Installing original (Gold) Windows XP on new PCI/PCI-e based motherboard
I was asked to install Windows XP on a new PCI/PCI-e based machine. I tried to convince the person to install Ubuntu but since this person is a photographer, she wanted Photoshop. Yes I did explain that GIMP can do everything Photoshop can do.
I only had an original (Gold) Windows XP and when trying to install this on a new PCI/PCI-e machine, the dreaded BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) happens.Here is how to solve:- Ideal solution - convince the person to install Linux (Ubuntu).
- Easy solution - find a Windows XP install disk that includes either Service Pack 2 or Service Pack 3.
- If
you do not have that then you will have to make your own Service Pack
slipstreamed Windows XP install disk. I had a copy of Service Pack 3
lying around and this is what I had to do:
Follow the instructions at http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp3_cd.htm to create the install disk. Be sure to follow the instructions to the T, particularly the one that say something about Emulating a Floppy in Nero when you burn the CD. If you leave that default, the CD will not Boot.
