Native install? Not a chance Modern hardware and Windows XP don't get along anymore My initial goal was to install Windows XP directly on my laptop, dual-booting it with Windows 11.

For instance, if you'd like to run Windows XP on your Windows 7 host system, you could create an XP virtual machine that runs XP inside a window you can view in Windows 7.

Install XP Click the virtual machine to select it. Click "Start." Virtual PC will read your hard drive and begin loading the Windows XP installation files.