The Windows XP startup sound comes from Microsoft's Windows XP operating system, released in 2001. It became one of the most recognizable computer boot sounds of its era because XP was installed on so many home and school PCs. Online, the clip spread through nostalgia compilations, operating system memes, and retro tech videos, often alongside the Windows XP shutdown sound. It still gets reused because a few notes instantly place viewers in the early 2000s and suggest a specific desktop-computing mood.
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The classic Windows XP startup chime from Microsoft's 2001 operating system, often used in memes, retro edits and nostalgic tech videos.
This clip is the familiar Windows XP startup sound, a short, warm synth chime that plays when the operating system boots up. It has a soft, glassy tone and a polished early-2000s feel that instantly signals old-school computer nostalgia. In videos, it works as a quick audio cue for logging on, powering up, or revealing something retro and unexpectedly wholesome. Even people who never used XP tend to recognize it from internet memes, tech jokes, and edits that lean on the comforting sound of an older digital era.
