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KnownProblems/WindowsXP
1‐Attention,ifyouuseoldversionsofWindowsXPitmayhappenthatyourharddiskisnotdetected.Thisis
notacomputererror,butissimplyduetothefactthatWindowsXPhasbeenonthemarketsince2001
alreadyandcurrentdayhardwaredidnotexist
atthattimeandisthereforenotsupportedbyoldversions.
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InthiscaseyouhavetocreateaSATAorAHCIdrivediskforwhichyouneedasecondPC.Theexact
procedurediffersfromonePCtothenext.
Normallythereisatoolonthemainboarddriver
CDtocreatethisdisk.Pleaseconsultthemainboard
manualinthisconnection.
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RebootthePC!Afterbeginningtheinstallationamessageappearsthatyoushouldpressthe"F6"keyto
adddrivers.ThenpresstheF&keyandputthefloppyintothedriveandselectthedriveras
demanded.
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Thisisonlypossibleusingafloppy(diskdrive),ifyourPCisnotfittedwithafloppydriveyouhavetoinstall
oneoruseanupdatedwindowsversion.USBmediaorCDsarenotsupportedinthiscase!
AttentionMicrosoftWindowsXPis,unfortunately,nolongeran
uptodateoperatingsystemonmany
currentPCs,howeveritcanstill,indeedbeinstalled,thenumberofPCsystemsforwhichWindowsXP
driversarenolongerofferedisconstantlyincreasing,assurancecanthereforenotbegiventhatWindows
XPwillstillfunctiononyourPCsystem.
Microsoft
onlyprovidessecurityupdatesandsupportforWindowsXPServicePack3,however,thisis
expectedtostopin2014too.
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Werecommend
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