Dell Studio 1535 Laptop

Aidanmc

I have acquired a Dell Studio 1535 Laptop Model PP33L. The current hard disk is totally wiped with no OS a present. Previously OS was Windows Vista Home Premium.
What would be best option to get it operating again?
Would i install Vista again and then clean install windows 10 using the Windows 10 ISO download method and using gatherosstate to ensure activation?
Maybe i can also change the old HDD to a SSD.

[Deleted User]

I only ever install W10 now. But you will have to ensure the laptop has enough RAM to cope. SSD will need certain ports to connect to the motherboard, depending on which type of SSD you buy. Laptops are harder to upgrade than computers, why i avoid them.

grumpycrab

Looks like easy access to memory and disk. ssd, memory (4GB max; bios will say much you already have) and cheap W10 license easy to get hold of.
https://downloads.dell.com/manuals/all-products/esuprt_laptop/esuprt_studio_laptop/studio-1535_reference%20guide_en-us.pdf

Aidanmc

grumpycrab wrote: »

Looks like easy access to memory and disk. ssd, memory (4GB max; bios will say much you already have) and cheap W10 license easy to get hold of.
https://downloads.dell.com/manuals/all-products/esuprt_laptop/esuprt_studio_laptop/studio-1535_reference%20guide_en-us.pdf

Where can i find a cheap W10 licence? thanks

grumpycrab

Less than a tenner on Ebay, £40 Groupon (or if the Dell has Windows7 rights, free)
https://www.groupon.co.uk/deals/microsoft-windows-10-home-professional-10

Aidanmc

Thanks....the Dell only has Vista licence.

EveryWhere

You can pay as little as; https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Microsoft-Windows-10-Professional-MS-Win-10-Pro-32-64-Bit-Product-Activation-Key/312822255224

The no cost option would involve updating the BIOS, installing Windows 7 64 bit Professional using a DELL re-installation disc and then to use the GenuineTicket method to upgrade.

I imagine that you would prefer to buy the product key and install Windows 10 Pro 64 bit directly to a newly installed SSD.

Upgrade the RAM to 4 GB. £4 from CEX.

mksysb

Aidanmc wrote: »

I have acquired a Dell Studio 1535 Laptop Model PP33L. The current hard disk is totally wiped with no OS a present. Previously OS was Windows Vista Home Premium.
What would be best option to get it operating again?
Would i install Vista again and then clean install windows 10 using the Windows 10 ISO download method and using gatherosstate to ensure activation?
Maybe i can also change the old HDD to a SSD.

What do you want to use it for? You can install linux for free :-)

EveryWhere

Here's the RAM; https://uk.webuy.com/product-detail?id=smemje9gh

You can go up to 8GB, but it's not worth spending £36; https://uk.webuy.com/product-detail?id=smemlap4gb200

Better to spend money on an inexpensive SSD; https://www.mymemory.co.uk/memory/data-storage/ssd-drives.html?dir=asc&order=price and run it together with at least 4 GB of RAM.

Aidanmc

mksysb wrote: »

What do you want to use it for? You can install linux for free :-)

Thanks for your reply. Just a back up laptop for web browsing mainly. I had thought of Linux alright but i have never used it before. My regular machine has W10
Maybe i could try it,

Aidanmc

EveryWhere wrote: »

Here's the RAM; https://uk.webuy.com/product-detail?id=smemje9gh

You can go up to 8GB, but it's not worth spending £36; https://uk.webuy.com/product-detail?id=smemlap4gb200

Better to spend money on an inexpensive SSD; https://www.mymemory.co.uk/memory/data-storage/ssd-drives.html?dir=asc&order=price and run it together with at least 4 GB of RAM.

The current memory is showing as 3GB. So do i need 2x2gb memory cards to bring it up to 4gb total? What would currently be fitted 2x1.5gb?? I supposed if i opened it up i would see!