Just upgraded Travelmate 3273WXMI from Vista to Windows 10

adamsstephen
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Just upgraded to Windows 10 from Vista. But there is no help from Acer.

Steps were:-

1. Removed D: drive and converted space to extend C: drive, as not enough spare space to install. It is done in windows admin tools.

2. Update to Windows 7 as an interim operating system using a downloaded image and a valid product ID purchased from ebay.

3. Download the Windows 10 upgrade for assistive technologies, which is customised for your pc.

4. Corrected Video drivers to Intel 945 chipset.

5. Corrected Texas Instruments chipset for cardbus driver with a driver for Vista from download.com (CardR_TI_v2_0_0_7.zip)

6. Corrected Modem driver choice to Agere Systems HDA Modem. Still cannot get a terminal program to recognise COM4.

 

None of this was available from Acer support,  but it revitalises and recycles a computer to the latest spec.

None of the hardware was changed, only the software and all legally.