Is it possible to install win xp from a 1 GB usb flash drive

R

Hi

I want to install win xp directly from a usb flash drive. I want to do this because I have to install xp on many computers in a day, and all the computers that i come across do not have a cd drive . also it would be much faster then installing from a cd.

will making the flash drive bootable using Bart-pe and copying all the xp setup files make it possible?

H

Well it depends whether the flash drive supports USB HDD Boot .

D

Your BIOS needs to support booting from USB drives.

F

drvarunmehta said:
Your BIOS needs to support booting from USB drives.

If your BIOS supports so theen simply boot from your flash drive.

If u hv a Transcend Pendrive, then u can boot it to install WIN XP.

yeas u can......

well if u can boot from usb that will get it done... if not...

and if u can boot into dos and mount usb that shouldalso get it done , now i dunno how mount works in dos n all....

in short, if u can run the setup u can install it... no matter where u boot from...

i might be very well wrong but this is how i see it....

Use this utility by HP to make your USB flash drive bootable.

R

thanks for the suggestions.

has anyone came across any such software that could convert and make every bootable disk to be bootable usb zip drive.

rajiv.b said:
thanks for the suggestions.

has anyone came across any such software that could convert and make every bootable disk to be bootable usb zip drive.

well i am searching for the same....
to make a bootable disk into bootable HDD

S

I think configuring the bios should do the trick!

R

well setting up the bios is not a big deal. but the main problem is to make the drive bootable. i have done it for the DSL and also a bootable disk for winxp(recovery) but not for installation.

Kniwor said:
rajiv.b said:

thanks for the suggestions.

has anyone came across any such software that could convert and make every bootable disk to be bootable usb zip drive.

Click to expand...

well i am searching for the same....
to make a bootable disk into bootable HDD

take a look at the link in my previous post.

R

well thanks once again .

dIgItaL_BrAt said:
take a look at the link in my previous post.

friend already tried that.... and much more..
SLAX , DSLinux , puppy linux, SPB.... manual partitioning,

also tried to configure lilo, grub and syslinux bootloader manually......

the default loaders in above mentioned linux... and much more.....

but nothing works.....