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"This PC can't run Windows 10" on compatible hardware?!

Anonymous
2015-11-20T13:10:17+00:00

I am trying to upgrade a Windows 7 Ultimate x86 PC to Windows 10 Pro x86.

I am looking for an explanation why "This PC can't run Windows 10/…/This PC's processor doesn't support a critical feature (NX)." appears on setup.

The PC has an Intel Celeron E1400 processor, which has NX, the latest ever Award BIOS F9a for Gigabyte GA-73PVM-S2H has the "No Execute Memory Protect" enabled and Windows 7 has DEP enabled and "Your computer's processor supports hardware-enabled DEP" reported. There are no "exotic" or obsolete devices attached.

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Anonymous
2015-11-25T18:09:42+00:00

I got the setup running without this error after "bcdedit /set {current} nx alwayson" + reboot.

Thanks Andreshko :-)

Makes sense and it worked for me.

Can't believe I was the first to thank you :-(

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-12-10T09:25:01+00:00

    Hi,

    I had the exact same issue on my

    HP Compaq 8100 Elite Base Model Small Form Factor PC

    It wasn't until I ran "bcdedit /set {current} nx alwayson" and rebooted that Windows 10 would install.

    I did check that the cpu was supported and it was, but it was this command that made it work!

    Many thanks

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-11-24T11:16:32+00:00

    I got the setup running without this error after "bcdedit /set {current} nx alwayson" + reboot.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-11-20T21:10:44+00:00

    Thanks for chiming in.

    The pocessor does have NX, as one could see in the specs.

    Let me point out again that that the error message is "This PC's processor doesn't support a critical feature (NX)". Nevertheless, the other system resources are above the minimum requirements.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-11-20T14:11:39+00:00

    NX is not the only cpu requirement.  The CPU specs are here.  http://ark.intel.com/products/35101/Intel-Celeron-Processor-E1400-512K-Cache-2\_00-GHz-800-MHz-FSB

    I am assuming you attempted to update via windows update.  My only other suggestion is to try installing from ISO as the system check can generate false negatives.

    1 GHz or faster processor<br><br><br>1 GB RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit) <br><br>16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit) <br><br>DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver <br><br>Your processor (CPU) must support the following extensions: SSE2, NX, PAE

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