Recent content by Borsao

Yeah if I boot off a malware repair disk I see the USB stick fine, it just won't boot from it. Now I gotta find a burnable DVD out here in the middle of nowhere. :rolleyes:

Ok, made a USB boot off the MS website and the laptop won't recognize it as a boot device (I did check the boot order in the bios). sighs I'm about ready to toss this thing. LOL

DVD I'll grab that copy from Microsoft just to have too.

Disk and Key came from Kinguin about 4yrs ago. It has a built in 14.4k modem (lul) I pulled out to just now to eliminate one possible driver need. ETA: Pulling the modem didn't help.

COLGeek, there are no settable options for the IDE controller in the latest BIOS revision. There's also no option to disable the onboard sound. I did disable everything that was abosulutely non essential and I'm hitting the same issue.

Yeah some of the older threads were using Vista/XP drivers to override the 10 ones. Lemme give that a shot and report back.

View: https://imgur.com/a/4QeIehG

Ok, so I've got an older 2006-07 Dell Inspiron 1510 that I'm trying to install Windows 10 Pro (64bit) onto. I only have a Pro disk available and it has to be 10 unfortunately. The system already has a 500gb drive installed and formatted (blank/partitioned) and 2gb of memory, but I've ordered a...

Hey guys (and gals I suppose). Old fart here, was a network enginerd back in the day. If you have DSL or Cable Modem based broadband, you're welcome (Qwest/USWest and Ingenius/Charter dev). Been out of the game a LONG time, probable longer than some folks here have been around. Trying to...