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How can I download and install windows xp within windows 10?
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How can I download and install windows xp within windows 10?
Microsoft ended XP downloads many years ago.
And we can not recommend any sites to download XP from.
XP still does not come for free.
A lot of XP downloads are compromised by having embedded Malware included with it.
You would not be able to do a dual boot of 10 and XP as you would find that the Windows 10 Manufacturer of that machine would not support XP or have XP drivers available for it.
You could do as I have done: Create a virtual machine and install Windows XP in the virtual machine. That's not the hard part.
The harder part will be finding a copy of Windows XP to install, since Microsoft stopped selling licenses for XP in 2008.
Then again you should appreciate that Windows XP is totally unable to defend against today's malware, and no amount of antivirus software can correct for that. If you are able to install Windows XP, I sincerely suggest that you keep it isolated from your network.
I highly suggest that you check out xVM VirtualBox, currently presented by Oracle.
