GD 2W10 Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergiaws Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD 2W10 Posted March 15, 2021 Author Share Posted March 15, 2021 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Steel Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 (edited) 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD 2W10 Posted March 19, 2021 Author Share Posted March 19, 2021 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dencorso Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Of course you can! Search and you'll find... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Steel Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 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: Quote 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD 2W10 Posted October 2, 2021 Author Share Posted October 2, 2021 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pangoomis Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 Use WinSetupFromUSB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD 2W10 Posted October 7, 2021 Author Share Posted October 7, 2021 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD 2W10 Posted October 8, 2021 Author Share Posted October 8, 2021 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pangoomis Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RainyShadow Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Try XP SP3 Integral Edition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD 2W10 Posted July 17, 2022 Author Share Posted July 17, 2022 On 10/15/2021 at 12:55 AM, RainyShadow said: Try XP SP3 Integral Edition. I will try that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George King Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 (edited) @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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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