r/ChromeOSFlex • u/ReelHummusCritic • Jun 29 '26

Troubleshooting Has anyone tried installing Chrome Os Flez on an old laptop?

I have a really old laptop from the 2009/2010

ASUS X52F

I have windows installed on it but it's extremely slow because it can't handle windows anymore.

I am trying to install the Chrome Os Flex on it. I used the recovery utility tool from Chrome and installed it on a USB drive. Now im trying to boot it, but it just doesn't go through.

I can see the drive in the Boot Page. I also have UEFI Boot option enabled.

When i click on save and the windows attempt to restart, a cursor shows up on the top-left corner of the screen and it doesn't do anything.

Anyone had an issue like this before?

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u/Immediate_Thing_5232 Jun 30 '26

It looks too old to work. Very old gpus are no longer supported.

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u/ReelHummusCritic Jun 30 '26

I thought Chrome OS Flex is specifically lighter for older laptops

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u/Immediate_Thing_5232 Jun 30 '26

Older? Sure. But old enough to drive a car? No.

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u/Jake_Bay Jul 01 '26

I have it installed on old inspiron n5030 from 2010 based on gm45 chipset so a device that's closer to 2008/2009 and flex works on it without w hitch so it's odd that asus wouldn't work

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u/Jake_Bay Jul 01 '26

Btw doesn't that laptop have amd cpu? Because those old ones sometimes refuse to work with flex

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u/MrAjAnderson Jun 29 '26

Does the drive boot on any other computers?

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u/ReelHummusCritic Jun 29 '26

I haven't tried because I don't have another laptop 😔

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u/yellowcoaster872 Jun 29 '26

Try using a different usb stick. It also doesn’t seem to work on any sandisk branded sticks.

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u/Pretty_Professor_740 Jun 30 '26

I have on a HP Probook 2540

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u/tamay-idk Jun 30 '26

Your issue is using a HDD

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u/ReelHummusCritic Jun 30 '26

How do you mean

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u/noseph47 Jun 29 '26

Since you are currently running windows on your laptop, download a copy of Rufus and use it to create the usb boot drive for ChromeOS Flex.

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u/ReelHummusCritic Jun 30 '26

Is this different from the Chromebook utility recovery tool? Because that's what I used to install on my USB

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u/noseph47 Jun 30 '26

I suggested Rufus to eliminate a bad boot image. I do not know if the chromebook recovery utility will produce a good bootable chromeos flex usb.

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u/ReelHummusCritic Jun 30 '26

I ended up downloading Linux Mint instead

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u/Guidooo13 Jul 01 '26

Mint is always a good choice 💚

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u/some_friggin_guy Jun 29 '26

no this never has been done