Dell Precision M6800 - Windows XP

Hi
I just bought Precision M6800 replacing my old good M6500.

I need to install Windows XP (dual boot) on M6800, but could not find drivers for XP on Dell support site.

Does anyone have experience with installing Windows XP on M6800?
Best Regards, Alon

For those who are curious, I am supporting a legacy software (MSVC6 + DX7) which requires XP environment

 

A quick look on Dell's website doesn't show any drivers for Windows XP so you might face some problems there... I would give it a shot but I don't think you'll be able to, aside maybe from resorting to generic drivers for the components which aren't detected... Have you tried checking if your legacy software works on Windows 7/8 ?

 

Xp mode using 7, compatibility mode

or use the xp driver for 6700, most should work.

 

I'd recommend using a VM like XP Mode, as baii suggests. Or VMware Worskstation (my preferance). Then you won't have to search for XP drivers for the guest OS.

 

Thanks for your help

I installed most of the legacy software I am using.
Mostly, thanks for Martin's tutorial
How to install Visual Studio 6 on Windows 8.1

https://github.com/martinmoene/martin-moene.blogspot.com/tree/master/How%20to%20install%20Visual%20Studio%206%20on%20Windows%208.1

For software that cannot be run on Windows 8.1 - I am using VMWare.

Thanks.