Re: I half-agree with you ...

Nope; the disk is *not* pre-SP1. It was released in the Windows 7 days.

- Tricob.

"Glass Tiger for life! "

I've never had a problem installing XP on a large drive. If your disc is pre-SP1, make a new one with SP3 integrated (slipstreamed) and that should work, assuming your BIOS supports 48-bit LBA.