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Question

My System don't take XP installation, Need Help !!!

by Oct 12, 2013 1:43PM PDT

Hello all,

I am facing a irritating problem for few days, I have core 2 duo(2.20GHz) processor with 2 GB RAM, my problem is its stop taking Windows XP setup but it takes Win 7 or 8 without any disturbance. What is the problem Sad

Please advice me, I wanna to switch Win XP ASAP Sad

Any help would be highly recommended.

Thanks !

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(NT) By chance does it have SATA connections?
by mchainmchain Oct 14, 2013 4:05PM PDT
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How did it come?
by Oct 12, 2013 4:45PM PDT

with XP, or Vista, or Windows 7?

Windows 7 & 8 will set up drive with a GPT type partition instead of MBR when installed as the first operating system on a drive. It won't do that if installed as second system in a different partition on the same drive. It also creates an EFI or UEFI file. If you have a newer motherboard, it may not be set in BIOS to accept a drive partitioned and formatted for MBR. Vista sort of falls in between those two.

XP expects to be setup on a Master Boot Record type partition instead of GPT. If XP used is 32 bit type, then it also doesn't setup on partition and file system for 64 bit such as Vista and Windows 7.

You said "it stop taking XP", so did you just add another system to another partition on the drive, did you upgrade to newer operating system?

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missing hardware files
by keton73 Nov 6, 2013 1:32AM PST

I had the same problem a couple of years back with new motherboard, I used a program called slipstream and made a new windows install disc with the updated files now added, install went great after that.

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Sounds like a magic bullet.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Nov 6, 2013 1:34AM PST

These are pretty rare today and my last slipstream had me thinking that very few today would do this as, well, for many reasons.

Why not old fashioned? That is, sketch out the install plan and then test it, fix it and get it right?
Bob

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