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Installing Win-XP using a USB pen drive

3 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/installing-win-xp-using-a-usb-pen-drive.69731/

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rohit_virdi4u Original post #1
Oct 3, 2007 at 12:12 PM
Is there any way to install Win-xp on a system w/o using CD-ROM and using a USB pen drive.If there is a way, then also tell me how can i be able to make my usb pen drive bootable and how can i be able to install win-xp from it.
vinit suri
vinit suri #2
Oct 3, 2007 at 2:00 PM
hey dude i can tell u how 2 install it using a usb device but have no idea how u can make ur usb bootable........

so 2 begin wid take ur win xp cd n copy d entire contents of it 2 ur pen drive....copy dem wid d same directory structure.....den restart ur comp...n use ne startup disk 2 cm 2 dos prompt...den in dos access ur pendrive n goto dat `i386` directory n use `winnt` to start ur installation.....

Hope dis helps...;):p:cool:
Garbage
Garbage #3
Oct 3, 2007 at 8:11 PM
Copy all ur XP CD on pen drive

And use this to make ur pendrive bootable.

OR
Use PEBuilder to Make a LiveXP.