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I'm trying to upgrade an XP machine to Windows 10, but I cannot get it to boot from DVD or USB flash drive. I formatted the old HDD, and, with Windows 10 in, I just keep getting a "cannot boot from DVD" error 5, but when I put an XP disc in, it has no problem installing XP again. With the USB, I get to "Searching for boot record from USB RMD-FDD..OK", and then it just stops there.

I followed the MS instructions to do both DVD and USB versions. How can I determine what is going wrong, and fix it?

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    does the pc meet the minimum requirements for installing windows 10?
    – Lynob
    Commented Oct 7, 2016 at 14:57
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    Possible duplicate of When installing Windows 7, CDBOOT error 5 appears: Cannot boot from CD; why?
    – Keltari
    Commented Oct 7, 2016 at 20:17
  • I've run the win 7 upgrade tool and says all ok.. basics are: 2.4G celeron 2Gb Ram AsRock mobo..
    – Dave
    Commented Oct 10, 2016 at 10:41
  • Possible duplicate? Tried the way shown on there using the imgburn.. still no joy now when i try booting with DVD i get: searching for boot record from CDROM..OK CDBOOT: Couldn't find NTLDR.. then boots into the xp version already on the drive
    – Dave
    Commented Oct 10, 2016 at 10:46
  • I don't think this is a duplicate, the installation process for W7 is not the same as W10 and the same solution may not work on W10.
    – Jon
    Commented Oct 12, 2016 at 7:51

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You could try to download iso image file to in-place upgrade Windows

From official website, using media creation tool to download iso file, or just use this tool to create your USB bootable drive.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10

One more thing, please remove all external drive and close security software during upgrade.

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  • Maybe the PC does not meet the minimum requirements for windows 10
    – Sam
    Commented May 3, 2017 at 9:16
  • @Sam, that cannot interfere with the initial boot process.
    – Overmind
    Commented May 3, 2017 at 9:22
  • It might be incompatibility of motherboard with the DVD boot sector used by Microsoft in Windows 10 installation DVD.
    – Sam
    Commented May 3, 2017 at 9:31
  • Origami, thanks for that, but tried all the microsoft routes i can understand..Also there are no external drives and as it's on a formatted HDD, there's no security software on it.
    – Dave
    Commented May 4, 2017 at 17:20
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    Just a thought.. It's an IDE HDD.. would that cause any problems as the mobo doesn't have sata ports?
    – Dave
    Commented May 4, 2017 at 17:27

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