Howto install Windows XP from USB Drive?

If you want to install Windows XP but your Desktop PC / Laptop has NO CDROM/NETWORK BOOT option , then still you can install Windows XP using USB Disk. Its simple and handy in many situations. Specially for network / hardware support personnel because USB have added benefits. You can  add / remove several apps on the fly from usb.

There are several ways to do this, For example If you have USB disk with under  < 2gb Space, you can follow this VERY simple and easy to follow Guide

http://komku.blogspot.com/2008/11/install-windows-xp-using-usb-flash-disk.html

But unfortunately for some reasons, it didn’t worked out for me .

So I decided to go with the USB_MULTIBOOT, In this example I am using the same.

Here We Start   . . .

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You will need a special tool name USB_MULTIBOOT that will copy xp cd to usb and enable the Usb to boot Windows XP setup.
You can Download it from

http://www.mediafire.com/?gyjy3tlgdon

Unzip it to any folder. For example
c:\usb_multiboot_10

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2)
Run USB_MultiBoot_10.cmd from your the folder.
(As Shown in the image below)

Press any key to continue.

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3)
Format Utility will appear, Select  ‘ H ‘ , It will then give you  several options to choose. Select the following.
FILE SYSTEM = NTFS
FORMAT OPTIONS = QUICK
(As Shown in the image below)

TIP: Using the “HP format” option works fine for any capacity, and you can use FAT32 / NTFS
without problems. This can be useful as more systems can read FAT32 than NTFS.

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4)
Select Option 1   >   Select the WINDOWS XP Source path (CD or Extracted version)
(As Shown in the image below)

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Select Option 2  >  Select USB-Drive Target Drive 
(As Shown in the image below)

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It will ask you to whether you want to install XP in Un-Attendend mode, which means that it will auto enter the required info during the setup installation like User names / Windows XP CD KEY / TimeZone etc.
Select YES and enter the required info like User Name CD Key etc. Follow the on screen instructions.
(As Shown in the image below)

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Now select option # 3 [Make MultiBoot and Copy Source] to start the setup copy process.
(As Shown in the image below)

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After this It will start copying XP files to USB and will perform necessary actions to make it Bootable.
After All data is copied It will inform you that

” FileCopy to USB-Drive is Ready -OK- Success” ,
Click YES to continue.
(As Shown in the image below)

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ALL DONE. Your USB – Drive is ready for Booting.

Plug it to your computer and in BIOS select USB in first boot device.

After booting from USB you will see boot menu of usb , Something Like below image.

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Choose Text installation at first time
and GUI INSTALLATION AFTER REBOOT TWICE !

( Description: Choose step 1 to start installing xp in text mode, partition setup etc,  After reboot choose step two, After continued install , choose  step 2 AGAIN to log into XP –

As soon as you arrive at the Windows XP Desktop you can safely remove the USB Drive.

IMPORTANT! DO NOT REMOVE USB STICK UNTIL YOU’LL SEE XP’s FINAL LOGIN SCREEN!

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http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/112627-usb-drive-target-error/

Regard’s
SYED JAHANZAIB
aacable@hotmail.com