How to install Win XP on Satellite L640

Hello

I have a Satellite L640 running windows 7.

I need to use a software which is software XP, so I want to install XP on the L640.
I have the Windows XP disc in the CD tray and I have chosen the CD/DVD as a source of start-up number 1 priority in the BIOS.

The computer does not start from the disc, but goes directly from Windows 7.
Is it possible to install Windows XP on this laptop?

I do something wrong, or maybe it is a defective drive?

Thank you, David

As a general rule I don't see no reason why you shouldn't be able to install Windows XP Home edition, but what confuses me, is that you even could not start Windows XP Home edition Setup. Do you use the original disc of Microsoft?

Start your laptop and press F12 to get into the boot menu. Put the CD into the optical disk drive, choose the CD/DVD drive and press ENTER. The same thing happens again?

By the way: did you check the Toshiba download page if WXP drivers, tools and utilities are available for your laptop model?

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