Drivers and tools to run Windows XP on newer hardware

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I found this and I think it may be intersting for some people:

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ACPI 2.0+ - Patched drivers to workaround STOP 0xA5 errors related to new ACPI standards

ACPI.SYS 6666 (from outerspace )

ACPI.SYS 5048 (from Vista beta)



Memory related

WinXPPAE v2 - Patches kernel and hal files to enable PAE (Physical Address Extension)



USB3 / XHCI

Kernel Mode Driver Framework 1.11 by MOV AX, 0xDEAD - Unofficial standalone installer based on the Security Update KB2864202 for Windows 8. Needed for USB3 / XHCI driver stack.

USB3/XHCI (generic) driver by MOV AX, 0xDEAD - Backported from Windows 8, requires the Kernel Mode Driver Framework 1.11 to be installed first. Includes UASP (USB Attached SCSI Protocol) support. Multilingual INF file.

Deprecated:
AMDXHCI 145 v3 with PAE patch by MOV AX, 0xDEAD - Driver patched to support Intel USB3 controllers
AMDXHCI 276 with PAE patch by MOV AX, 0xDEAD - Driver patched to support Intel USB3 controllers (based on Windows 7 driver)



Storage support (AHCI / RAID / NVMe)


AHCI (generic) driver by MOV AX, 0xDEAD - Backported from Windows 8, requires storport.sys (backported from Windows 7) and storpor8.sys from Extender, both included.

NVMe (generic) driver - Backported Windows 7 driver, requires storport.sys (also backported from Windows 7, included).

Samsung NVMe (generic) driver 3.3.0.2003 - Backported Windows 7 driver, requires storport.sys (backported from Windows 7, included).

For Intel:

RSTe 4.7.0.1117 - XP x86 (updated) - Backported Windows 7 driver, requires storport.sys (backported from Windows 7, included).

For AMD:

AHCI driver 1.2.1.402 - Windows 7 driver, requires storport.sys (backported from Windows 7), included.

Source: https://forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/drivers-and-tools-to-run-windows-xp-on-newer-hardware.81607/