hp.cd creater cd's you use sonci my dvd to make copy's of them cd's
with hp-pc-recovery cd you can use windows burner or sonic my dvd
to make a back up copy of that cd
then make them as the cds for what they are but make as back copy cd's
then your not get any of them mixed up then put them all in a safe place/with
windows xp cd so no one can damage them

Answer 7

yeah it should be enough but it wont work very fast