For that, you can see this tutorial – How to install Windows XP ISO on Windows 10 VirtualBox Steps to download and create bootable Windows XP USB drive Whereas on modern PC or Laptop, I don’t think you have to install Windows XP natively on the system instead use the VirtualBox or VMware Workstation Player (recommended). Thus, it would be a great idea if you have some old PC or laptop and you want to use the Windows XP on it. Note: Before installing Windows XP make sure your hardware is compatible because most of the modern BIOS wouldn’t support running of Windows XP and may cause a fatal error while installing. Indeed, the size of XP is just of a few MBs, thus we don’t need some huge size Pen drive.

As CD drives are not anymore in the common usage, thus the only common way now we have to install XP is using a bootable USB drive.

Windows XP Professional is available to download free of cost along with the Product Key, therefore, if you want to install it on your old Desktop or Laptop computer system using a bootable USB drive, then here is the tutorial for that.Įarlier when Windows XP was a dominant operating system, at that time CDs were used to create a bootable medium, However, as technology is improving, that trend shifted to a USB drive.