Install Windows XP from USB flash drive

[snail112]

Hi guys,

I am trying to prep a flash drive to load Win XP on a laptop with a busted optical drive.

I need help, please. The few tutorials I found either take to long or the flash drive cannot format the hdd. Or somewhere I got lost and does something wrong.

 

[ponder]

http://www.bootableusb.org/?p=57
http://www.eeeguides.com/2007/11/installing-windows-xp-from-usb-thumb.html

 

[FuLL_MeT4L]

If you're lazy like me, google Flashboot. Application sorts it all out for you... just use the trial version. You have to wait 30secs before the install but it works great with minimal effort.

 

[Arthur]

Set up a virtual CD drive with your fave tool (like Virtual Clone Drive), then mount an ISO of the XP CD. Execute installation.

 

[BigAl-sa]

I did this a couple of years back. What I used was winsetupfromusb.

 

[snail112]

WinToFlash only see the flash drive hdd is missing, cannot proceed with format & install. Flashboot stuffs around with fdisk and cannot perform the format of NTFS drive. winsetupfromusb requires XP to be installed.

To top it all a usb external dvd-rw doest not boot after xp disk is in the drive.

XP disk nlited to do a unattended install.

Back to square -1000.

 

[SomeoneEls]

WinToFlash only see the flash drive hdd is missing, cannot proceed with format & install.

Do you mean you actually boot into the windows installer? If so then the windows xp setup can't see your HDD because you used a disk without the sata drivers slip streamed in. Try an xp sp3 disk or use nlite to slip stream the sata drivers from the laptop manufacturers website in

 

[snail112]

It is a SP3 slip streamed disk. The laptop is an Acer Aspire 3660 with ide hdd.

 

[Browser]

Set up a virtual CD drive with your fave tool (like Virtual Clone Drive), then mount an ISO of the XP CD. Execute installation.

How do you propose that's going to work while formatting and installing the OS.

 

[biometrics]

http://www.biosflash.com/e/bios-boot-usb-stick.htm

 

[memakda]

Try this
http://www.blogsdna.com/2016/how-to-install-windows-7-from-usb-drive-without-windows-7-iso-dvd.htm

Says for Win7 but should handle xp as well

 

[NeonNinja]

How do you propose that's going to work while formatting and installing the OS.

Hmm... Does the dude kno what he's talking about?

 

[snail112]

Might have found a solution, just have to copy the 386 folder to the flash drive before testing it.

 

[snail112]

Everything worked out fine, got it here

 

[leelo]

yeah, it gets complimikated - but if you have a small USB drive that you purdy much aint gonna use much anymore, it's worth using it for that.
nLite slipstream a gazzillion drivers if you can, Intel's Rapid store SATA and RAID are good, then add Intel Marvel and Broadcom network drivers and you should be set.

 

[Random717]

Another possible solution (doesn't require huge downloads...)
http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/111406-how-to-install-xp-from-usb/page__view__findpost__p__848669