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Installing XP in a latest configuration PC

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July 30, 2014 2:05:39 AM

Hi,
I,have recently upgraded a system from my old Pentium IV / 512 MB Ram / 40 GB HDD running Windows XP to a medium end system with Intel i5 -3570 / 8 GB Corsair RAM / 1TB HDD / Nvidia GTX 650 ti 1 GB DDR5 / Gigabyte B75 mobo. I also installed Win 7 x64 to match the PC. Now though I quite like the interface of WIN 7 but for some reasons I need WIN XP also. I have some old 32 bit programs ( viz like GMAT preps , some old 32 bit DOS games and other 32 bit early 2000 programs which I am quite in love with) Apart from that WIN XP is a no nonsense to-the-point OS and I love the way it handles the system with very meager configurations. Anyway now I am thinking of a dual- boot system with WIN XP in C: drive and WIN 7 in D:D rive. I am perfectly aware that WIN XP will be able to see only 3.8 GB of the 4 GB Ram and maybe the 1 GB DDR5 GPU .Frankly speaking , WIN Xp is superfast with just 2 GB RAM only. Now my question is that whether there will be any problem in running my WIN XP OS with the above configuration or will there be any damage to my system. I have heard of BSOD errors sometimes if the OS tries to access the full RAM. Again I say I am OK with whatever amount of resources are accessible to the XP , and I have the Gigabyte Mobo & GTX 650 ti drivers for XP with me and I wont be connecting the XP partition to internet or any network so chances of it getting affected is low.
Thanks Sanu

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July 30, 2014 2:14:11 AM

You can just make a new HDD partition for the Win XP . Or just use virtual box
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July 30, 2014 2:18:42 AM

On the gigabyte website for the particular board they will provide a list of OSs the MoBo supports. You can find it in the specifications tab > Operating System.

Edit. B75 supports XP. Do what wowowowo said.
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July 30, 2014 3:19:18 AM

Hi

If you want to dual boot XP and 7 it helps to have at least 3 partitions
One for 7 one for XP and one for shared data
Installing XP will break windows 7 boot up
You will need w7 DVD or system recovery cd to repair win 7 start up
Then need to use a BCD editor to add XP to 7 boot menu

You should hide win 7 windows partition from XP as it can be corrupted by XP
W 7 Restore points get deleted by XP

There are detailed tutorials on these subjects
I am just pointing out a few of the potential pitfalls which can occur

There are several free virtual machines you could use but all emulate a graphics card long ago obsolete and useless for games
Microsoft virtual PC 2007 emulates a S3 Trio

W7 pro & enterprise get a free licenced image of XP
Useful as you do not need a spare XP cd and key

Regards
Mike Barnes
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July 30, 2014 3:22:01 AM

Yes, thanks Conrad & Wow , I have the drivers and all and can also make the partition but pls tell me if this may result in any physical damage to the system or produce BSODs
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July 30, 2014 6:13:40 AM

Installing XP only breaks win7 if installed after win 7. To correctly multi boot with windows OS's, you need to install from oldest to newest, so install XP first then win7.

If XP is installed after win7, then you need to follow mbarnes86 advice.
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