Installing XP from USB Drive

Martini1991 · 3 Jul 2011 at 13:24

Hey there, I've a netbook that I've to reformat and I've left it for a while.
I have no external DVD Drive, and unfortunately this netbook has no DVD Drive.

I've ripped the ISO from the Windows XP Home Edition disc, however how can I install via USB Drive?

If this was Windows 7, I could do it from inside Windows, and it'd continue as a regular install, XP however is stupid, and won't =/.

Martini1991 · 3 Jul 2011 at 13:28

Fatboyuk2 said:
is the iso boot set and dose the laptop boot from usb

Yes notebook can boot from USB.
Unless, I can make my USB Drive bootable like in my tutorial, and then put the ISO on, but what would be the command to run it?

DJmartin said:
The way I do it is hammer F12 when turning on then it takes you to boot menu and select USB drive and boot from there?

Not the question I'm asking. How do I go about making the ISO work from the USB Drive?

Martini1991 · 3 Jul 2011 at 13:35

I have no idea what I'm meant to do with a quote.
Enter commands where, how?

Martini1991 · 3 Jul 2011 at 13:41

Nevermind, I've found what I need as far as I'm aware.
Lets see if it works.

Martini1991 · 3 Jul 2011 at 14:06

Just using win to flash.
I extracted the ISO and it's using those files to make a bootable drive.

Martini1991 · 3 Jul 2011 at 18:23

Throws up an error about nfts dll missing in system 32 or some nonesense as it loads up for the GUI installation.

Martini1991 · 3 Jul 2011 at 19:22

Swordfish said:
If you are talking about my method - you need to boot from the flash drive twice

1st time select the top option
2nd time select the 2nd option

Caught me out as well.

I did boot from USB twice.
First time = Text based for the formatting, copying of files.
Second time = Gui installation, it throws up an error half way through the white loading bar.

Martini1991 · 3 Jul 2011 at 19:38

I've already done that.
It boots, it does the first stage, but at the GUI interface, loading up that it spouts an error at me.

Martini1991 · 3 Jul 2011 at 19:44

Surveyor said:
Does this one use the same method?

Installing Windows XP using a single USB flash drive

They're dead links. :rolleyes:

Martini1991 · 3 Jul 2011 at 19:54

Is what happens when booting up the second stage .

Martini1991 · 3 Jul 2011 at 19:55

Surveyor said:
Link to USB_PREP8 on this page.

PeToUSB here.

Don't know if it's the right one but link to Bootsect.exe in post #3 here.

My problem isn't booting...... A bootable USB drive is a bootable USB drive.

Martini1991 · 3 Jul 2011 at 20:04

Surveyor said:
From what I can see the instructions tell you fow to create a bootable USB and how to get the XP files onto the USB drive.

If it doesn't work then I've no idea.

The XP files are on it, and boot, hence why it does the text based part, it's just the GUI part it doesn't.

Martini1991 · 3 Jul 2011 at 20:18

Believe me, I'm following the steps, may just be the ISO I'm using.
I attempted to repair it DOS >.<. Same thing.

Martini1991 · 3 Jul 2011 at 20:34

In recovery console I can find and rename the NTFS.sys, so it's there.. >.<