Installing Windows XP on a newer laptop (Acer Extensa 2511g)

[Jpnpsnplz]

Is there a way to put Windows XP on a newer laptop like my Acer? I've tried:

- Changing the BIOS (which has been updated all the way) settings to normal power mode, and the Windows XP CD won't autoload.
- Changing the BIOS to Legacy mode, and it blue screens after it's done loading the drivers but before it creates the partition with a 0x000000A5 error.
- Changing the [ACPIEnable] setting in Txtsetup.sif to 0, 1 and 2, and it's blue screened like the first case with each of these values.

I know how to use VirtualBox (which doesn't play my modern games) and I appreciate any responses on the benefits of Windows 7, but I was just wondering if there was a way to put XP back on my system.

Thanks a lot!

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

You're wasting your time anyway because Windows XP is not supported on that model (Acer didn't release any XP drivers for it, which means several components won't work properly or not at all eg graphics, sound, network adapters etc.).

Supported OS are Windows 7, 8 & 10.

http://www.acer.com/ac/en/GB/content/drivers

You are supposed to check driver availability before trying to install a different OS, especially if it's a laptop.