how to tell if the windows xp 64bit i bought is 64bit not 32bit

[Miguel2013]

i bought this:

NEW Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Full Version Disk COA Product Key 64 bit | eBay

<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;">Genuine OEM software, new and factory sealed. </p>

www.ebay.com

Its a CD, the package was sealed and genuine aparently. the cd is shiny new and it all looks genuine that's not my concern.
I can't find a way to install it onto a micro SD or full size SD card using rufus. What rufus did was a copy of the installer while i wanted a installed ready to use XP install.

I tried the CD running on my dvd drive on my fx8350 but at some point while loading installer it crashes (check photo of CD and SD installers i tried both) and on both mediums while loading installer they crash.
I have a windows xp live CD I got way long ago like 2010 and that one at least shows the windows xp progress bar yet it crashes too (check photo)

-my concern is that the windows xp cd i bought might not be a 64bit that's why it crashes.
(the winxp live cd from many years ago shows a different code and the filename says livecd)

NOTE: I forgot to mention mostly the reason i need a winxp 64bit is so i could use an old PCTV 80e usb dongle to play cable tv/vhs/etc on my fx8350 in addition to the pc capture card that does the same thing with proper video adapters. right now on nor windows 7 nor 10 the dongle works, it doesn't work, OBS can't even see it.

 

[ShrimpBrime]

If it was 64 bit, it would had said so right on the package. It is a 32bit copy sadly to say.

GL

 

[Ownedtbh]

If it was 64 bit, it would had said so right on the package. It is a 32bit copy sadly to say.

GL

Package should look like this after searching in google.

 

[Miguel2013]

it's an OEM probably why it doesn't say 64bit on the front. Is there a more definitiv way to confirm? I tried right clicking a exe file here rufus but no where says is 32bit or 64bit so i can't do the same with setup.exe on the cd.

oh ok i just read your sample is also oem, in that case I'll ask seller.

 

[Keullo-e]

After a little research, the disc should indeed say "x64 edition". Never seen a genuine one myself so I'm not 100% sure though.

 

[Assimilator]

STOP 7B is INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE which has nothing to do with the bitness of the installer and everything to do with the fact that the BIOS is set to AHCI mode, while XP setup doesn't have AHCI drivers. You need to create a boot disk with the relevant drivers in order for setup to work.

Honestly though this whole thread is insane, "my shitty ancient device doesn't have Windows 7/10 drivers so I'll buy and install Windows XP" is an amazing conclusion to reach compared to a normal person's "I'll replace this shitty ancient device with one that is compatible with Windows 7/10".

 

[Rus4kova]

STOP 7B is INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE which has nothing to do with the bitness of the installer and everything to do with the fact that the BIOS is set to AHCI mode, while XP setup doesn't have AHCI drivers. You need to create a boot disk with the relevant drivers in order for setup to work.

Or - if possible - set the BIOS to IDE mode

 

[P4-630]

You'll also notice it if you have more than 4GB RAM installed.
All 32-bit operating systems have a 4GB RAM limit.

 

[mb194dc]

There is a windows 7 driver for that by the look of it. You need to disable driver signing to use it I think. Better than using XP though, just about

I'd try it in 10 as well, just to see if any way to get it work also.

 

[Miguel2013]

There is a windows 7 driver for that by the look of it. You need to disable driver signing to use it I think. Better than using XP though, just about

I'd try it in 10 as well, just to see if any way to get it work also.

the device appears listed fine on device manager but OBS can't see it neither sparkosoft which is another webcam emulator for devices that discord can't see. I'll try disabling driver signing then for a sec.

 

[RJARRRPCGP]

Package should look like this after searching in google.

Fun fact: XP x64 Edition is based on Server 2003/NT 5.2 This means that Service Pack 3 literally doesn't exist. Also, Service Pack 2 isn't the same as Service Pack 2 on regular XP. Same goes for the first service pack.

XP x64 Edition runs very well on Core 2 systems, was able to get the correct drivers. The only thing that went wrong, was that the Halo CE EAX is broken, IIRC.

 

[Miguel2013]

There is a windows 7 driver for that by the look of it. You need to disable driver signing to use it I think. Better than using XP though, just about

I'd try it in 10 as well, just to see if any way to get it work also.

i tried disabling driver signature enf on both win10 and win7 ult sp1 and obs still didn't see my 80e pinacle usb dongle. I'm ready to start trying out XP.
I was able to get windows xp live cd run and everything is good there after changing ahci to ide mode.
-I will keep digging on xp live but it might not want to install new devices like my 80e due to space since is live cd. I tried doing a full install from the xp instalation cd but since the sata 120GB disk I'll try is connected to sata port 5 on the mobo or is not the first disk; it says no wey. I will change it to first port and see if i can install it then hopefuly drivers will install however, my drivers appear to be for windows vista or 7 since the date on them is 2010 not 2002-2005.

 

[azrael]

Easiest way to see if it's actually the x64 version of Windows XP is to put the disc in a drive and see if it contains the AMD64 folder. If it only contains the i386 folder, it is the 32 bit version. Note that there are other folders on the disc, but the actual Windows files are in i386 (for both 32 and 64 bit versions) and AMD64 (64 bit version only).

 

[Miguel2013]

i did sucesfuly instaled xp onto the apple sata ssd drive and is 32bit i checked my pc propertis tab

I can probably get the 80e usb dongle to work with the 32bit version and to be honest it might work better? i don't know.
I'll get usb 2.0 3.0 drivers, what i'm thinking is the dongle might work on 7 or 10 if connected to usb 2.0.

update: still doesn't work under win7 using usb2.0 without driver enforcement.
I'll try obs on xp now and will report soon.

 

[Endymio]

Honestly though this whole thread is insane, "my shitty ancient device doesn't have Windows 7/10 drivers so I'll buy and install Windows XP" is an amazing conclusion to reach compared to a normal person's "I'll replace this shitty ancient device with one that is compatible with Windows 7/10".

What's insane is that several people liked this abhorrent post. There are plenty of people -- especially in non First-world nations -- for whom the cost of replacing a "shitty ancient device" is prohibitive. Assuming the poster intends to use this system for little or nothing more than his stated purpose, there's exactly zero harm in using a much older version of Windows. What if someone hacks his cable-TV system? Oh the horror!

For myself, I consider it essential to replace a system (or GPU) the moment a faster alternative is available -- but I would never mock those who can't afford such a strategy themselves. To each their own.

 

[Miguel2013]

What's insane is that several people liked this abhorrent post. There are plenty of people -- especially in non First-world nations -- for whom the cost of replacing a "shitty ancient device" is prohibitive. Assuming the poster intends to use this system for little or nothing more than his stated purpose, there's exactly zero harm in using a much older version of Windows. What if someone hacks his cable-TV system? Oh the horror!

For myself, I consider it essential to replace a system (or GPU) the moment a faster alternative is available -- but I would never mock those who can't afford such a strategy themselves. To each their own.

I plan upgrading to 13gen icore9 by 2025

 

[redeye]

and the inside of the real xp64 professional case.
i made the key a slight challenge, i installed it once so probably useless.

bought it to try crysis 64bit , if i remember correctly. (or a 64bit version of a game back-in-the-day.)

 

[ShrimpBrime]

and the inside of the real xp64 professional case.
i made the key a slight challenge, i installed it once so probably useless.

bought it to try crysis 64bit , if i remember correctly. (or a 64bit version of a game back-in-the-day.)

Had to purchase XP back in the day cause there wasn't a newer windows operating system yet.

OS keys for XP are no longer horded. Can easily find a DL with key and pay nothing these days.

 

[Toothless]

What's insane is that several people liked this abhorrent post. There are plenty of people -- especially in non First-world nations -- for whom the cost of replacing a "shitty ancient device" is prohibitive. Assuming the poster intends to use this system for little or nothing more than his stated purpose, there's exactly zero harm in using a much older version of Windows. What if someone hacks his cable-TV system? Oh the horror!

For myself, I consider it essential to replace a system (or GPU) the moment a faster alternative is available -- but I would never mock those who can't afford such a strategy themselves. To each their own.

It's insane until you read his post history of not listening to advice. He's spent more money trying to keep his current spec going than it would be to do a proper, newer build.

 

[Dr. Dro]

What's insane is that several people liked this abhorrent post. There are plenty of people -- especially in non First-world nations -- for whom the cost of replacing a "shitty ancient device" is prohibitive. Assuming the poster intends to use this system for little or nothing more than his stated purpose, there's exactly zero harm in using a much older version of Windows. What if someone hacks his cable-TV system? Oh the horror!

For myself, I consider it essential to replace a system (or GPU) the moment a faster alternative is available -- but I would never mock those who can't afford such a strategy themselves. To each their own.

Poor little Americans and their low-income third-world country... need to make that FX run for at least 20 years!

This OP's got some history here, they don't listen to any advice and don't actually care about what we have to say, and never did as far as I remember seeing any of their threads. As to why you'd want to run XP on a FX system? It's one of the few things they're good for, not that it'd be useful for 99% of scenarios nowadays, but if you want some retro action, I suppose it works

 

[TheinsanegamerN]

Poor little Americans and their low-income third-world country... need to make that FX run for at least 20 years!

This OP's got some history here, they don't listen to any advice and don't actually care about what we have to say, and never did as far as I remember seeing any of their threads. As to why you'd want to run XP on a FX system? It's one of the few things they're good for, not that it'd be useful for 99% of scenarios nowadays, but if you want some retro action, I suppose it works

I guess, although im not sure the heat output would be worth it unless you really like fun overclocking. The FX was the last platform that let you really run wild.

 

[Toothless]

I guess, although im not sure the heat output would be worth it unless you really like fun overclocking. The FX was the last platform that let you really run wild.

Yeeeaaahhh FX overclocked nicely but was still horrible in performance.

 

[Miguel2013]

Yeeeaaahhh FX overclocked nicely but was still horrible in performance.

too much heat causes, I can't oc only set to auto with turbo disabled and had to activate the side fan (more noise), this will be the end of me, all the scars I celebrated

 

[RJARRRPCGP]

i did sucesfuly instaled xp onto the apple sata ssd drive and is 32bit i checked my pc propertis tab

Version 2002 is 32-bit. That also means you need Service Pack 3, to have the latest service pack.

 

[Toothless]

too much heat causes, I can't oc only set to auto with turbo disabled and had to activate the side fan (more noise), this will be the end of me, all the scars I celebrated

I got my 6300 to 5ghz on the AM4 stock cooler. Your issue is either a dud chip or PEBCAK.