Installing Windows XP Boot Camp

[miami.best21]

Hello, how do I install Windows XP on an external drive using boot camp?

I need XP to run an old application. I am running OSX Sierra and boot camp is asking me to install Windows 7. How do I install XP only in an external drive? It is already formated but I get a message telling me that it was not able to connect to the sever blah, blah... Any ideas? Thank you.

 

[AidenShaw]

Any ideas?

Use a virtual machine?

 

[retta283]

Hello, how do I install Windows XP on an external drive using boot camp?

I need XP to run an old application. I am running OSX Sierra and boot camp is asking me to install Windows 7. How do I install XP only in an external drive? It is already formated but I get a message telling me that it was not able to connect to the sever blah, blah... Any ideas? Thank you.

You might want this moved to Mac Basics and Help.

Boot camp in Sierra doesn't support XP at all AFAIK, you'll have to do reformatting and install manually. This may not work if your hardware is not supported on boot. I'd just do as @AidenShaw said and use a virtual machine. This should work fine, and will be a lot easier than other methods.

 

[miami.best21]

You might want this moved to Mac Basics and Help.

Boot camp in Sierra doesn't support XP at all AFAIK, you'll have to do reformatting and install manually. This may not work if your hardware is not supported on boot. I'd just do as @AidenShaw said and use a virtual machine. This should work fine, and will be a lot easier than other methods.

Sorry my ignorance, how does a virtual machine works? This is an area I never needed before. Thank you.

 

[retta283]

Sorry my ignorance, how does a virtual machine works? This is an area I never needed before. Thank you.

A virtual machine is an operating system being emulated via software, without affecting the main OS. It installs on its own virtual disk, not requiring a partition or use of Bootcamp. These allow you to adjust the amount of resources allocated to the VM, such as CPU speed and RAM. You'd be best off using VirtualBox or VMware.

 

[miami.best21]

A virtual machine is an operating system being emulated via software, without affecting the main OS. It installs on its own virtual disk, not requiring a partition or use of Bootcamp. These allow you to adjust the amount of resources allocated to the VM, such as CPU speed and RAM. You'd be best off using VirtualBox or VMware.

Thank you.