8GB (or larger) USB stick; WinSetupFromUSB; Windows XP ISO; Step 1 - Format USB stick. First, insert the USB stick on a modern PC and format as NTFS. Step 2 - Extract Windows XP ISO. Using an archival tool like 7-Zip, extract your Windows XP ISO to a folder. Step 3 - Download and extract WinSetupFromUSB. Download and extract WinSetupFromUSB. Follow Below Steps:- Plug in your Pen Drive into USB Flash Port. To make a Windows bootdisk (Windows XP/7) select NTFS as file system from the drop down. Then click on the buttons that looks like a DVD drive, that one near to the checkbox that says "Create bootable disk using:" Choose the XP ISO file. Click Start. Done! Reference. Opened Parts Manage. Formatted the partition in FAT32 (important! When formatting in NTFS, BIOS don't see the USB) Left Parts Manage, Bootice. Selected Windows 2000/XP/2003. Selected my CD-diskdrive as the resource. Clicked GO. Waited until the end and removed the USB. Inserted into the laptop (DIGMA) 2 Answers. Sorted by: 1. I installed Windows 7 from a USB HDD because my USB CDROM drive didn't work. Here's how I did it: create a partition on my USB HDD slightly bigger than my CDROM (i.e. 4GB) Step 1 - Download and extract Easy2Boot. First download and extract Easy2Boot+DPMS. This is a special version of Easy2Boot with the mass storage drivers required for Windows XP install: With the files extracted, run MAKE_E2B_USB_DRIVE.cmd as Administrator: Step 2 - Prepare USB drive. The answer: On a flash drive. Find out the different ways to get Windows XP through Windows 10 onto a bootable flash drive - and enjoy the speed benefits that come with it. For a long time, Microsoft didn't sell Windows install media in the form of bootable USB flash drives. Materials: The ultimate guide for installing and running Windows XP from a USB stick / HDD drive. Original Cabinet SDK download page: www.pixelsplasher.com/_downloads/software/Microsoft-Cabinet-SDK. Requirements: An existing Windows install for carrying out the steps in this tutorial. 2 Answers. Sorted by: 3. How to install Windows XP using a USB flash drive. Share. Improve this answer. Follow. answered Aug 21, 2009 at 19:44. Molly7244. Add a comment. 4Nj0qV.

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