Given that the laptop was first introduced >15 years ago, it is showing its age and basically it is not worth the effort or the cost in trying to upgrade it to Win 10.
The following are just some of the problems you will come across if you want to try.
According to [link|https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-au/drivers/supportedos/xps-m140|dell] the laptop doesn't support Win 10 (or even Win 7, Win 8.1) therefore not all the necessary drivers may be available for the laptop hardware to function correctly.
On p.132 of the [link|https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-au/product-support/product/xps-m140/docs|owner manual] (scroll down to Manuals and Documents), it states that the ''maximum amount of memory it supports'' is 2GB (200pin 1.8V DDR2 PC-4200 533 SODIMM) over 2 slots i.e. 2 x 1GB. You will find that to run Win 10 smoothly without too much lag, you would need at least 4GB but preferably 8GB of memory. You could try installing more than 2GB i.e. 2 x 2GB or 2 x 4GB, but don't be surprised if the BIOS doesn't recognize it. - see p.112 of the owner manual for how to change the 2 memory modules
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You would need to upgrade the HDD as Win 10 requires at least 32GB of storage space and this is before adding extra programs that you want to use. Your laptop has a EIDE (Enhanced IDE) connection for the HDD so you would need to find an EIDE HDD. Not impossible but these days mostly they are sata. There are also problems if you want to clone your old HDD onto a larger capacity HDD. This [link|http://www.goodells.net/dellrestore/hpa-issues.shtml|link] explains it better than I can.
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You would need to upgrade the HDD as Win 10 requires at least 32GB of storage space and this is before adding extra 3rd party programs that you want to use. Your laptop has a EIDE (Enhanced IDE) connection for the HDD so you would need to find an EIDE HDD. Not impossible but these days mostly they are sata. There are also problems if you want to clone your old HDD onto a larger capacity HDD. This [link|http://www.goodells.net/dellrestore/hpa-issues.shtml|link] explains it better than I can.
Support for Win 10 ends in Oct. 2025 so you will only get a short period of time for the amount that you paid for the license. After that no more official updates from Microsoft.
If you want to update the OS to something newer, try changing to a light operating system such as Linux. There are plenty of different versions i.e. Ubuntu, Kali etc that work well on older laptops with only 2GB of memory and older generation CPUs, that have problems running the newer version of Windows.
Given that the laptop was first introduced >15 years ago, it is showing its age and basically it is not worth the effort or the cost in trying to upgrade it to Win 10.
The following are just some of the problems you will come across if you want to try.
According to [link|https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-au/drivers/supportedos/xps-m140|dell] the laptop doesn't support Win 10 (or even Win 7, Win 8.1) therefore not all the necessary drivers may be available for the laptop hardware to function correctly.
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On p.132 of the [link|https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-au/product-support/product/xps-m140/docs|owner manual] (scroll down to Manuals and Documents), it states that the ''maximum amount of memory it supports'' is 2GB (200pin 1.8V DDR2 PC-4200 533 SODIMM) over 2 slots i.e. 1GB per slot. You will find that to run Win 10 smoothly without too much lag, you would need at least 4GB but preferably 8GB of memory. You could try installing more than 2GB i.e. 2 x 2GB or 2 x 4GB, but don't be surprised if the BIOS doesn't recognize it. - see p.112 of the owner manual for how to change the 2 memory modules
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On p.132 of the [link|https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-au/product-support/product/xps-m140/docs|owner manual] (scroll down to Manuals and Documents), it states that the ''maximum amount of memory it supports'' is 2GB (200pin 1.8V DDR2 PC-4200 533 SODIMM) over 2 slots i.e. 2 x 1GB. You will find that to run Win 10 smoothly without too much lag, you would need at least 4GB but preferably 8GB of memory. You could try installing more than 2GB i.e. 2 x 2GB or 2 x 4GB, but don't be surprised if the BIOS doesn't recognize it. - see p.112 of the owner manual for how to change the 2 memory modules
You would need to upgrade the HDD as Win 10 requires at least 32GB of storage space and this is before adding extra programs that you want to use. Your laptop has a EIDE (Enhanced IDE) connection for the HDD so you would need to find an EIDE HDD. Not impossible but these days mostly they are sata. There are also problems if you want to clone your old HDD onto a larger capacity HDD. This [link|http://www.goodells.net/dellrestore/hpa-issues.shtml|link] explains it better than I can.
Support for Win 10 ends in Oct. 2025 so you will only get a short period of time for the amount that you paid for the license. After that no more official updates from Microsoft.
If you want to update the OS to something newer, try changing to a light operating system such as Linux. There are plenty of different versions i.e. Ubuntu, Kali etc that work well on older laptops with only 2GB of memory and older generation CPUs, that have problems running the newer version of Windows.
Given that the laptop was first introduced >15 years ago, it is showing its age and basically it is not worth the effort or the cost in trying to upgrade it to Win 10.
The following are just some of the problems you will come across if you want to try.
According to [link|https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-au/drivers/supportedos/xps-m140|dell] the laptop doesn't support Win 10 (or even Win 7, Win 8.1) therefore not all the necessary drivers may be available for the laptop hardware to function correctly.
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On p.132 of the [link|https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-au/product-support/product/xps-m140/docs|owner manual] (scroll down to Manuals and Documents), it states that the ''maximum amount of memory it supports'' is 2GB (200pin 1.8V DDR2 PC-4200 533 SODIMM) over 2 slots i.e. 1GB per slot. You will find that to run Win 10 smoothly without too much lag, you would need at least 4GB but preferably 8GB of memory. You could try installing more than 2GB but don't be surprised if the BIOS doesn't recognize it. - see p.112 of the owner manual for how to change the 2 memory modules
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On p.132 of the [link|https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-au/product-support/product/xps-m140/docs|owner manual] (scroll down to Manuals and Documents), it states that the ''maximum amount of memory it supports'' is 2GB (200pin 1.8V DDR2 PC-4200 533 SODIMM) over 2 slots i.e. 1GB per slot. You will find that to run Win 10 smoothly without too much lag, you would need at least 4GB but preferably 8GB of memory. You could try installing more than 2GB i.e. 2 x 2GB or 2 x 4GB, but don't be surprised if the BIOS doesn't recognize it. - see p.112 of the owner manual for how to change the 2 memory modules
You would need to upgrade the HDD as Win 10 requires at least 32GB of storage space and this is before adding extra programs that you want to use. Your laptop has a EIDE (Enhanced IDE) connection for the HDD so you would need to find an EIDE HDD. Not impossible but these days mostly they are sata. There are also problems if you want to clone your old HDD onto a larger capacity HDD. This [link|http://www.goodells.net/dellrestore/hpa-issues.shtml|link] explains it better than I can.
Support for Win 10 ends in Oct. 2025 so you will only get a short period of time for the amount that you paid for the license. After that no more official updates from Microsoft.
If you want to update the OS to something newer, try changing to a light operating system such as Linux. There are plenty of different versions i.e. Ubuntu, Kali etc that work well on older laptops with only 2GB of memory and older generation CPUs, that have problems running the newer version of Windows.
Given that the laptop was first introduced >15 years ago, it is showing its age and basically it is not worth the effort or the cost in trying to upgrade it to Win 10.
The following are just some of the problems you will come across if you want to try.
According to [link|https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-au/drivers/supportedos/xps-m140|dell] the laptop doesn't support Win 10 (or even Win 7, Win 8.1) therefore not all the necessary drivers may be available for the laptop hardware to function correctly.
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On p.132 of the [link|https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-au/product-support/product/xps-m140/docs|owner manual] (scroll down to manuals and Documents), it states that the ''maximum amount of memory it supports'' is 2GB (200pin 1.8V DDR2 PC-4200 533 SODIMM) over 2 slots i.e. 1GB per slot. You will find that to run Win 10 smoothly without too much lag, you would need at least 4GB but preferably 8GB of memory. You could try installing more than 2GB but don't be surprised if the BIOS doesn't recognize it. - see p.112 of the owner manual for how to change the 2 memory modules
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On p.132 of the [link|https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-au/product-support/product/xps-m140/docs|owner manual] (scroll down to Manuals and Documents), it states that the ''maximum amount of memory it supports'' is 2GB (200pin 1.8V DDR2 PC-4200 533 SODIMM) over 2 slots i.e. 1GB per slot. You will find that to run Win 10 smoothly without too much lag, you would need at least 4GB but preferably 8GB of memory. You could try installing more than 2GB but don't be surprised if the BIOS doesn't recognize it. - see p.112 of the owner manual for how to change the 2 memory modules
You would need to upgrade the HDD as Win 10 requires at least 32GB of storage space and this is before adding extra programs that you want to use. Your laptop has a EIDE (Enhanced IDE) connection for the HDD so you would need to find an EIDE HDD. Not impossible but these days mostly they are sata. There are also problems if you want to clone your old HDD onto a larger capacity HDD. This [link|http://www.goodells.net/dellrestore/hpa-issues.shtml|link] explains it better than I can.
Support for Win 10 ends in Oct. 2025 so you will only get a short period of time for the amount that you paid for the license. After that no more official updates from Microsoft.
If you want to update the OS to something newer, try changing to a light operating system such as Linux. There are plenty of different versions i.e. Ubuntu, Kali etc that work well on older laptops with only 2GB of memory and older generation CPUs, that have problems running the newer version of Windows.
Given that the laptop was first introduced >15 years ago, it is showing its age and basically it is not worth the effort or the cost in trying to upgrade it to Win 10.
The following are just some of the problems you will come across if you want to try.
According to [link|https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-au/drivers/supportedos/xps-m140|dell] the laptop doesn't support Win 10 (or even Win 7, Win 8.1) therefore not all the necessary drivers may be available for the laptop hardware to function correctly.
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On p.132 of the [link|https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-au/product-support/product/xps-m140/docs|owner manual] (scroll down to manuals and Documents), it states that the ''maximum amount of memory it supports'' is 2GB (200pin 1.8V DDR2 PC-4200 533 SODIMM) over 2 slots i.e. 1GB per slot. You will find that to run Win 10 smoothly without too much lag, you would need at least 4GB but preferably 8GB of memory. You could try installing more than 2GB but don't be surprised if the BIOS doesn't recognize it.
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On p.132 of the [link|https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-au/product-support/product/xps-m140/docs|owner manual] (scroll down to manuals and Documents), it states that the ''maximum amount of memory it supports'' is 2GB (200pin 1.8V DDR2 PC-4200 533 SODIMM) over 2 slots i.e. 1GB per slot. You will find that to run Win 10 smoothly without too much lag, you would need at least 4GB but preferably 8GB of memory. You could try installing more than 2GB but don't be surprised if the BIOS doesn't recognize it. - see p.112 of the owner manual for how to change the 2 memory modules
You would need to upgrade the HDD as Win 10 requires at least 32GB of storage space and this is before adding extra programs that you want to use. Your laptop has a EIDE (Enhanced IDE) connection for the HDD so you would need to find an EIDE HDD. Not impossible but these days mostly they are sata. There are also problems if you want to clone your old HDD onto a larger capacity HDD. This [link|http://www.goodells.net/dellrestore/hpa-issues.shtml|link] explains it better than I can.
Support for Win 10 ends in Oct. 2025 so you will only get a short period of time for the amount that you paid for the license. After that no more official updates from Microsoft.
If you want to update the OS to something newer, try changing to a light operating system such as Linux. There are plenty of different versions i.e. Ubuntu, Kali etc that work well on older laptops with only 2GB of memory and older generation CPUs, that have problems running the newer version of Windows.
Given that the laptop was first introduced >15 years ago, it is showing its age and basically it is not worth the effort or the cost in trying to upgrade it to Win 10.
The following are just some of the problems you will come across if you want to try.
According to [link|https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-au/drivers/supportedos/xps-m140|dell] the laptop doesn't support Win 10 (or even Win 7, Win 8.1) therefore not all the necessary drivers may be available for the laptop hardware to function correctly.
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On p.132 of the [https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-au/product-support/product/xps-m140/docs|owner manual] it states that the ''maximum amount of memory it supports'' is 2GB (200pin 1.8V DDR2 PC-4200 533 SODIMM) over 2 slots i.e. 1GB per slot. You will find that to run Win 10 smoothly without too much lag, you would need at least 4GB but preferably 8GB of memory. You could try installing more than 2GB but don't be surprised if the BIOS doesn't recognize it.
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On p.132 of the [link|https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-au/product-support/product/xps-m140/docs|owner manual] (scroll down to manuals and Documents), it states that the ''maximum amount of memory it supports'' is 2GB (200pin 1.8V DDR2 PC-4200 533 SODIMM) over 2 slots i.e. 1GB per slot. You will find that to run Win 10 smoothly without too much lag, you would need at least 4GB but preferably 8GB of memory. You could try installing more than 2GB but don't be surprised if the BIOS doesn't recognize it.
You would need to upgrade the HDD as Win 10 requires at least 32GB of storage space and this is before adding extra programs that you want to use. Your laptop has a EIDE (Enhanced IDE) connection for the HDD so you would need to find an EIDE HDD. Not impossible but these days mostly they are sata. There are also problems if you want to clone your old HDD onto a larger capacity HDD. This [link|http://www.goodells.net/dellrestore/hpa-issues.shtml|link] explains it better than I can.
Support for Win 10 ends in Oct. 2025 so you will only get a short period of time for the amount that you paid for the license. After that no more official updates from Microsoft.
If you want to update the OS to something newer, try changing to a light operating system such as Linux. There are plenty of different versions i.e. Ubuntu, Kali etc that work well on older laptops with only 2GB of memory and older generation CPUs, that have problems running the newer version of Windows.
Given that the laptop was first introduced >15 years ago, it is showing its age and basically it is not worth the effort or the cost in trying to upgrade it to Win 10.
The following are just some of the problems you will come across if you want to try.
According to [link|https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-au/drivers/supportedos/xps-m140|dell] the laptop doesn't support Win 10 (or even Win 7, Win 8.1) therefore not all the necessary drivers may be available for the laptop hardware to function correctly.
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On p.132 of the owner manual (https://dl.dell.com/manuals/all-products/esuprt_laptop/esuprt_xps_laptop/xps-m140_owner's%20manual_en-us.pdf) it states that the ''maximum amount of memory it supports'' is 2GB (200pin 1.8V DDR2 PC-4200 533 SODIMM) over 2 slots i.e. 1GB per slot. You will find that to run Win 10 smoothly without too much lag, you would need at least 4GB but preferably 8GB of memory. You could try installing more than 2GB but don't be surprised if the BIOS doesn't recognize it.
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On p.132 of the [https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-au/product-support/product/xps-m140/docs|owner manual] it states that the ''maximum amount of memory it supports'' is 2GB (200pin 1.8V DDR2 PC-4200 533 SODIMM) over 2 slots i.e. 1GB per slot. You will find that to run Win 10 smoothly without too much lag, you would need at least 4GB but preferably 8GB of memory. You could try installing more than 2GB but don't be surprised if the BIOS doesn't recognize it.
You would need to upgrade the HDD as Win 10 requires at least 32GB of storage space and this is before adding extra programs that you want to use. Your laptop has a EIDE (Enhanced IDE) connection for the HDD so you would need to find an EIDE HDD. Not impossible but these days mostly they are sata. There are also problems if you want to clone your old HDD onto a larger capacity HDD. This [link|http://www.goodells.net/dellrestore/hpa-issues.shtml|link] explains it better than I can.
Support for Win 10 ends in Oct. 2025 so you will only get a short period of time for the amount that you paid for the license. After that no more official updates from Microsoft.
If you want to update the OS to something newer, try changing to a light operating system such as Linux. There are plenty of different versions i.e. Ubuntu, Kali etc that work well on older laptops with only 2GB of memory and older generation CPUs, that have problems running the newer version of Windows.
Given that the laptop was first introduced >15 years ago, it is showing its age and basically it is not worth the effort or the cost in trying to upgrade it to Win 10.
The following are just some of the problems you will come across if you want to try.
According to [link|https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-au/drivers/supportedos/xps-m140|dell] the laptop doesn't support Win 10 (or even Win 7, Win 8.1) therefore not all the necessary drivers may be available for the laptop hardware to function correctly.
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On p.132 of the [link|https://dl.dell.com/manuals/all-products/esuprt_laptop/esuprt_xps_laptop/xps-m140_owner's%20manual_en-us.pdf|owner manual|new_window=true] it states that the ''maximum amount of memory it supports'' is 2GB (200pin 1.8V DDR2 PC-4200 533 SODIMM) over 2 slots i.e. 1GB per slot. You will find that to run Win 10 smoothly without too much lag, you would need at least 4GB but preferably 8GB of memory. You could try installing more than 2GB but don't be surprised if the BIOS doesn't recognize it.
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On p.132 of the owner manual (https://dl.dell.com/manuals/all-products/esuprt_laptop/esuprt_xps_laptop/xps-m140_owner's%20manual_en-us.pdf) it states that the ''maximum amount of memory it supports'' is 2GB (200pin 1.8V DDR2 PC-4200 533 SODIMM) over 2 slots i.e. 1GB per slot. You will find that to run Win 10 smoothly without too much lag, you would need at least 4GB but preferably 8GB of memory. You could try installing more than 2GB but don't be surprised if the BIOS doesn't recognize it.
You would need to upgrade the HDD as Win 10 requires at least 32GB of storage space and this is before adding extra programs that you want to use. Your laptop has a EIDE (Enhanced IDE) connection for the HDD so you would need to find an EIDE HDD. Not impossible but these days mostly they are sata. There are also problems if you want to clone your old HDD onto a larger capacity HDD. This [link|http://www.goodells.net/dellrestore/hpa-issues.shtml|link] explains it better than I can.
Support for Win 10 ends in Oct. 2025 so you will only get a short period of time for the amount that you paid for the license. After that no more official updates from Microsoft.
If you want to update the OS to something newer, try changing to a light operating system such as Linux. There are plenty of different versions i.e. Ubuntu, Kali etc that work well on older laptops with only 2GB of memory and older generation CPUs, that have problems running the newer version of Windows.
Given that the laptop was first introduced >15 years ago, it is showing its age and basically it is not worth the effort or the cost in trying to upgrade it to Win 10.
The following are just some of the problems you will come across if you want to try.
According to [link|https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-au/drivers/supportedos/xps-m140|dell] the laptop doesn't support Win 10 (or even Win 7, Win 8.1) therefore not all the necessary drivers may be available for the laptop hardware to function correctly.
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On p.132 of the [https://dl.dell.com/manuals/all-products/esuprt_laptop/esuprt_xps_laptop/xps-m140_owner's%20manual_en-us.pdf|owner manual] it states that the ''maximum amount of memory it supports'' is 2GB (200pin 1.8V DDR2 PC-4200 533 SODIMM) over 2 slots i.e. 1GB per slot. You will find that to run Win 10 smoothly without too much lag, you would need at least 4GB but preferably 8GB of memory. You could try installing more than 2GB but don't be surprised if the BIOS doesn't recognize it.
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On p.132 of the [link|https://dl.dell.com/manuals/all-products/esuprt_laptop/esuprt_xps_laptop/xps-m140_owner's%20manual_en-us.pdf|owner manual|new_window=true] it states that the ''maximum amount of memory it supports'' is 2GB (200pin 1.8V DDR2 PC-4200 533 SODIMM) over 2 slots i.e. 1GB per slot. You will find that to run Win 10 smoothly without too much lag, you would need at least 4GB but preferably 8GB of memory. You could try installing more than 2GB but don't be surprised if the BIOS doesn't recognize it.
You would need to upgrade the HDD as Win 10 requires at least 32GB of storage space and this is before adding extra programs that you want to use. Your laptop has a EIDE (Enhanced IDE) connection for the HDD so you would need to find an EIDE HDD. Not impossible but these days mostly they are sata. There are also problems if you want to clone your old HDD onto a larger capacity HDD. This [link|http://www.goodells.net/dellrestore/hpa-issues.shtml|link] explains it better than I can.
Support for Win 10 ends in Oct. 2025 so you will only get a short period of time for the amount that you paid for the license. After that no more official updates from Microsoft.
If you want to update the OS to something newer, try changing to a light operating system such as Linux. There are plenty of different versions i.e. Ubuntu, Kali etc that work well on older laptops with only 2GB of memory and older generation CPUs, that have problems running the newer version of Windows.
Given that the laptop was first introduced >15 years ago, it is showing its age and basically it is not worth the effort or the cost in trying to upgrade it to Win 10.
The following are just some of the problems you will come across if you want to try.
According to [link|https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-au/drivers/supportedos/xps-m140|dell] the laptop doesn't support Win 10 (or even Win 7, Win 8.1) therefore not all the necessary drivers may be available for the laptop hardware to function correctly.
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On p.132 of the [link|https://dl.dell.com/manuals/all-products/esuprt_laptop/esuprt_xps_laptop/xps-m140_owner's%20manual_en-us.pdf|owner manual] it states that the ''maximum amount of memory it supports'' is 2GB (200pin 1.8V DDR2 PC-4200 533 SODIMM) over 2 slots i.e. 1GB per slot. You will find that to run Win 10 smoothly without too much lag, you would need at least 4GB but preferably 8GB of memory. You could try installing more than 2GB but don't be surprised if the BIOS doesn't recognize it.
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On p.132 of the [https://dl.dell.com/manuals/all-products/esuprt_laptop/esuprt_xps_laptop/xps-m140_owner's%20manual_en-us.pdf|owner manual] it states that the ''maximum amount of memory it supports'' is 2GB (200pin 1.8V DDR2 PC-4200 533 SODIMM) over 2 slots i.e. 1GB per slot. You will find that to run Win 10 smoothly without too much lag, you would need at least 4GB but preferably 8GB of memory. You could try installing more than 2GB but don't be surprised if the BIOS doesn't recognize it.
You would need to upgrade the HDD as Win 10 requires at least 32GB of storage space and this is before adding extra programs that you want to use. Your laptop has a EIDE (Enhanced IDE) connection for the HDD so you would need to find an EIDE HDD. Not impossible but these days mostly they are sata. There are also problems if you want to clone your old HDD onto a larger capacity HDD. This [link|http://www.goodells.net/dellrestore/hpa-issues.shtml|link] explains it better than I can.
Support for Win 10 ends in Oct. 2025 so you will only get a short period of time for the amount that you paid for the license. After that no more official updates from Microsoft.
If you want to update the OS to something newer, try changing to a light operating system such as Linux. There are plenty of different versions i.e. Ubuntu, Kali etc that work well on older laptops with only 2GB of memory and older generation CPUs, that have problems running the newer version of Windows.
Given that the laptop was first introduced >15 years ago, it is showing its age and basically it is not worth the effort or the cost in trying to upgrade it to Win 10.
The following are just some of the problems you will come across if you want to try.
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According to [https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-au/drivers/supportedos/xps-m140|dell] the laptop doesn't support Win 10 (or even Win 7, Win 8.1) therefore not all the necessary drivers may be available for the laptop hardware to function correctly.
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According to [link|https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-au/drivers/supportedos/xps-m140|dell] the laptop doesn't support Win 10 (or even Win 7, Win 8.1) therefore not all the necessary drivers may be available for the laptop hardware to function correctly.
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On p.132 of the [https://dl.dell.com/manuals/all-products/esuprt_laptop/esuprt_xps_laptop/xps-m140_owner's%20manual_en-us.pdf|owner manual] it states that the ''maximum amount of memory it supports'' is 2GB (200pin 1.8V DDR2 PC-4200 533 SODIMM) over 2 slots i.e. 1GB per slot. You will find that to run Win 10 smoothly without too much lag, you would need at least 4GB but preferably 8GB of memory. You could try more than 2GB but don't be surprised if the BIOS doesn't recognize it.
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On p.132 of the [link|https://dl.dell.com/manuals/all-products/esuprt_laptop/esuprt_xps_laptop/xps-m140_owner's%20manual_en-us.pdf|owner manual] it states that the ''maximum amount of memory it supports'' is 2GB (200pin 1.8V DDR2 PC-4200 533 SODIMM) over 2 slots i.e. 1GB per slot. You will find that to run Win 10 smoothly without too much lag, you would need at least 4GB but preferably 8GB of memory. You could try installing more than 2GB but don't be surprised if the BIOS doesn't recognize it.
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You would need to upgrade the HDD as Win 10 requires at least 32GB of storage space and this is before adding extra programs that you want to use. Your laptop has a EIDE (Enhanced IDE) connection for the HDD so you would need to find an EIDE HDD. Not impossible but these days mostly they are sata. There are also problems if you want to clone your old HDD onto a larger capacity HDD. This [http://www.goodells.net/dellrestore/hpa-issues.shtml|link] explains it better than I can.
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You would need to upgrade the HDD as Win 10 requires at least 32GB of storage space and this is before adding extra programs that you want to use. Your laptop has a EIDE (Enhanced IDE) connection for the HDD so you would need to find an EIDE HDD. Not impossible but these days mostly they are sata. There are also problems if you want to clone your old HDD onto a larger capacity HDD. This [link|http://www.goodells.net/dellrestore/hpa-issues.shtml|link] explains it better than I can.
Support for Win 10 ends in Oct. 2025 so you will only get a short period of time for the amount that you paid for the license. After that no more official updates from Microsoft.
If you want to update the OS to something newer, try changing to a light operating system such as Linux. There are plenty of different versions i.e. Ubuntu, Kali etc that work well on older laptops with only 2GB of memory and older generation CPUs, that have problems running the newer version of Windows.
Hi,
You may be out of luck.
Given that the laptop was first introduced >15 years ago, it is showing its age and basically it is not worth the effort or the cost in trying to upgrade it to Win 10.
The following are just some of the problems you will come across if you want to try.
According to [https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-au/drivers/supportedos/xps-m140|dell] the laptop doesn't support Win 10 (or even Win 7, Win 8.1) therefore not all the necessary drivers may be available for the laptop hardware to function correctly.
On p.132 of the [https://dl.dell.com/manuals/all-products/esuprt_laptop/esuprt_xps_laptop/xps-m140_owner's%20manual_en-us.pdf|owner manual] it states that the ''maximum amount of memory it supports'' is 2GB (200pin 1.8V DDR2 PC-4200 533 SODIMM) over 2 slots i.e. 1GB per slot. You will find that to run Win 10 smoothly without too much lag, you would need at least 4GB but preferably 8GB of memory. You could try more than 2GB but don't be surprised if the BIOS doesn't recognize it.
You would need to upgrade the HDD as Win 10 requires at least 32GB of storage space and this is before adding extra programs that you want to use. Your laptop has a EIDE (Enhanced IDE) connection for the HDD so you would need to find an EIDE HDD. Not impossible but these days mostly they are sata. There are also problems if you want to clone your old HDD onto a larger capacity HDD. This [http://www.goodells.net/dellrestore/hpa-issues.shtml|link] explains it better than I can.
Support for Win 10 ends in Oct. 2025 so you will only get a short period of time for the amount that you paid for the license. After that no more official updates from Microsoft.
If you want to update the OS to something newer, try changing to a light operating system such as Linux. There are plenty of different versions i.e. Ubuntu, Kali etc that work well on older laptops with only 2GB of memory and older generation CPUs, that have problems running the newer version of Windows.
Just my view.