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d_r

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3. You probably

Reply to Maxheader (Original post)

Thu Dec 6, 2018, 09:40 AM

Dec 2018

have to go to bios and set it for legacy OS. It really isn't "bios" anymore.

Hey, you probably don't want windows xp on it because they won't support that with security updates or anything.

Listen, try downloading xubuntu or lubuntu. Look at xubuntu.org it would be a lot easier and you would be happier.

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Downloading xp to computer with windows 10 installed... [View all] Maxheader Dec 2018 OP

If the system had Win 10, it may not be compatible with XP. Dr Hobbitstein Dec 2018 #1

Thanks for the reply... Maxheader Dec 2018 #2

You probably d_r Dec 2018 #3

XP is unsupported a of 4 yrs ago, meaning MS won't have anything to do with it. Dennis Donovan Dec 2018 #4

Probably Timewas Dec 2018 #5

Try Fedora Linux. (See link below) CentralMass Dec 2018 #6