“I HAVE A DESKTOP PC (GATEWAY GM5048) WHICH I WANT TO UPGRADE TO WINDOWS 10. IT HAS A WINDOWS XP OS (SP 3, BUILD 2600), A 500GB HARD DRIVE, 3GB RAM, AND AN INTEL(R) PENTIUM D CPU 3.00 GHz. IS THIS POSSIBLE? HOW DIFFICULT?”
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Probably not. Here are the rrquirements: Latest OS: Make sure you're running the latest version—either Windows 7 SP1 or Windows 8.1 Update. Find out which version you're running. Need the latest version? Download Windows 7 SP1 or Windows 8.1 Update. Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster processor or SoC RAM: 1 gigabyte (GB) for 32-bit or 2 GB for 64-bit Hard disk space: 16 GB for 32-bit OS or 20 GB for 64-bit OS Graphics card: DirectX 9 or later with WDDM 1.0 driver Even if your OS wasn't so far out of date, your other parameters would be so tight, that you would be glitch all the time
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Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.It is not possible to upgrade directly from Windows XP to Windows 10. I chose to get a new SSD HD and did a clean install after backing up everything I wanted on the old HD. You can then use the old 500GB HD as a data drive. This method will require you to re-install all your applications. The other option is to obtain a copy of Windows 7 or 8 (both of which provide a direct upgrade path from XP) and upgrade to it first, then do a direct upgrade to Windows 10. Either way, I am having much fewer issues with Windows 10 than I did with Windows XP.
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