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- #Installing solidworks 2005 on a windows10 computer install
- #Installing solidworks 2005 on a windows10 computer update
- #Installing solidworks 2005 on a windows10 computer driver
- #Installing solidworks 2005 on a windows10 computer upgrade
Once you have a clean install from the kit and updated you can make an Acronis image capture from that and keep it as a "root level" clean install to save you from all that work. This all can be done before connecting to the internet the first time.ġ0. There even is a Microsoft SP2 updater that they don't want to be called a SP2 updater. Or, if you know what you're going towards (W7Pro64SP1) you can just download that single updater.
#Installing solidworks 2005 on a windows10 computer update
you can get an iso that will let you run a single CD and the process will detect your build and update automatically the right stuff. If you Recovery kit gives you W7ProSP1 there is a SP2 updater you can download from MS. For me I just ran it after I lost connection and that got me going again.ĩ. Run that after doing the Ken installs but before connecting to the net the first time.
#Installing solidworks 2005 on a windows10 computer driver
The solution to that is to have the latest HP-approved ZX20 NIC/LOM driver pre-downloaded. On a recent clean install during the post-connect-to-net phase during updating I had a resultant disconnect from the net. You basically do your install fully disconnected from the net, apply the specific Microsoft KB updaters in the order he describes from your little stash you download ahead of time, and then reconnect to the internet and the update process goes so very much faster and better.Ĩ. Google Ken Morley windows update or go HERE.and read up on that: These kits all need quite a bit of updating. The midia kit for a v1 ZX20 generally will work on a v2 ZX20 in my experience.ħ. The media kit for a Z420 generally will work for the Z620 and Z820.Ħ. it is just my favorite installer and I want a backup if needed).ĥ. However, an Acronis image of my USB stick allows me to clone that ad nauseum (but I don't. If you go to make another off your Recovery partition on your boot drive you will be denied. I like to choose USB and it is very handy to have one physical USB stick for the future. Once you have a clean install from the kit you can make a single backup. The latest I currently have is something like 4/26/14. After a clean install before updates you can go to Control Panel/ Programs and Features utility and see the majority date there to be one that you can use to date your "kit".
#Installing solidworks 2005 on a windows10 computer upgrade
So, all could be used to upgrade from that to W10Pro.ģ. The later ones usually had W8.xPro-to-W7Pro downgrade rights. The ZX20 workstations had a long run, and thus the media disc set you have may have been supplied as W7ProSP1, W7ProSP2, W8.xPro, etc. If your Z420 was sold as a Linux one and you have Windows Recovery media that will not work. Some of the HP workstations were sold to be Linux OS machines and there is an upload to BIOS of some codes that takes a "virgin" motherboard and converts it to one that will work with HP Linux install Recovery media, or with Windows install Recovery media. Some will work with a small set of other workstations depending on the licensing. Keep them together and clearly identified for the specific workstation they came with. These HP OEM COA Recovery media sets are very valuable and yet their value is usually not recognized and they get separated/lost/filed away and unavailable for emergency clean installs. Depending on the era of when you bought your HP workstation you may have received a set of CDs, a set of DVDs, a USB stick, or even have a Recovery partition on the boot drive from which you can create a single "hard copy" of the installer media on an optical discs or a single USB stick.