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RIP: Microsoft finally pulls plug on last XP survivor... POSReady 2009

Kiwi
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Re: The last version is aptly named...

, and Windows XP does not support SATA out of the box

Well, the many dozens of machines I've installed it on seemed to have no problems with XP on Sata. Though that was almost always SP3.

SATA as AHCI - that wouldn't work without drivers... But even W7 had that issue with a lot of boards.

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