Rebuild my old HP laptop

txpjl · 13-06-2012 03:30PM #1

Hi Guys,

I have an older HP Compaq 2510p. Going to upgrade the RAM to 4GB. (2GB in there at the moment).

I have 2 questions:
1. Will this thing take an SSD drive?

2. It's running XP pro. How do I keep/get the old serial No and where do I download an install from? Can I install from a USB memory stick etc?

If I got an SSD drive to work then I'd consider Win 7.

Thanks
T

Moon54 · 13-06-2012 07:30PM

1. Unfortunately no, according to a review site that laptops hard drive uses the older PATA (IDE) connection;
http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=3905
whereas SSD's uses the modern SATA connection.

2. Check under the laptop, there should be a sticker with a 25 digit serial code for your Windows XP Pro installation.

That laptop should still be OK to install Windows 7 on though, if you really wanted to,
as it has a 1.2 GHz CPU and Windows 7 minimum requirement is a 1GHZ.

Monotype · 13-06-2012 08:31PM

You can get IDE SSDs.
http://www.memoryc.com/storage/solidstatedisk.html#Interface_Type=IDE%2FPATA&page=0

Fairly limited by the slow interface though.

I don't think they're worth the money to be honest as it's no good to you afterwards and the life of that laptop probably won't extend far.

txpjl · 14-06-2012 10:07AM

Thanks Guys. Appreciate that.

I'll stick with just a mem upgrade and reinstalling XP. I can see the serial code on the sticker underneath.

Where do I get a copy of XP install files?

Rebuild my old HP laptop

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