Installing XP Pro on New-Old PC, Need Help

[flibberdipper]

Alright, so I'm building a new-old PC for all of my grandma's old programs, since most of them don't seem to work with 7 Home Premium 64-bit AT ALL. It's using an ASRock N68C-GS FX mobo with a Sempron 145 CPU, HIS IceQ Radeon HD 6570, and I plan on installing it with an ASUS DRW-24B1ST SATA DVD Drive to a WD 2500AAKX SATA HDD. Should it install normally, or will it need some help? If you want to know all the goods, I've supplied a link below.

 

And if it needs some help installing, PLEASE give me a link or a file for the "help stuff".

 

EDIT: I forgot to mention it's the 32-bit version.

 

EDIT: Guess the link didn't go. Here it is: LINK

[L.E.D]

Yes with that your system will be fine for XP, XP never had any specific requirements like 7 or 8 so it should work just fine.

[flibberdipper]

Yes with that your system will be fine for XP, XP never had any specific requirements like 7 or 8 so it should work just fine.

reason I asked is because I heard XP didn't like being installed in SATA stuff and it needed help.

[L.E.D]

reason I asked is because I heard XP didn't like being installed in SATA stuff and it needed help.

 

I have never heard of that at all.. I don't think it is an issue, my dad had used XP on an SSD.. I think it will be fine

[GoodBytes]

Yes, it's tricky to get SATA AHCI support working.

The easiest way, is to set your SATA controller to IDE mode (could also be called: Legacy or Compatibility), where the SATA controller will emulate IDE interface for legacy OS, like Windows XP can operate properly.

If you really want AHCI, then you need to get:

-> A floppy drive

-> A diskette for it in good shape and functioning.

-> Insert the SATA controller drivers extracted (also refereed as "*inf stup" , if you look at the motherboard driver disk or website.

-> Then when Windows XP setup load, you'll have a short moment, where at the bottom of teh screen, it will say "Press F6 to install additional drivers". Do so. Then load the drivers

If you don't have a floppy drive or diskette , then you are in a world of hurt, as you'll need to figure out how to slipstream Windows XP, and cross your finger it works. SATA AHCI drivers can't be installed after WinXP was installed. They can be updated but not installed and actually be used. Due that drivers are tied to the kernel, for efficiency reasons that were required back in the days to run on the slow computers we had.

[flibberdipper]

Yes, it's tricky to get SATA AHCI support working.

The easiest way, is to set your SATA controller to IDE mode (could also be called: Legacy or Compatibility), where the SATA controller will emulate IDE interface for legacy OS, like Windows XP can operate properly.

If you really want AHCI, then you need to get:

-> A floppy drive

-> A diskette for it in good shape and functioning.

-> Insert the SATA controller drivers extracted (also refereed as "*inf stup" , if you look at the motherboard driver disk or website.

-> Then when Windows XP setup load, you'll have a short moment, where at the bottom of teh screen, it will say "Press F6 to install additional drivers". Do so. Then load the drivers

If you don't have a floppy drive or diskette , then you are in a world of hurt, as you'll need to figure out how to slipstream Windows XP, and cross your finger it works. SATA AHCI drivers can't be installed after WinXP was installed. They can be updated but not installed and actually be used. Due that drivers are tied to the kernel, for efficiency reasons that were required back in the days to run on the slow computers we had.

got it put together and it looks like it runs in IDE mode by default anyway. But I changed my mind and I'm going to put Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit on it. It's b****** fast with my crippled old IDE hard drive.

[GoodBytes]

Awesome!

 

I also have a b****** fast!

[flibberdipper]

Awesome!

 

I also have a b****** fast!

 

lol that's funny.