By 2013, Windows XP was nearing its end-of-life (which occurred in April 2014), but many users still relied on it for older hardware or specific software. Standard retail versions of Windows XP SP3 lacked drivers for modern SATA hard drives, often resulting in the "Blue Screen of Death" (BSOD) during installation unless users manually loaded drivers via a floppy disk (F6 method).
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