Hello Leighton, and welcome to Seven Forums.
Answers inline. :)
Where would i find the xp SATA driver compatible with my machine from? On the cd provided with my mother board? Or online?
Yes to both. You will be able to get the lastest version of the driver from your motherboard manufacturer's website though.
If i was to install xp on another HD, would it work with an external USB hard drive? Or does it have to be built in? As i only have one 2TB hard drive on my computer.
Windows XP will have to be installed on an internal HDD. You could
create a new partition on your internal 2TB HD large enough to install XP to though.
I dont have a floppy, so i would have to slipstream the xp sata driver onto my xp disc. Will it then install automatically when installing xp?
Yes, you would need to slipstream the XP SATA driver, and it will install with the XP installation automatically afterwards.
If i use the xp mode with windows 7, will it act 'exactly' the same as a fresh copy of xp. Meaning, will the old games i play which dont work on 7, work with xp mode? Im not 100% sure how xp mode would work. Is it easy to switch between 7 and xp mode with this method?
Sorry to hassel you as much as this, im trying to weigh up my best option before i go ahead with it. I only really need xp so i can play some of my older games what dont work well with 7.
It would be worth a try using
XP Compatibility Mode with the games to see if that may allow them to run properly in Windows 7 or not.
You would not be able to use
Windows XP Mode since it can only be installed in Windows 7
Professional,
Enterprise, or
Ultimate editions. Instead, you could use something like
VMWare and create a XP virtual machine with it. Using a virtual machine for gaming may not be a good solution since it will only use generic drivers in the VM.
It's no bother.
Hope this helps some,
Shawn