catilley1092
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The last few days, I've been working at getting XP Pro 64 bit installed on my desktop, and I finally pulled it off a couple of days ago. However, I was not able to find the required INF drivers for nLite to create a bootable install disc with SATA drivers.
So with the help of Google, I found out that it's simple to install XP on a recent PC, but not all has this option. There's an option in the BIOS to run as ACHI or IDE mode, when I switched to IDE mode, it installed perfectly. Of course, I had to still hunt down drivers, this took a couple of days, as 64 bit XP never was popular. It runs quite well, although the screen is not that of 7.
Now, to my question. I have a backed up version of my OEM install of 7, but according to my research, it won't run in IDE mode, since it wasn't created that way. Is there a way to make changes to the registry to make it run, or would I be better off doing a new install? What I originally wanted to do was to make XP run in ACHI mode, but have been unsuccessful in doing so.
If it comes down to a fresh install, then I can leave it in IDE mode, as since I don't have eSATA, RAID or a SSD, I won't be taking a noticeable performance loss.
Note that I'm not seeking assistance with XP here, but to get Windows 7 back onto the desktop as a dual boot. I use both OS's, and with a limited resource PC, XP Mode isn't the answer for me.
Any suggestions on making the backup to work will be greatly appreciated, as well as any other suggestions on the subject.
Cat
So with the help of Google, I found out that it's simple to install XP on a recent PC, but not all has this option. There's an option in the BIOS to run as ACHI or IDE mode, when I switched to IDE mode, it installed perfectly. Of course, I had to still hunt down drivers, this took a couple of days, as 64 bit XP never was popular. It runs quite well, although the screen is not that of 7.
Now, to my question. I have a backed up version of my OEM install of 7, but according to my research, it won't run in IDE mode, since it wasn't created that way. Is there a way to make changes to the registry to make it run, or would I be better off doing a new install? What I originally wanted to do was to make XP run in ACHI mode, but have been unsuccessful in doing so.
If it comes down to a fresh install, then I can leave it in IDE mode, as since I don't have eSATA, RAID or a SSD, I won't be taking a noticeable performance loss.
Note that I'm not seeking assistance with XP here, but to get Windows 7 back onto the desktop as a dual boot. I use both OS's, and with a limited resource PC, XP Mode isn't the answer for me.
Any suggestions on making the backup to work will be greatly appreciated, as well as any other suggestions on the subject.
Cat