Installing Windows XP under UEFI mode only

Discussion in 'Windows XP / Older OS' started by stealthrt, Nov 2, 2020.

  1. stealthrt

    stealthrt MDL Novice

    Jul 25, 2015
    1
    0
    0
    #1 stealthrt, Nov 2, 2020
  2. TigTex

    TigTex MDL Senior Member

    Oct 5, 2009
    453
    358
    10
    #2 TigTex, Nov 2, 2020
    I've seen this exact same post on at least 4 forums... Even if you can make xp boot on that ATOM device, you won't have any working sound or video acceleration because xp doesn't support that kind of hardware. Also it's very likely that it uses a eMMC and you won't have drivers for it. It's a SoC. Consider using windows 8 or above
     
  3. George King

    George King MDL Expert

    Aug 5, 2009
    1,857
    2,191
    60
    #3 George King, Nov 3, 2020
    I have same stick and I would like to try it with Windows 7 and then use Windows XP Mode as this addon still exist. But I'm not sure if I can find all needed drivers..
    Have you tried it with fully updated Windows 7?
     
    Stop hovering to collapse... Click to collapse... Hover to expand... Click to expand...
  4. macintelk

    macintelk MDL Novice

    Apr 16, 2015
    6
    1
    0
    #4 macintelk, Mar 18, 2022
    Last edited: Mar 21, 2022
    After installing winxp64 (booting bios in legacy) and installing a video driver next step is make it booting in uefi mode

    depending on the hardware you might need a modded DSDT.aml (best option is use clover)

    in my mobo i only need to disable the batery driver to make it load without hangs

    attached a patched version of winload.efi to skip driver signatures check (move to system32 folder)
    edit bcd and add your C:/ drive path

    can't post links in forum
     
  5. un user

    un user MDL Member

    Jun 16, 2013
    151
    104
    10
    #5 un user, Mar 18, 2022
    hy macintelk.
    file.io says: your file is deleted.
     
  6. macintelk

    macintelk MDL Novice

    Apr 16, 2015
    6
    1
    0
    #6 macintelk, Mar 21, 2022
    i found a weird boot into uefi trick that "fix" the cold boot error

    install clover then:

    when you first power up your pc u're doing a cold boot and xp64 fails to boot in uefi mode

    power up your pc

    go into bios and enable legacy mode save changes pc will reboot

    when clover menu shows up press ctr+alt+del and enter bios

    change bios mode to uefi, save reboot


    youre now in clover menu in uefi mode

    this is a sample entry your can add to clover to boot xp64 (or use console to load it)

    <dict>
    <key>CustomLogo</key>
    <false/>
    <key>Disabled</key>
    <false/>
    <key>Path</key>
    <string>\EFI\Boot\bootx64.efi</string>
    <key>Title</key>
    <string>Xp64</string>
    <key>Type</key>
    <string>Windows</string>
    <key>Volume</key>
    <string>winxp</string>
    <key>VolumeType</key>
    <string>Internal</string>
    </dict>

    this "fix" allows your legacy video driver to load and boot in uefi mode (otherwise you get the memory map error)

    ofc it wont work if you have issues with acpi, etc.