Windows 10: How do I boot XP onto an older computer?

Hello,I am trying to boot XP onto a DELL Dimension 8110, but I'm having quite a bit of difficulty.I have tried to boot it from the ISO being burnt onto a disc, but this did not help. I kept getting the 'Diskette 0 seek failure' error, which I fixed by deactivating the non-existent floppy drive.Then I did some diagnostics. I learned that the CD Drive is fine, but on the Hard Drive test I received the error '0F00:0244', which is 'Unrecoverable data error or media is write protected.'So, my questions are:Is my Hard Drive dead? If so, would replacing it solve the issue? andHow else can I boot XP?I

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XP / Vista Duel Boot

http://www.lifehacker.com/software/...-boot-windows-xp-and-windows-vista-179906.php

that is a complete step by step guide.

Hope that helps

 

dual boot xp and ubuntu

I had that problem a few months ago, but dual-booting is really easy. I am currently dual-booting Vista and Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron. Use this website here for a guide to dual-booting XP and Ubuntu: APC’s November 2023 issue is on sale now! (I actually did not use this guide at all, but I did pretty much the same thing!)

If you are unable to get your boot working with this guide, reply to this message, and I will write out a step-by-step guide, but it will involve you already having a partition set out for XP (as in you are not already using your entire hard drive space for XP alone.) Even though I write the guide with experience from Vista, it will work with XP

 

Performing Dual boot on the computer (Windows 10 and windows xp).

Hi Vaibhav,



You will not face any system performance issues on performing dual boot by loading older Windows version first (Windows XP) and then the latest Windows version (Windows 10) on the computer.



To perform dual boot on the computer, you first have to create partitions to load both the OS onto the drives. Create disk partition by following the steps below and perform dual boot on the computer.

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  Press Windows logo + R keys on the keyboard to open
  Run command, type diskmgmt.msc and press
  Enter.
  
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  Right click on OS(C hard drive and select
  Shrink Volume.
  
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  Allocate the disk space in MB and click on
  Shrink. An Unallocated drive will be created.
  
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  Right click on the Unallocated drive and select
  New Simple Volume option. Follow the onscreen instructions and provide a drive name/letter in the process.
  
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  Perform dual boot and check if the issue is resolved on the computer.
  

Write to us with the status of performing dual boot on the computer in the same post for further assistance. Your reply is most important for us to ensure we assist you accordingly.



Thank you.