Can a 20+ year-old operating system like Windows XP SP3 (X86) could run on the latest Intel 14th Gen hardware like an Intel i5-14600KF processor, an ASUS Prime Z790-P Wi-Fi motherboard, and cutting-edge hardware like DDR5 RAM and NVMe SSDs? Surprisingly, it’s possible using the XP Integral Edition which is enhanced with community-made and backported drivers from Windows 8 and Windows 7. While this setup isn’t exactly the original Windows XP, it still retains the core XP experience, adapted for modern hardware.
Build Specs:
*CPU: Intel Core i5-14600KF (14th Gen)
*Motherboard: Asus Z790-P Prime WiFi - USB 3.x, NVME & SATA (AHCI) are working with backported drivers. The onboard sound (Realtek ALC897) can be installed with regular Windows XP drivers.
*GPU: Asus GTX 980 4GB DDR5
*RAM: ADATA 2x16GB DDR5 5600MHz AX5U5600C3616G-DCLABK
*Cooling: ID-Cooling SE214XT (with modifications)
*Storage: Western Digital® PC SN730 NVMe 512GB (Gen 3) + 64GB SATA III Phison SSD drive
It's also possible to install Windows XP on the latest hardware using the original installation disc but in this case we need dedicated hardware for USB and SATA and we have to use MPS standard for multi CPU. (no ACPI, no power soft shutdown, nu HT) That's why in this video we are going to cook a custom ISO with updated drivers and navigate installation like overcoming the dreaded 0x000007B blue screen error and missing installation files like setuporg.exe and presetup.cmd.