Is it possible to install Windows XP on an HP Elitebook 840 G3?

[GD 2W10]

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.

Edited July 17, 2022 by GD 2W10

[Sergiaws]

Maybe you didn't picked a proper driver, or maybe your firmware is UEFI . Don't forget that official XP don't support UEFI. Yo may try to change your firmware's storage options from SATA/ACI to compatibility or however is called. Don't forget to change your firmware to Legacy BIOS mode.

[GD 2W10]

13 hours ago, Sergiaws said:

Maybe you didn't picked a proper driver, or maybe your firmware is UEFI . Don't forget that official XP don't support UEFI. Yo may try to change your firmware's storage options from SATA/ACI to compatibility or however is called. Don't forget to change your firmware to Legacy BIOS mode.

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

[Rod Steel]

3 hours ago, GD 2W10 said:

I cannot change the hard drive mode and I am currently using UEFI

Read this links:

Long post on simplix

Also: https://www.win-raid.com/t4035f45-Windows-XP-Bit-and-Server-Bit-on-Modern-Hardware.html#msg61916

 

Edited March 15, 2021 by Rod Steel

[GD 2W10]

On 3/15/2021 at 3:44 PM, Rod Steel said:

Read this links:

Long post on simplix

Also: https://www.win-raid.com/t4035f45-Windows-XP-Bit-and-Server-Bit-on-Modern-Hardware.html#msg61916

 

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

[dencorso]

Of course you can! Search and you'll find...

[Rod Steel]

On 3/19/2021 at 7:32 PM, GD 2W10 said:

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

I know. And here is why:

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Due to fire incident at service provider OVH datacenter in Strasbourg, this file was destroyed in fire.

Luckily on simplix page, link to it i post here earlier,  they re-upload new version of file. USB3 driver for XP, ACPI driver for XP as well as AHCI and many more are there.

[GD 2W10]

I used an ISO with ACPI and USB3 drivers integrated (this one:https://archive.org/details/xp-intel-amd-2020-32-bit-en-550-mb/1.PNG), but I still have trouble with installation. I used E2B and the Windows 8 PE to copy the files, but if I select “Standard PC”, or press F7, it doesn’t BSOD, but it hangs at “Welcome to setup.” I tried not doing anything during boot, and it did get past the first stage, but gave me a BSOD saying that the BIOS isn’t fully ACPI compliant.

Edited October 2, 2021 by GD 2W10

[pangoomis]

Use WinSetupFromUSB.

[GD 2W10]

On 10/4/2021 at 7:36 PM, MrMateczko said:

Use WinSetupFromUSB.

Ok I have had success with that in the past, so I will try it and post later with results.

[GD 2W10]

On 10/4/2021 at 7:36 PM, MrMateczko said:

Use WinSetupFromUSB.

I tried that, used that same ISO. I didn’t do anything during boot, also tried pressing F5 > Standard PC and F7, but I still got a BSOD with 0x0000007B.

[pangoomis]

Do you have a NVMe drive in the laptop? If so, you would need to have image with NVMe drivers integrated. If it still doesn't work, try different NVMe/AHCI drivers.

Edited October 14, 2021 by MrMateczko

[RainyShadow]

Try XP SP3 Integral Edition.

[GD 2W10]

On 10/15/2021 at 12:55 AM, RainyShadow said:

Try XP SP3 Integral Edition.

I will try that. 

[George King]

@GD 2W10 You can try to build image using XP2ESD v1.6

 

https://forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/tool-xp2esd-create-modern-windows-xp-installer-v1-6.82935/

Edited July 17, 2022 by George King