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I'm trying to upgrade Windows 1.01 to 10. But I know it is possible to install Windows 1.01 on modern hardware as someone did that. (122) Upgrading From Windows 1.0 to Windows 8 On Actual Hardware - YouTube

Hi, As I stated in the title, is it possible to install Windows 1.01 without a floppy disk? I am planning to install it on a modern machine (Dell Inspiron 15R-5537). I have tried combining all the floppies into one ISO, but that didn’t work and it still asked for the next disk.

I cannot find the USB3 driver for XP nor can I find the ACPI driver.

Will this driver work on XP? If not, can someone send the link for the XP USB3 driver?

I cannot change the hard drive mode and I am currently using UEFI with CSM and have installed 8.1 and Vista on CSM.

Hello, Is it possible to install Windows XP on a Skylake machine? I am trying to install it on an HP Elitebook 840 G3. I tried integrating an AHCI driver, but I got the error code 0x0000007b both times when pressing F5 > Standard PC and F7. This should be possible, as someone got Windows NT 3.51 on a Skylake machine.

I have a very easy way to do it. Here's how. 1. Get a Windows 10 ISO and mount it. 2. Make a folder and call it a name. I will call it Windows 10 PE. 3. Copy the "boot" and "efi" folders and also copy bootmgr and bootmgr.efi. 4. Create a folder in the Windows 10 PE folder and call it "sources". 5. Copy "boot.wim" from sources in the Windows 10 ISO and paste it into the sources folder in the Windows 10 PE folder. 6. Download NTLite. 7. Click on Add > Image directory 8. Select your Windows 10 PE folder. 9. Right click on boot.wim and click Create ISO. 10. Save the ISO and burn it to a flash drive or a CD.

I figured that out and it worked for me.

I got a wireless adapter which supported 8.1, installed its driver on 2012 R2, but Wifi still isn't working.

Did you install x86 or x64? If you installed x86, try installing XP with those drivers, then upgrade to Vista from there.

I found an easier way. Here's how to do it: 1. You will need Windows Vista installation media and Windows PE media that has diskpart and imagex (not DISM) (If you don't have it, you can use Windows Embedded POSReady 7 setup, which is what I used) 2. Boot the Windows PE or Windows Embedded POSReady 7 CD 3. When you get to setup, open command prompt 4. Type in these commands: diskpart sel disk 0 clean convert mbr cre par pri size=256 format quick fs=fat32 (You can also use NTFS, but FAT32 also works) assign letter w cre par pri size=32768 (or 32000) format quick fs=fat32 assign letter c exit 5. Now insert the Vista DVD or media, and type in these commands: imagex /apply D:\sources\install.wim 1 C: bcdboot C:\Windows /s W: bootsect /nt60 C: /force /mbr 6. Run Startup Repair. If you booted into Windows PE, reboot into the Vista DVD. When it tells you to restart, restart. 7. As mentioned here, the boot process will be VERY long. During the second stage it will give you an error. Open CMD by Shift+10, go to HKLM/System/Setup, change the CMDLine to cmd.exe, and change all values to 0. Then go back to the Command Prompt, and type in these commands: cd oobe msoobe 8. After the oobe has completed, it should close. Go back to the command prompt and type in taskmgr. 9. Go to Processes and kill "winlogon.exe". 10. You should now have Vista fully functioning on FAT32. I guess a good use for this would be to access a Vista partition from DOS or Windows 9x.

Yes

He gave me a Windows 2000 ISO, and I was able to install it. Thank you for your attempt to help me.

Someone got NT 3.51 on a Skylake computer on SATA mode, that should mean it is possible for me to install W2K on that machine, right?

I did not know that. My Surface only has 64-bit EFI, and I cannot use both at the same time on VMWare.

It worked! I had to install it on a CSM VM, then deploy it onto my Surface via Macrium Reflect since that device is UEFI only.

Probably something that they do not support. I don't really know. I have tried deploying Windows 8.1 32-bit on 64 bit UEFI and it did not work. I will try installing Windows 10 32-bit on 64-bit EFI. I will try this on my Surface Pro 6.

It could be very useful if you wanted to dual boot Windows XP and Windows 10 on UEFI.

Yes it would work on Vista. You would need to shrink the NTFS partition by 500 MB-1 GB and create an EFI partition out of that. Then switch to UEFI and run the bootsect, bootrec, and bcdboot commands.

Oh I did not think of that.

If you thought Microsoft said you can't install Windows on UEFI-MBR, they lied. You actually can. Here is how to do it: Method 1: Deploy Windows on UEFI-MBR 1. Boot a Windows 7-10 Installation CD, and press Shift+F10. You will see a command prompt. 2. Type in these commands: diskpart sel disk 0 convert mbr cre par prim size=500 format quick fs=fat32 assign letter w cre par prim format quick fs=ntfs assign letter c exit dism /apply-image /imagefile:(Windows Installation Media)\sources\install.wim /index:1 /applydir:C:\ (If you are using Windows 7 CD, or have imagex instead of dism, type in imagex /apply D:\sources\install.wim 1 C:) bootrec /scanos bootrec /fixmbr bcdboot C:\Windows /s W:\ /f ALL cd /d (Windows Installation Media)/boot bootsect /nt60 C: /force /mbr exit 3. Now reboot, and Windows will start the second stage of setup. If Windows does not boot, try running Startup Repair. You may get an error saying "Windows Setup could not configure Windows to run on this computer's hardware". If it happens, and it tells you to restart the installation, do one of the following methods: 1. Hold Shift+F10, and type in these commands: cd C:\Windows\System32\oobe msoobe.exe 2. Hold Shift+F10, and type in these commands: xcopy cmd.exe sethc.exe taskmgr Kill winlogon.exe and press shift five times. Type in these commands: cd C:\Windows\System32\oobe msoobe.exe 3. Hold Shift+F10, and type in regedit. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/System/Setup and change the CmdLine to oobe/msoobe.exe 4. Hold Shift+F10, and type in these commands: xcopy cmd.exe sethc.exe taskmgr Kill winlogon.exe and press shift five times. Type in these commands: net user /add (your username) net user (your username) * net localgroup /add Administrators (your username) Wait until you get to the login screen, it will be a long process. 5. Restart the installation Method 2: Install Windows on CSM/Legacy, then change to UEFI 1. Install Windows Vista-10 on CSM like you would normally. If you do not have CSM on your machine, you will need to install Vista-10 on a CSM virtual machine, then deploy it on your UEFI Class 3/3+ machine with a program like Macrium Reflect. 2. When you are done installing Vista-10 on CSM, open Disk Management and check if there is a System Reserved partition. If there isn't, shrink your NTFS partition by 500 MB and use that space to make your Recovery partition. If you do make the Recovery partition in Disk Management, you can skip the diskpart part of the following commands. Then change the boot mode to UEFI and boot from a Windows Vista-10 PE 3. Hold Shift+F10 and type in these commands: diskpart sel disk 0 list vol format quick fs=fat32 exit bootrec /scanos bootrec /fixmbr bcdboot C:\Windows /s W:\ /f ALL cd /d (Windows Installation Media)/boot bootsect /nt60 C: /force /mbr Now reboot into Windows. Here is a screenshot of me running Windows on UEFI-MBR.

It is a 4th generation intel.

Hi, Is it possible to run (install/use) Windows NT 4.0 on a Dell Inspiron 15R -5537 (which came with Windows 8). If it is not possible to run NT 4,0 on that machine, can you run Windows NT 4.0 on a computer that was built for Windows 8 or 10 or one with a Haswell proccessor? I am currently running Windows 2000 on that machine. And no, using a VM is not an option. I am open to doing anything.

I have the same problem for my Dell Inspiron 15R-5537 which is a Haswell laptop.

I am trying to install XP x64 and not x86.