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WinSetupFromUSB Install Windows XP from USB Flash Drive

Published November 15, 2008 Guides 377 Comments Tags: Windows XP, WinSetupFromUSB
This guide will show you, how to use WinSetupFromUSB to create a bootable USB Flash Drive including all Windows source files, plus the following installation of Windows XP. Compare to the different USB_Multiboot versions, WinSetupFromUSB comes with a Graphical User Interface (GUI) and is in my opinion easier to use. Here you can get the latest version of the program and you will also find many detailed informations about WinSetupFromUSB. Ive tested this guide with a 32-bit version of Windows XP and a 64-bit version of Windows Vista and it worked flawlessly.
Prerequisites:
All you need is: a USB Flash Drive with at least 1GB of storage the original Windows XP Setup CD WinSetupFromUSB If you use nLite to slim down your version of Windows XP, please keep the following in mind: DO NOT remove Manual Install and Upgrade under Operating System Options! I also recommend to integrate Service Pack 3 into your Windows XP source files.
1. Preparations
Download and install WinSetupFromUSB. Default installation path is C:\WinSetupFromUSB. Create a new folder with the name WINXPCD in the root directory of drive C:\ and copy all files from your Windows XP Setup CD into this folder. Depending on your version of Windows XP, the content of C:\WINXPCD should look approximately like this:
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The following files will show you, which Service Pack is already integrated into your CD: WIN51IC.SP1, Sevice Pack 1 WIN51IC.SP2, Sevice Pack 2 WIN51IC.SP3, Sevice Pack 3
2. Start WinSetupFromUSB
Connect the USB Flash Drive to your PC and start WinSetupFromUSB. It should show up under USB Disk Selection :
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3. Select your Source Path

Click on Browse under Windows 2000/XP/2003 Source and navigate to the folder with your Windows XP Source Files. It should be C:\WINXPCD:
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Click OK and C:\WINXPCD should show up under Windows 2000/XP/2003 Source :
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4. Format USB Flash Drive

PeToUSB or HP Format Tool are used to format the USB Flash Drive. There is no need to download these programs seperately as they are already included in WinSetupFromUSB. USB Flash Drives up to 2GB should be formatted with PeToUSB in FAT16, USB Flash Drives with 4GB or more with HP Format Tool in FAT32. I will use PeToUSB to format my Kingston Data Traveler with 2GB. In the main window of WinSetupFromUSB click PeToUSB under Format target using to start the program. The USB Flash Drive should show up under Destination Drive. Check USB Removable, Enable Disk Format and Quick Format. Uncheck Enable File Copy under File Copy Options :
Click Start and answer the following two questions Continue? with Yes. All existing volumes and data will be lost! If everything goes well, the message Operation Completed Successfully! should appear. Click OK and close PeToUSB. The process with HP Format Tool is similar.
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5. Copy Windows XP Source Files

To start the process of copying the Windows XP source files to the USB Flash Drive, click GO in the main window of WinSetupFromUSB. Depending on the write speed of your USB Flash drive it may take a while to copy all files.
At the end the following notice about the Windows installation process should be displayed:
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Click OK and close WinSetupFromUSB with EXIT.
6. Windows Installation Part 1

Connect the USB Flash Drive to your PC and turn on the computer. Press ESC at the boot screen and you will be able to select the USB Flash Drive as your boot device from the boot menu. The ESC key is used by ASUS for the Eee PC series. Other manufacturers may use other keys, e.g. F8 or F12. After booting from USB Flash Drive, the following menu should be displayed: Windows XP/2000/2003 Setup First and Second parts Press Enter or wait 10 seconds to get to the next menu: First part of Windows XP Home Edition setup Second part of XP Home Edition setup+Start Windows for first time First part of Windows XP Home Edition setup is already selected. Press Enter or wait 10 seconds to start the Text mode part of setup. During this part you can create, delete and format partitions and finally the setup files are copied to your hard disk. At the end the system will restart automatically.

After restart, boot the PC again from your USB Flash Drive. The same menu should be displayed: Windows XP/2000/2003 Setup First and Second parts Press Enter or wait 10 seconds to get to the next menu: First part of Windows XP Home Edition setup Second part of XP Home Edition setup+Start Windows for first time Second part of XP Home Edition setup+Start Windows for first time is already selected. Press Enter or wait 10 seconds to start the GUI mode part of setup. During this part you will be asked for your product key, timezone, usernames and other necessary informations. At the end the system will restart automatically.

After restart, boot the PC again from your USB Flash Drive. The same menu should be displayed:
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Windows XP/2000/2003 Setup First and Second parts Press Enter or wait 10 seconds to get to the next menu: First part of Windows XP Home Edition setup Second part of XP Home Edition setup+Start Windows for first time Second part of XP Home Edition setup+Start Windows for first time is already selected. Press Enter or wait 10 seconds to Start Windows for the first time. The Windows installation process will be finished and finally the Windows Desktop will appear. DO NOT disconnect the USB Flash Drive too early! At next startup you can boot into Windows from your hard disk.
Notes:
After successsful installation, the following boot menu will always be displayed during startup: Please select the operating system to start: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition USB Repair NOT to Start Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
If you dont plan to use the repair option and want to boot directly into windows, you have to do the following: Open the file boot.ini in the root directory of drive C:\ with Notepad: [Boot Loader]timeout=30 Default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)WINDOWS [Operating Systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)WINDOWS=Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition /noexecute=optin /fastdetect multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)WINDOWS=USB Repair NOT to Start Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition /noexecute=optin /fastdetect Delete the following line: multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)WINDOWS=USB Repair NOT to Start Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
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DO NOT delete the wrong line! Your computer may not boot the next time! Save changes to the file. At next startup the boot menu will not be displayed. If you want to keep the repair option, you can reduce the time to display the operating system options from 30 to 5 seconds: [Boot Loader] timeout=5 Save changes to the file. At next startup the boot menu will be displayed only 5 seconds.
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377 Responses to WinSetupFromUSB Install Windows XP from USB Flash Drive

1 maxorka
November 17, 2008 at 10:38 am
I try to do this with my Fujitsu MHT 2040AT 0811(40GB).Make all that you say,without integrate SP3.PC try to boot for USB but give to opsions to install windows(use xp home edition with SP1).I able to run directly: Follow
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Safe mode Safe mode with command promt Safe mode with network Last Know Good Configuration Start windows normally. I try all of choices but Pc restart and again the same. Ware is the problem?I have external HDD with windows istalation over it.Please help.
2 Andreas
@ maxorka
November 19, 2008 at 7:13 pm
If i understand you correctly, you want to install Windows from that Fujitsu MHT 2040AT 0811(40GB) drive to another PC. During installation of windows you should never see: Safe mode Safe mode with command promt Safe mode with network Last Know Good Configuration Start windows normally. This shows up only if there are problems with an already existing Windows installation. Start again from the beginning. If you follow all steps it should work like charm.
3 limubear
hi andreas
Just a question, IF after a successful installation of a winxp on the asus eeepc1000h following your instructions is this procedure the same as formatting a pc and doing a clean install of windows?? and if so what about and how do you install the eeepc drivers following succesful winxp installation? thank you
4 Andreas
@ limubear
Yes, exacly the same procedure as doing a clean install of Windows. You just install it from USB instead of a CD or DVD drive. The drivers you can find on the support DVD. Some have been updated recently so you better download them from the ASUS Support site. I install them in the following order:
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1. ACPI 2. Chipset 3. Audio 4. VGA 5. LAN 6. WLAN 7. Bluetooth 8. Touchpad Some people prefer to install the ACPI driver after Chipset, Audio and VGA. After installing all drivers and ASUS Software run Windows Update. Then continue with the rest of your software. Admin
5 limubear
wow thank you very much. I will attempt this! thank you!!
6 Mohamed Zizo
Hi man thanx for this Note , iam very happy to see this Subject We have an arabic site translate your Subject to our language and alot of people Benefit from your Subject . http://www.yallayaarab.biz/vb/showthread.php?p=730039 We wana to know from you why when i press F12 its give me only Boot from lan or hard drive , and didnt give me to boot from Flash when i wana to change my first boot from Cdroom and make it usb , it give 4 usb UsbHdd / usb-FDD / usb-cdroom .. and i try to use all of this and didnt get boot So please I need your help to fixed this Error thx my frind Zizo From Egypt
7 Andreas
@ Mohamed Quote: when i press F12 What model do you use? Is it a notebook or desktop computer? Try to set USB-HDD as first boot device, maybe it helps
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8 Don
This worked flawlessly on a laptop with a corrupted CD drive driver. Really slow due to my crap drive, but did work!
9 Mohamed Zizo
very thx Andreas I do it yesterday My pc is M.B Giga byte945 and i was setup anew win xp from Flash yesteday . But now I dont know how I Definition My driver audio and graphic From Flash And in your opinion my Motherboard need autorun Definition Not manual So I need to Boot from flash like my cd-rom Autorun thx my friend
10 highclick
Hi. I made boot-able my transcend 8gb usb pen drive. I formatted it as FAT32. I tried to install my windows xp professional service pack2, but it works only at the first step. It doesnt permit me to complete the installation with the 2nd and 3d step. I choose 2nd and 3d step when it boots from the usb pen drive, but it begin the installation again. Some suggest pls. Thanks! _________________________________ http://highclick.wordpress.com/
11 ilko
December 1, 2008 at 6:22 am
Thats probably the best explained guide on this subject Ive seen so far, good job However, two notes: 1) Use FAT16 for drives up to 2GB, not 4GB. FAT16 on 2GB-4GB partitions results in not widely supported 64 KB cluster size, which may lead to number of problems. 2) Use NTFS whenever possible, it makes HUGE difference in speed. Here are a few quick tests performed: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=125116 This is the place, where all this was initially and being developed: http://www.msfn.org/board/Install-XP-USB-f157.html
12 Chris White
I followed the steps, everything went fine. But if I take the USB stick to another laptop and try doing the install. I get a HAL.DLL error. And the USB stick now does not work for doing any installs. At which time I have to redo the steps to get it to work.
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It seems like this is a 1 time thing.. Any ideas? Laptop(s) I am testing with are Lenovo T60, T61, X61s And yes. I change the HDD from AHCI to Compatability so that I can install the OS.
13 ilko
@Chris White Do you pass Text mode? Are you installing in the first partition/first hard disk as the default settings are? Look at this post for BOOT.INI/partition number details and the reply: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=120444&view=findpost&p=815519 http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=120444&view=findpost&p=815523
14 Sam
December 15, 2008 at 11:17 pm
Beware of Viruses and Trojans! This is a very potential Adware Trojan. Infection found in: WinSetupFromUSB_v_0.1.1.exe 1.) Adware.Eshoper.Ba The USB Windows intalation will also carry the infection, and the computer where you prepare the USB Windows intalation will also be infected with this Trojan, i suggest you not to use this tool. Note: do not say you were not warned. Sincerely, Sam
15 Andreas
@ Sam
Can you tell us what Antivirus Software you use and which file is infected? Admin
16 ilko
@Sam
AV programs typically are quite sensitive to AutoIt scripts, which was used to make WinSetupFromUSB. There have been false alarms every now and then with almost any compiled AutoIt script Ive come across. A quick Google search with keywords like autoit false positive virus will give you numerous examples.
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If you have downloaded the tool from msfn.org, and the downloaded exe was not infected after downloading it, rest assured there are no viruses or malware in the package. If you want to do good- contact the antivirus company you use about the false positive. Do cross-check as well: virusscan . jotti . org www . virustotal . com
17 baby_opaw
i only have the recovery disc that came along with the asus 1000ha, would this be enough for a source?
18 Andreas
@ babt_opaw
The recovery disc from my 1000H cannot be used as source. It can only be used to reset the whole system to factory install. I think that the content from the 1000HA recovery disc is nearly identical. You have to look for a Windows XP Setup CD and use it as source. Admin
19 Homer
Hi,
Can you publish, or point to, detailed guide on how to prepare USB stick, how to install Win XP Pro SP2 or Micro XP v0.82 on the formatted USB stick, and how to boot and run XP Pro or XP Micro directly from the USB stick. The question is about Portable OS where if the USB stick is plugged before PC power-up, the OS on the stick will boot and run instead of the OS on the HDD. I guess in case of running OS from USB stick (2 or 4GB), will be good idea to move the location of the page file to be on the HDD (if the Portable XP uses page file) if such moving of location is necessary, then corresponding How-to instructions will be needed too. Regards, Homer
20 Andreas
@ Homer
Quick Google give me this links: SolutionBase: Boot Windows XP from a USB flash drive http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-22_11-5928902.html
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Windows In Your Pocket : Introduction http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/windows-pocket,1113.html Many guides out there. But i never tested one Admin
21 Miha
Hello, I have tried 3 times already. I go through the text mode but when i reach Step 2 it tells me that ntoskrnl.exe in system32 is missing. What may be the issue? Thank you!
22 Andreas
@ Miha
Maybe you are trying to install Windows to a disk/partition other than first disk/first partition. Take a look at the FAQ about Install from USB, especially Q4/A4: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=116766 If you want to use another disk/partition, read this post and the following answer: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php? showtopic=120444&st=200&p=815519&#entry815519 Admin
23 Miha
Yes, that is true. I will take a look at the guide. Thank you.
24 YM
Hello,
January 4, 2009 at 12:55 am
I am having a eeepc 901 and at the moment I am not able to load Windows. Each time it loads, itll prompt me to select Start Windows Normally, Safe Mode, etc. Similar to when you press F8 when windows is booting up. I observed that there is a blue screen after I select Start Windows Normally but I am not able to capture what the blue screen is showing because it will auto reboot and show me the F8 screen again automatically. What I have is the Recovery DVD from Asus that comes along with the 901 when purchased. Is there a method to recover the 901 using the Recovery DVD via USB instead of via an external DVD device? Appreciate your quick response. Thanks.
25 Andreas

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@ YM Just follow my guide for the 1000H. http://myeeeguides.wordpress.com/2008/10/15/eee-pc-1000h-recovery-from-usb-flashdrive/ The process for the 901 is similar, you just have to follow the steps described by pietaripoika in the comments of that post: Hi! I managed to do this with my Eee PC 901 12GB. I just simply clicked Local->Disk>From Image->EEEPC1.GHO and did the process for the smaller SSD. After that, I clicked continue, then again Local->Disk->From Image, but this time I chose EEEPC2.GHO and then the secondary SSD. Admin
26 YM
January 4, 2009 at 10:10 pm
Thanks for the info. Below are the problem encountered next: After completed loading Starting Windows Preinstallation Enviroment it prompts me this error: The file dmboot.sys is corrupted. Press any key to continue. When I press any key, it will reboot the computer. Where is this dmboot.sys file coming from? What could I do next?
27 Jayne
January 19, 2009 at 12:59 am
Just brilliant! In trying to triple boot XP, Windows 7, and Ubuntu I had scrambled the boot manager on my brand new Samsung NC10 and could only access 7 and Ubuntu. By using the System Recovery Media (aka WinXP Home) and the System Software Media (aka drivers) CDs and your excellent guide, I was able to recreate my basic XP system. I then reinstalled 7 and Ubuntu and everything is working like a dream. Thank you so much.
28 cpd
hi, i know somebody asked something similar but i am wondering if i follow these instructions and do nothing else, will this format my current drives c: and d: before installing xplite . i am worried i have a virus and just writing over my allready working xp i think wouldnt be enough.
29 Andreas
@ cpd
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You can delete all existing partitions during Text mode part of Windows XP if you worry about a virus. Then create new partitions with the size you want. If you just reinstall Windows XP to drive c, all files on drive d will still remain.
30 cpd
January 24, 2009 at 11:45 am
thanks andreas, advice is very much appreciated-sounds simple enough. also i read somewhere that to be sure i delete all viruses i also have to delete master boot record. i know its slightly off topic but i promise lol i wont ask any more questions-how do i go about that?
31 Andreas
@ cpd
As far as i know, when you delete all existing partitions on the hard drive and create new ones, the MBR will be overwritten. Sometime i use Active@ Kill Disk to wipe ot all contents of the drive. http://www.killdisk.com/ Greetings Admin
32 Joe
After I complete the proccess and try and boot from the memory stick I get a blue screen telling me that an error was found and to prevent damage windows will shut down. What am I missing?
33 Harris
January 28, 2009 at 12:39 pm
I tried the tutorial. first pass went fine on my eeepc 900A 4GB ssd. I tried iwth both stock xp and nlite. both times, got missing hal.dll i had to delete the partitions now i am stuck with no OS. cant install linux, cant get pass by windows. any suggestions
34 Andreas
@ Harris
Can you boot from the USB drive again and choose First part of Windows XP Home Edition setup. If yes, create one single partition and you should not get any hal.dll error after reboot. Admin
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35 Marc Brouwer
Hi guys,
first of all thank you for the great instructions on this page. I have come further with this guide than any other guide Now Im almost there, installing XP on my laptop HP NC4200 from a USB stick. One slight problem: After following all the instructions, windows wouldnt boot from HDD. I get an error message: A disk read error occurred. Press Ctrl Alt Del to restart Funny engough the system starts up when I insert the USB stick and go through Windows installation Part 3 again. Once gone through this menu, windows functions as normal. I can even see the USB as a removable disk in windows explorer. Any ideas?
36 Marc Brouwer
January 31, 2009 at 10:58 pm
problems solved. I re-installed it and it works this time
37 Darith
February 3, 2009 at 8:58 am
How can i get cd windows like you showed me on the top that has SP1, SP2, SP3? i did with the sp2. i can boot and format,but i cant copy files to c: drive. Can you tell me what should i do with that thing?
38 Andreas
@ Darith
XP Setup CD with SP2 should be fine. So you can boot from USB, start First part of Windows XP setup, format your hard drive and then no files can be copied to C: ? What error message do you get? Admin
39 Jerry
I followed the instruction and everything looks OK. I have 2 questions: 1. The original CD had a file Setup.exe that provided a few options. This is not on the USB stick. Why is that? 2) My netbook came wiht 2 DVDs. The instructions only speak about the starting DVD. I think the 2nd DVD has some application and maybe some drivers. Can I just add the content of the 2nd DVD to a directory on the USB stick? I assume all I need is the 1st DVD
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to actually install XS and I can run the Setup.exe file from the 2nd DVD (now on the USB stick). Does that sound right. On a final note, I guess I am a bit surprised that the USB stick does not do (act) exactly like the DVD. thnanks Jerry
40 Andreas
@ Jerry
A1: I assume you use a Windows XP Setup-CD to create the USB drive. WinSetupFromUSB copies only files to the USB drive that are necessary. Setup.exe is not needed for installing Windows from USB, thats why its missing. A2: I cannot help you with this question because i dont know the content of the 2 DVDs. Every manufacturer supplies different CDs/DVDs. If you install Windows XP from USB, all you need are the Original drivers and software from the DVDs. Just look for folders named Driver or Software. Andreas
41 rodyrgo
hi i ve made my usb drive wiht windows xp instalation but my laptop toshiba is no able to boot from usb plesae i need your help
42 Jerry Baxter
By far the best way to install XP via a USB flash smoked my original install trying to put Win 7 on my HP 1010NR w/8gb SSD not enough space- had one issue during text install with unable to read *** file retry or skip ..etc. Just started over re-copied files to USB drive and re-installed.
43 Jay
I had been looking around the net for a USB installation to hard drive all over the net where sites made all sorts of promises, had all the BARTPE and other similar programs, all of which did not work at all. But this, WinSetupFromUSB, a very fitting name rather than some association with the programmer which doesnt seem to work anyway, did the job right the first time. Great post! Thank you!
44 ivan
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i think your method is the best and the simplest to install from usb. i installed and working perfect.. BUT IT DOESNT WORK FOR nLITED WINDOWS SOURCES..some windows images (which are slimmed and changed by some people to make it faster) dont have standard setup.exe, winnt32.exe etc. ( i think the method or pragram is callednlite ) and i cant copy windows from its source to usb.. i have to install one tiny windows to a slow computer without cd driver do you know how to do it? thanks..
45 ivan
one more thing.. your methods doesnt need to delete all partitions.. i want to delete only C, and keep others untouched.. some methods may let install from nlited windows but they required all partitions deleted during install
46 Andreas
@ ivan
If you have an image (for example an *.ISO file), you can extract it with WinRAR to a folder (e.g. C:\WINXPCD) on your hard drive (WinZip or 7z should work also). Then you can point to this folder in WinSetupFromUSB. But be careful with nLite-Versions. If Manual Install and Upgrade was removed under Operating System Options you will run into problems.
47 stuzzy
Hi
I have a Toshiba NB100 wich had ubuntu installed on it i have tried booting off usb and all goes well boots up in txt mode but when i try to locate my main HDD 80 gig one its not shown in the windows install menu any ideas whats wrong. I deleted all of the drives content using Killdisk thinking that was the problem and drive still not shown now i cant even log onto ubuntu im thinkin only way to solve this is to buy an external disk drive or can i save my money and install of my flash drive please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
48 Andreas
@ stuzzy
I dont know the Toshiba NB100, but if the hard drive does not show up during Windows XP Setup its because of missing SATA-drivers. Can you change SATA-Mode from AHCI to IDE in the System-BIOS? If yes, change it to IDE and start Windows-XP Setup again. Also be sure to use Windows XP Service Pack 3. Andreas
49 surja08
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Hi Andreas, My netbook HP mini 2133 with SATA mode Compatibel or Native. I tried to install window xp from USB Flash Drive with label XP-SP3HP I had problem during window setup w/both SATA mode, I got list C:Partition1 ( XPSP3HP ) (FAT) 1938MB ( 956 MB free ).Whats wrong,please help me ?
50 Andreas
@ surjao8
Well, your USB drive got drive letter C. Can you see your hard drive or only the USB drive? Are there already partitions on the hard drive (FAT32 or NTFS)? Can you delete all existing partitions on the hard drive or do you still need some data? Andreas
51 surja08
I couldnt see my hard drive only USB drive.From where I know partition on the my hard drive ? Please I need some data.
52 Andreas
Even in compatibility mode you cannot see your hard drive? Umm, i recommend you to take a look at the HP 2133 Mini-Note Forums: http://www.hp2133guide.com/forums/index.php Andreas
53 Kartikeya
Great guide! Just a quick question. Will this work with XP Pro SP3 ?
54 Andreas
@ Kartikeya
Short and quick answer: Yes. Andreas
55 Kartikeya
Cheers Andreas!! Will post back with my experiences soon.
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Thanks Andreas, very well done it was easy to follow and XP Pro is now installed. Only one problem as far as I can see, is that I cant connect to the net any idea as to what drivers I,m missing and best place to get them ??.
57 numinbah
As an add on to the above I have an acer150 netbook with 160gig H/D
58 MarBoed
Hi Andreas,
thanks for the tutorial that you made, i have managed to install Win XP Prof SP2 on my aspire one A150 since it has been crash due to virus attack, now the remaining task is to restore all the drivers that needed i have searched through google and found this ftp://ftp.work.acer-euro.com/netbook/aspire_one_150/driver/ hope it would be useful for others aspire one users
59 Dead Cell
Hello there,
I have a Samsung NC10 coming soon and am looking to do a clean install but have a few questions hoping you can help me with. 1. Which XP CD am I to use to copy over to the USB stick? The recovery CD that comes with the NC10 or a stand alone XP CD? 2. Will I receive a License Key with the NC10 or will I have to use some sort of software to extract the license key? I have a Vaio laptop and had to extract the license key when I did a clean install of Vista. 3. Should anything go wrong, will I be able to use the recovery CD to restore the NC10 to its exact default state? Look forward to hearing from you and please do forgive me as I am not very computer savvy. Regards.
60 rgongora
This worked flawlessly on my hp Mini 2140, you just have to have the SATA driver ready for a vanilla XP pro install Thanks so much! was killing myself for days trying to get this working on the mini
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Simple question: Can I install win XP Pro sp2 on asus 1000H with preinstalled xandros?
62 ZeusII
March 1, 2009 at 1:42 am
Worked perfectly on my new Samsung NC10. Thank you, I wasted 2 hours with other nonworking tutorials >_<
63 Jay736
March 2, 2009 at 3:34 pm
So after 2 days of googling with other non-working tutorials. due to a messed up CD/DVD drive not allowing me to reinstall Windows. i decided to usb install it which took forever to find the right site to get her done. THANKS !!!!!!!
64 Gunner
March 3, 2009 at 3:00 am
Cannot see hard drive during setup Hey The installation gets problematic at the point where I need to select a partition to install windows xp onto. As it turns out, only the flash drive is loaded as a possible installation point. I should note that my hard drive works properly. It is detected on bios and has a working installation which boots properly when the flash drive is not selected as a priority boot location. However, when I go to the restore command prompt in setup (when booting from flash drive), Im unable to locate my C drive. Id appreciate any help. Thanks.
65 Gunner
March 3, 2009 at 3:05 am
I just figured it out. The issue was resolved by changing the SATA interface from AHCI to IDE. Thanks!
66 MaddoggUk
March 6, 2009 at 12:26 am
Thnx! Works a treat!
67 Big I
March 6, 2009 at 11:19 pm
Great guide, worked an absolute treat. Thank you very much!
68 MaddoggUk
March 7, 2009 at 5:09 pm
Got a slight problem though it works perfectlywhen I plug the flash drive into a m/board that only supports usb1.1 and boot the compgo into boot menu and boot from the flash
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driveI get a NO GRLDR Messageis this because the m/board doesnt support usb2.0! Regards!
69 XHL
March 12, 2009 at 11:27 am
Hello Andreas, After creating the USB file with your software, I wiped out the hard drive on my laptop and started the installation process. During the file copy process, a series of errors popped up, stating that the file could not be copied due to bad source. I have reprogrammed the key three times with your tool, assuming that there was something wrong during the file copy process. Could you help? Thanks so very much. Swanny
70 EnjoyMedia
Nice post.
March 17, 2009 at 11:35 pm
71 jesus
March 18, 2009 at 5:38 am
hey guy, I tries this method. and it worked perfectly, that is until i rebooted my p.c. an got a missing C:system32/Hall.dll file message. when itry booting from the USB however, it works. turns out my flash drice is my (C:) and my hard drive has turned into my (D:) drive. PLIZ HELP! any idea how to reverse that?
72 Mat
March 19, 2009 at 4:07 pm
I have followed the steps to prepare the flash drive for installation on my HP MINI 2133. Once I boot from the flash drive I am brought to a LINUX prompt. I feel as If this is not normal
73 Damien
March 21, 2009 at 10:36 pm
Hi there, Followed the instructions and got as far as the installation. However, during the installations some of the files cannot be installed. I was given 2 options, Skip this portion and cancel installation. I choose the former. This occur a few more times. After installation, PC rebooted and I get a msg NTLDR is missing, Press any key to reboot This msg jus keep repeating. Is my eepc dead? Any advice?
74 David Dyts.
March 23, 2009 at 2:41 am
OK so to put it simple, I have a 4 gig Flash drive, i followed the steps compleatly and every thing turned out right. so when i go to boot up the computer,the first time, and i choose USB flash drive it doesnt boot from it. it just waits a bit as if reading it and then goes on to the booting from the hard drive. Im not quite sure what Im to do. ANy ideas?
75 Kay
March 23, 2009 at 4:41 pm
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I have the same problem as jesus got a missing C:system32/Hall.dll file message. when itry booting from the USB however, it works. turns out my flash drice is my (C:) and my hard drive has turned into my (D:) drive. Please Help!!!
76 devilzangel
March 27, 2009 at 3:20 am
This is probably the best and most streamlined process for making a bootable USB XP install stick I have seen after hours of searching. Thank you for making this program! I Use: Acer Aspire One 150
77 Earny
March 27, 2009 at 8:33 pm
am having difficulties with settnig up USB stick installation. I get it up to point that it boots up, loads setup files but then only displays stick drive available to install windows. i tried few times but with no luck. any1 know what am doing wrong ?
78 Abbas
March 30, 2009 at 10:16 pm
It worked on my HP2133 mini note as smooth as it can be. Thanks for crystal explanation. Abbas
79 tom
March 31, 2009 at 12:41 am
Hello, thanks for the nice tuto! Im in big truobles; every thing is OK installation and restart only issue if I remove the usb there is no way to start the computer!!! the hard disk is not detected!!! I spent todays trying to find out with no sucess. please help! I have Acer aspire one I added a sata hard drive windows start perfectly when I start with the usb key but without this no way to start windows!! any one got this issue? thanks for help
80 winrar
March 31, 2009 at 6:15 am
where can I download winrar from your blog? winRAR compress content 8 to 30 percent better than ZIP!
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81 alex
April 1, 2009 at 1:07 am
to the people with the drive letter problems. i havent tried this but it should work: begin the windows installation again (step 1) and the setup wizard should see the xp installation and prompt you to repair it. enter the recovery console. change to d: and edit the boot.ini file change this line: multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)WINDOWS=Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition /noexecute=optin /fastdetect to multi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)WINDOWS=Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition /noexecute=optin /fastdetect disk(0) is changed to disk(1)
82 david
April 4, 2009 at 5:12 am
HEY MAN THANKS FOR THIS!
83 name
April 11, 2009 at 2:26 pm
I have an HP Mini 1000 MIE / MI edition I have tried every which way of partitioning, formating, boot.ini setting ever mentioned. Has anyone gotten XP to install on this device using WinSetupFromUSB? If so PLEASE post a step-by-step that worked for you.
84 NEWHERE
April 22, 2009 at 1:47 am
SOMEONE SELLING YOU TIPS ON EBAY HERE IS LINK http://cgi.ebay.com/InstallWindows-From-USB_W0QQitemZ250409807185QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20090420? IMSfp=TL090420153008r38231
85 Matt
April 27, 2009 at 4:18 am
Ok Im trying to install tinyxp using a usb stick. The problem is when I select the source files and error comes up Saying this doesnt seem to be a valid source, could not find DOSNET.INF Why wont it work?
86 Ant
May 9, 2009 at 5:09 am
Whenever i get to the bit where you put the usb drive into the laptop and press esc to choose the boot drive and select the usb drive i just get a message saying remove disks or other
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media. press any key to restart then it just asks for the stupid Hal.dll file again its driving me mad!!! someone please help :/
87 alecto
May 10, 2009 at 4:20 pm
first excuse my english second thanks a lot for the work Id like to say no problem i made the usb keythen decide to test it on a pcinstall 100% ok my hopes were great then try it on my laptop(with broken cdrom)it boot on the usb key ok but instead of menu (Windows XP/2000/2003 Setup First and Second parts) i directly arrive in grubDosand there i am a bit lost.is there a solution? maybe some commands in a right order? find /menu.lst.or installor setup or kernel usually i try to solve it myself but it seems im the only one in this situationand command lines without a clue of what im supposed to do is a bit tricky so please some advices or a solution would be very nice thank you in advance
88 Catchy
May 28, 2009 at 7:31 pm
Thanx a lot this process has help a lot.
89 huwdm
June 6, 2009 at 12:31 am
I also have a remove disks or other media on a samsung nc10 I have managed to make the internal drive bootable using Win 98 dos files but with the USB stick in place i just get the remove disks message all the time. Any ideas appreciated
90 Alejandro
June 8, 2009 at 8:02 pm
Okay. I NEED to say this. T-H-A-N-K Y-O-U!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. You just saved my life!!! I was going to get my a$$ kicked so hard if this didnt work! If anyone has problems during the first part of the GUI install, like the hal.dll error, dont freak out. Remove the USB, and turn off your PC. Replug the USB, turn the PC on, and it should be done. Worked for me. It works GREAT. You just saved my Asus Eee PC! Right now I am installing all of my drivers back. Thank you, so much. Really.
91 Mark
June 15, 2009 at 4:00 am
Followed the tut to the letter but the problem is when i boot to the usb i only get one option & that is
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* Second part of XP Home Edition setup+Start Windows for first time i dont get the first ie * First part of Windows XP Home Edition setup can anybody help
92 k1d
June 30, 2009 at 5:27 pm
Great build, using it about a year: http://depositfiles.com/ru/files/kcnd005tt - Best Windows XP usb flash edition 2009.
93 Cross
Hello all,
July 8, 2009 at 3:34 am
i have followed all the procedure, and when i boot from the removable disk i obtain a grub4dos menu, with 4 options: - find /menu.1st, /boot/grub/menu.1st, /grub/menu.1st - command line - reboot - halt No option to install XP. Am i doing something wrong? I have performed all the steps twice, to be sure i was doing it properly Thanks!
94 ouattara
thanks you
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95 Jack
July 11, 2009 at 12:58 am
I tried this but I got the hal.dll error and not i cant go back to using vista. Help appreciated.
96 Saran J
July 11, 2009 at 4:12 am
Dear Andreas I tried this method with my maxtor 250 gb usb external drive , but during the first part of installation it shows the partition and after selecting the partition to be installed it simply says COULD NOT CREATE \WINDOWS FOLDER INSTALLATION WILL BE POSSIBLE ONLY AFTER THE CREATION OF FOLDER what will be wrong can u please help me Tnx in advance
97 Bowo
July 12, 2009 at 10:21 am

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How to use USB Repair NOT to Start Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition ? The USB repair cannot run?
98 Guest
July 17, 2009 at 6:22 am
Why dont those guys with issues, which are not yet resolved here, ask in the place where this application is developed and actively supported? http://www.msfn.org/board/Install-XP-USB-f157.html
99 someGuy
August 6, 2009 at 11:01 am
Hey just wanted to throw my two cents in. First off I wouldnt exactly trust that 2009 USB edition from that russian server linked to by k1d fuck that. Secondly WinSetupFromUSB has changed a bit. You may need to format your USB before it will appear in the list. It now uses RMPrepUSB, which is great. Format if going to use XP with an NTLDRit will make it faster for file xfer, then refresh your list and your USB will appear. Everything else seems to work the same. My USB didnt appear when I was looking for it because it was previously formated for another USB install. This seems to be the easiest process I have used so far, compared to the others that use win2003 server updates and shtuff. GL HF Thanks for the tutorial!!! -someGuy
100 deep
August 25, 2009 at 2:35 pm
hello iam little bit stuck i loaded my xp on my usb pen drive through winsetupfromusb .i done it properly but when i boot my pc from usb , grub dos appears instead of the two steps of installing windowscan someone help me
101 Mart
August 25, 2009 at 6:08 pm
Worked perfectly on my Lenovo s10. I now have XP Pro rather than Home! Many thanks I followed the steps carefully and it was easy!
102 allan1357
August 28, 2009 at 7:50 am
hi got an aspire zg5 all works well until i get to the windows setup page then BSOD to protect pc any help appreciated
103 Lauri Lattoni
September 1, 2009 at 1:17 am

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Perfect! Finally I was able to install WXP via USB drive to IBM T43 with these instructions! I tried first some other instructions, but text based setup was unable to copy WXP files to HDD!?! Only problem which I had was wrong product key. Im 99% sure that I had correct key (VLK) for installation media, but setup didnt accept it. I did some googling, and found article about that correct product key can be also found from installation media from file \i386\UNATTEND.TXT. With this key installation worked perfectly! Thanks for this article and hopefully someone with same problems that I had can find solution to this issues from my comment. =) Lauri Lattoni
104 Ryan.B
September 9, 2009 at 9:37 pm
Thank you very much, it worked perfectly.
105 Ryan.B
I add that have a EEEPC 1000HE.
106 Niki
I have Toshiba Portege R100 and I cant manage with this. I am afraid that the BIOS is too old and cant boot from USB. Please help!
107 FlankerB
Can this be used to make an usb installation from an unattended windows instalation source?
108 Guest
I was able to create the bootable USB stick with WinXP+SP3 fine, but when I got to the point where Im supposed to choose which partition to install windows on, only one partition shows up which is my USB drive (I dont see the partitions from the main hard drive). Does anybody whats wrong?
109 splooie
Still having the hall.dll error issue. I really need this to workAnybody?
110 Fortythree
Best guide and app for installing XP. The good way to do it: quick and easy. Great job!
111 splooie
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So, I figured out the issue with the whole hal.dll thing. I went back into the first part of the setup and deleted not only the c:/ windows partition, but the Utility/diagnostics partition. Then I installed on the unpartitioned drive and it worked like a charm. Hope this helps all of you.
112 Albanian
October 2, 2009 at 1:05 pm
Beautiful job! Amazing!
113 Daniel Campbell
I just wanted to let you know that this worked like a charm on my Samsung NC10. I was looking for a way to get it back onto it sans the recovery partition so I could dualboot with Arch Linux, and this worked! Ive made a backup iso of what resulted, just in case something screws up. Thanks a lot for this guide.
114 RAjoN
October 6, 2009 at 1:12 am
DOWNLOAD,,,,,, WinSetupFromUSB-0.1.1 http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?nefyzniizmj.. Thank you very much, it worked perfectly.
115 Robchat
Hi thanks for the guide! Windows XP starts no problem. BUT I cannot get rid of the message: USB repair Not start Microsoft Windows XP I cant find the boot.ini file in the root cd:\ which you mention in order to get rid of the USB option. Any ideas?
116 john
hi everyone can you help with my problem i try the steps but got error like this cannot copy files in cd pls click enter to retry and f3 to quit
117 Shuhrat
Yes very good!!! Thank you very muchhhhhhh!!!
118 marcus
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Hello! I would like to say many thanks to you for this wonderful guide. It helped me with restoring my netbooks factory OS without the crapware and I made to get rid off this netbook [sold!], as the wifi card was not recognized by my reasonable OSs anyway. I must say this: I REALLY REALLY, BUT REALLY HATE WINDOWS. Not Microsoft, not Bill Gates, not Steve Ballmer, etc. I just HATE WINDOWS ITSELF. That piece of junk makes me wonder where humanity is going. As I mentioned I used to the systems, that actually let you do EVERYTHING with your computer. They have NO LIMIATIONS. In contrast Windows has PLENTORA and MYRIADS of limitations and it made me sick so bad I think I have a lot of grey hair now. Thanks for this guide anyway. It helped me make a good choice: I no longer own this windows-only netbook and Im thinking of getting something standard-compliant HW in a future, but who knows? It all depends on how long my actual HW will serve me.
119 Tom G
Hello: I need to know if this can be done, if a person has No CD and is using an OEM computer (original equipement machine) I have an HP home edition xp computer with No Disk? Please let me know, Thanks
120 meuble asiatique
Thanks for this article saved me a lot of time as i used this on my mackbook
121 Mini Notebook

thanks for your tips..
122 EDDIE
i tried this on my lenovo ideapad s10 and i cant even do step one i get stuck at the screen whe you pick the operating system to start help please
123 EDDIE
never mind i figured it out thanks for the tutorial really helped
124 Fabricio
Thank you so much, sir! After hours spent searching for a way through hundreds of sites which promised to have a solution, yours did the job!!! The only problem I had was installation didnt recognize my SATA HD. After a few research over internet I learned I had to change the SATA Mode on BIOS (something like IHCA to IDE). Now works like a charm! Thank you again!!!
125 Joe Bucci

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I have the Dell Mini 10v. Im told it will run MacOS. Thats pretty neat and all, but I really have no need for a Mini-Mac. Dont get me wrong, I like Macintosh! If I were a rich man, Id have a top of the line Mac Netbook. My oldest son has one, and he also runs Windows 7 (Either in a window or full screen.. As a Task makes full use of his hardware etc, I was pretty impressed! But, for $2000.00 I BETTER be impressed! HAHA! My Question: In theory, couldnt *any* OS be run from a flash drive (as long as your machine supports booting from the USB of course). It would be nice to have MacOS, Ubuntu, and some other versions of Windows.. 98se, Vista, 7, XP, 3.11, etc. on various flash drives. Thanks, Joe Bucci joebucci(at)netzero.net
126 Jon
I have been trying to install from USB, in my dell inspiron mini 10, but, in te contract request me press esc or f8 to accept, but F8 doesnt work, the key it is availabe, works right, only here doesnt work, is some error or something? I ho you can help me
127 Nuke
hal.dll or NTOSKRNL.EXE problam can be solved by if you go on the menus like: Second part of XP Professional setup from hd 0 part 1 hd can be 0,1 etc.. part 1,2,3,4 try all of them and it will work.
128 brent
Ive actually started up a website of my own. Im hoping to promote this good deal that Ive found on a netbooksince they seem to be all the rage now, and theyre wonderful little devices, Im trying to show everyone this little gem. If you guys want to check it out, its located at http://www.eeepc-900a.info. Thanks!
129 Devesh
This is a wonderful and really fast solution. But there is ONE SERIOUS ISSUE with the windows installed using this method > If the h/w config changes, the windows stops working and shows blue screen of death. this happens in case of adding/ removing HDDs or CD Roms etc.
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If anyone has solution to this Problem please reply
130 Narahari
January 17, 2010 at 10:18 pm
Too Good. Every thing worked to perfection. Saved me from Buying an External DVD Writer. Thank You.
131 FreddieB
January 18, 2010 at 12:38 am
I have the same problems as @Cross, @alecto and @deep. As in i get the grub4dos menu appear instead of the windows setup. Is there a solution to this problem? thanks in anticipation
132 CrapThis
Im using an Acer Aspire One for my Windows XP. When i plug in my USB port at first, everything is fine. Until the TXT mode of the Setup says: Setup is starting Windows Then my thumbdrive suddenly disconnects for a while then reconnects again. Then it crashes with the BSOD. SESSION5_INITIALISATION_FAILED Im using a SanDisk Cruzer Micro 2GB.
133 Greg
January 27, 2010 at 10:17 pm
Hi, Is it possible to have the usb stick show up with a different drive letter other than d: in the windows xp txt mode setup ?. This is because i would like to partition one physical drive into 2 partitions say c: and d: I want the other partition to be d: because im relocating Documents and settings to this drive. At present Windows txt mode setup only see the usb stick as d: drive. Any thoughts Regards Greg
134 MuffiZainu
Hey!
I followed your EASY Steps (Believe me, if you see the other crap on the internet, youll understand), and just completed :
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1. Formatting my Comp 2. Re-installing Windows ALL USING MY 2 GB Pendrive! I specially wanted to come back to this site and give you big THANK YOU & a HUG P.S (The pics of WinSetupFromUSB program that you have put up on this blog, are from the older version. It would really help if you updated it. I was a bit confused, but it all worked out for the best) Godbless
135 ShaunH
ive just used this method on an acer aspire one and it went smoothly thanks.
136 tom
hi, i have problem here. after follow the instruction i got the asms file needed. please help.
137 abc
hiiii,
please help me i am installing on a palmtop and i dont know what should i give on the root =()please help me..
138 Jason Rabe
It works! I have installed it in my friends laptop. The installation is so smooth. Thank you very much and God bless!
139 Siya
Youre a GodSend! I used this method to fix my ASUS EEE PC 1000he TWICE!!! Unfortunately I lost my boot disk but I know that this method works and I recommend it greatly to anyone who might ask!!!
140 veljko
hi man, i still have big problem, i start first tekst setup and it starts and when it comes to screen starting windows in this first step next should show hard drives to choose tahn it comose blue screen of death please help me what should i do?
141 veljko

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hi man, i still have big problem, i start first tekst setup and it starts and when it comes to screen starting windows in this first step next should show hard drives to choose tahn it comose blue screen of death please help me what should i do? please help me!
142 Hadi
I am unlucky. Tried the above method and got this error message missing MBR.helper Need help. Using latest version on 4GB Kingston USB on Asus S101. Hadi
143 salsabel
Cool. Ill try this for sure. Thanks. But sorry, I cant get the winsetupfromusb program from the link you gave.
144 C_Guy
Thank you very much for this guide! I have an HP Mini 210HD and when I try to re-install Windows from an external USB DVD-ROM I get blue screen error 0x0000007B. With these instrucions (and using nLite) I was able to create a bootable USB flash drive that had a fresh, customized installation of XP Home in about 10 minutes! No errors, no fuss. Thank you very much for publishing this!
145 C_Guy
For the previous poster: I found a link here: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/120444-how-to-install-from-usb-winsetupfromusb-withgui/ Look for 1.0 beta5 25.February.2010 which was just released. I used Beta4 with no problems.
146 Gooner
Hello everybody! I do not know where to begin but hope this place will be useful for me. In first steps its very good if someone supports you, so hope to meet friendly and helpful people here. Let me know if I can help you. Thanks and good luck everyone!
147 dranjkjiitc
nice! Thanks.
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148 Hendra armawan
March 16, 2010 at 8:45 pm
If i dont have the original Operating system CD,how can i make booting cd at my HP Mini 2140
149 lim sovanara

want to download
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150 nurty
April 22, 2010 at 6:38 pm
Yes very good!!! Thank you very
151 Rowan
April 25, 2010 at 1:24 pm
Hello, I have the same problem as Cross, on a 7 year old desktop. Any help would be much appreciated, thanks!
152 Haidar
May 3, 2010 at 8:19 pm
THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH MY FRIEND.. IT WORKS PERFFECTLY
153 Spencer
May 4, 2010 at 11:18 am
Great instructions. Can I also use this to repair my windows XP Pro? I think the drivers on my optical drive are corrupt/ need updating so my drive wont read the disc (although the diagnostic will read other discs, just not the OS disc) and I dont want to lose my files.
154 abhay
May 4, 2010 at 12:30 pm
Gr8 thread..just one query..will this method for installing windows from usb work well on netbooks as well? more appropriately Samsung and HP netbooks thanx in advance..
155 Rahil
May 5, 2010 at 12:05 am
I used this method couple of days back, worked fine I again prepared my USB with XP SP3 Professional with the same notebook I used previously. Now when I restart my PC I get the screen where it shows me just second part and after 10 seconds, the already installed windows starts Whats the solution?
156 varun jamdar
May 11, 2010 at 9:51 pm
hii, actually when I insert my transcend pendrive, it shows No USB Disks detected or not properly formatted.
157 varun jamdar
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hii, actually when I insert my transcend pendrive, it shows No USB Disks detected or not properly formatted. varun
158 .
May 15, 2010 at 2:52 pm
@varun jamdar Which part of No USB Disks detected or not properly formatted you do not understand? Doesnt or not properly formatted part give you a clue that you should reformat the USB disk with the tools in the program?
159 Toms
May 17, 2010 at 5:05 am
Thanks. With fifth time experimenting I manage to set up winxp. I used 1Gb flash. No need to use PeToUSB, just press Bootice > Perform Format > set to USB-HDD (single patritian)> FAT16 OK . Then Process PBR > BOOTMGR (FAT/NTFS) > Insstall. Add to USB disk:(point out location) and press GO Thats all. TKS again.
160 alexandra
May 18, 2010 at 3:44 am
hello everybody. ive got huge problem. i chose USB Memory (boot) but when i want to install xp on hard disc partition theres no hard disc partition theres only USB Memory disc (4GB). what should i do? i cant install my windows xp becasue theres only USB MEMORY! model: toshiba nb100-13g. my english is baaaad i know. sorry.
161 ordinateur15
May 22, 2010 at 1:04 am
excellent i just choose boot as zip (a: with mbr) and i have install one xp on a VAIO notebook for vista without optical drive
162 hamarasathi
May 25, 2010 at 7:50 pm
Dear friend we can install by a quick method to know more just click here
163 steve
May 27, 2010 at 3:49 am
@alexandra Many Toshiba nbooks have bad BIOS (e.g. Tecra). When you boot from USB the hard disk is not accessible! Only way to boot is:
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1. Boot from USB floppy disk drive (NOT even Netac U207 flash disk as 1.44MB floppy works only real USB floppy drive) 2. Boot to WinPE v2 or v3 (as with Vista or WIn7 install DVD) 3. Boot from USB CD 4. PXE boot from network
164 Shark
May 30, 2010 at 5:55 am
Success..got it the 1st time around great artcle..
165 Robbie
June 13, 2010 at 5:40 am
help, when i boot from the usb i am asked to set up xp on the selected item(the partition is too full to contain xp,go back. press c to creat partition(nothing when i press c). delete partition press D(setup is unable to preform operation, this partition contains tempory setup files that are required to complete installation). Help
166 William
July 6, 2010 at 3:27 pm
Oh man this is clutch information, thank you so much!
167 Joey
July 12, 2010 at 3:11 am
The program says the winxp cd source is invalid there is no dosnet.inf filkes, but the disk is hte exact copy, right from the manufacturer, what is wrong, and how do I fix this?
168 hardrive coi
July 18, 2010 at 7:33 am
WORKED LIKE A CHARM!! just follow the instructions step-by-step! and your on the roll.. THANKS!!
169 eco
July 20, 2010 at 3:38 pm
nice tutorials thanks
170 tinka
July 28, 2010 at 8:18 pm
Splooie Thank you very mach!
171 Micaela
Kay, guys
July 30, 2010 at 11:17 am
Im trying to use my USB to repair my

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Windows XP could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM problem. However, when I get into the Recovery Console, I get this: The path or file specified is not valid. C:\> Hellllppp please.
172 vanshr
July 31, 2010 at 3:11 pm
My USB drive does not show up in the winsetupfromusb program i have already formated my drive.Its a kingston datatraveller 2.0 1GB
173 bahadyr
August 3, 2010 at 12:33 pm
Thank you a lot. Perfectly worked on hp netbook with win7 install.
174 Ivan
August 6, 2010 at 1:00 am
Many Many thanks! This is solved my big problem!
175 eltranced
August 6, 2010 at 2:54 am
after trying different methods the only way i could get my usb bootable to install xp was latest beta WinSetupFromUSB
176 tasyx
August 9, 2010 at 8:37 pm
I successfully converted CD to USB and installed XP from USB using FlashBoot http://www.prime-expert.com/flashboot/
177 Noriman
August 11, 2010 at 3:09 pm
Anrea I want Say Thank You!! ive Done This on My Laptop Dell Inspiron 8600 Im worried Before But Now its oki. my life Laptop Works Fine! Keep Up Good Work Anreas By Dy Way. I Use Windows Xp Sp3 To boot in To My USB drive Keep Trying! Untel You Got it.. Guys!
178 Hard Drive Erase Software
August 18, 2010 at 2:50 am
i got to try this one and hopefully it might resolve my laptop problem. ive already sent it to some technician however the problem still applies or probably i need to replace my hard drive
179 Daveychan
August 23, 2010 at 11:47 am
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Thank you so very much for this! I have been having terrible luck with similar programs when trying to install from a flash USB. But this one worked instantly! Much Appreciated!
180 Lupu
August 26, 2010 at 8:15 pm
Hi. I am using a toshiba nb 200 netbook with linux mint on it and after i selecrthe usb is not booting and it says : NTDLR missing, restart, and again and again. I delete all the linux partitions that i have and now it began the 1 setup , after 5 second it appear a blue screen, saying something about harddrive to check it an i hope you can help me! PLEASE!
181 beulah
August 28, 2010 at 4:55 pm
my cd drive not working properly then how can I install xp via flash drive
182 .
@Andreas You may want to update the link to the program with: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=120444
183 junie sky
works like charm.. thank you..
184 jane
I just started blogging a while ago and it feels great
185 moss
Hi. I tried booting windows xp sp3 professional from my usb drive on my dell inspiron 910 notebook. The first part of installation installed fine but when it reboots to continue the second part of the installation I get this message: the file asms on windows xp professional service pack 3 cd is needed. Please can someone help, I dont know how to progress further. Thanks in advance
186 Sean
Thank you so much for this simple guide. Today was just one of those days, and I couldnt take it any longer, stumbled here, and now XP runs fine on the netbook. Thank you.
187 Popeto

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Hello, I have a Acer Aspire One ZG5,all works well until i get to the windows setup page then I see the USb and 8057MB Disk 0 at Id 0 on bus 0 on atapi;. How can I access this dik to install windows XP on it. Thanks in advance
188 nicolastr
Hi, it also works with windows 2OOO. I had been looking for a long time for a way to install W2K from a USB but never found anything till now. When I came across your page I noticed on the screenshot Windows 2000/XP/2003 source and decided to give it a try. Ive successfully installed Windows 2000 Pro SP4 on my EEEPC 900. The drivers for XP on the ASUS site are 100 % compatible with 2K. Nicolastr
189 melony
c0rB0U http://cgE8hcmk9Vvqlosr5wcBa6nk.com
190 hudzz
pls send me the setup of winsetupfromusb.. i need the installer where do i find the installer?? send me pls at wekel_03_03@yahoo.com
191 I Buy Cheapest
this is what Im looking forthanks for great info.
192 ricky
hello, ur r a life saver, i a in process of doing it, and i am sure it will work, Thanks alot. u r really helpful n excellent teacher. thanks again
193 A. Sharma
October 10, 2010 at 10:50 pm
Amazing, works like a charm.
194 NIKE
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195 NIKE
WINDOWS FAT 32
196 Jithu
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i loaded d usbdisk . But when i try to boot with the disk . IT shows remove media or any other disk . What should i do?
197 Rich L
October 23, 2010 at 10:37 am
Thanky you, worked great. Used it to setup xp on my acer A0A150. Had to download WinSetupFromUSB 0.1.1 as the newest version wasnt working on my machine for some reason.
198 fritz
October 24, 2010 at 12:25 pm
where can i find boot.ini?
199 ruchi
@ fritz:
U can found it in the root directoty of the system.i.e. C drive, after making all the hidden folders visible. Tools> Folder Options> View>.. enable show hidden files & folders and uncheck : Hide Hide extention for known files type and Hide protected operating sys files then u cn see boot.ini in the C drive itself:)
200 Brian
Man,After 2 days and like no sleep trying to get my laptop running again, and trying numerous, I mean NUMEROUS ways of getting xp to boot from usb, this way was the one that worked. Your tutorial was extremely simple to follow, and the winsetupfromusb had all the recommended options highlighted and it had plan Bs just in case you ran into trouble. Excellent job on this guide. You really knew your stuff unlike alot of people putting these tutorials up.
201 Ruchi
Hello all,
i have followed all the procedure, and when i boot from the removable disk i obtain a grub4dos menu, with 4 options: - find /menu.1st, /boot/grub/menu.1st, /grub/menu.1st - command line - reboot - halt
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No option to install XP. Am i doing something wrong? I have performed all the steps twice, to be sure i was doing it properly Please help ..:(:(
202 karla/kaarel
Hey, I have a problem.. trying to install it on eee pc 1201HA. got to the windows installing part2.. but instead of geting on from that point it just gives me a black screen.. i selected Windows XP/2000/2003 Setup First and Second parts and then Second part of XP Home Edition setup+Start Windows for first time and only empty screen comes to front.. i have waited for over 15n minutes and tryed it twice and two times nothing im using msdn-s windows xp profesional sp2 iso..
203 zafar
hi sir i am using acer-ASPIRE ONE (netbook). and 4gb transcend usb. at the end of copying windows to usb. it displays window as plug in usb and restart it from usb 2 times after booting from usb the windows installation starts from second part. which displaying some files missing. would u plz help me how solve it??? thank u
204 Fabricio
To Ruchi:
I have the same issue. But this only happens in one notebook, ive tried in others without changing a single file and worked flawless. It appears to be a notebook issue and problably could be solved by changing something in it. I still dont have a solution either. Working on it
205 Fabricio
About the grub> and find /menu.lst issue I got something (is not the solution, maybe if someone else help): 1 Enter find. It will list the partitions. For me: (hd0,0) (hd0,4) (fd0); 2 Type root plus pendrive partition. For me: root (fd0); 3 Press ESC; 4 Select find /menu.lst and type b; 5 If everything worked fine, menu is show. Press e again and replace de root (hd0,0) by the partition choose in step 2 (problably you will need to press e again); 6 Repeat the same above with 1st and 2nd installation parts (including the chainloader); Well, from this point, chosing 1st installation the notebook reboots after trying the verifying system config (sorry baout this, mine Windows is PT-BR and this is a free translation) and quick fail finding NTLDETECT (or something like that). Problably the notebook didnt see pendrive as diskdrive and as it was expected to be the harddrive (hd0,0) it crashs. Follow
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206 ruchi
@ Fabricio: Thnx a lot that u responded to my query.Please send any solution to ma issue also as I had tried it lot but did not seem to be resolved..:(
207 ruchi
Hi Fabricio, with reference to your poast aboove i found somthing regarding GRUB.. In the step# 2 : fd : stands for floppy disk anf i guess you need to enter USB disk drive letter: 2 Type root plus pendrive partition. For me: root (fd0); instead of floppy disk letter you can refer this link also ..i tried to understand but dint get it correctly.. http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/grub.html#mozTocId60013
208 Fabricio
@ruchi
Yes, fd means floppy disk and, as Ive guessed in my first, the issue is Windows installation requires the file in the hd0 partition. Again, as mine pendrive works well in others computers, it means this is a issue with this particular notebook. Ive searched for some solutions (including the use of map command and trying loading a WinXP.iso) but they were useless (the WinXP.iso may work but needs a ramdisk, or something like that, I havent checked that way yet). To solve this we have to find a way to force grub to see pendrive as hd0 (by the way, in Setup it do appears as HDD-USB). I havent searched the official grub site and thread, I believe it should be our next aim. Best regards.
209 ruchi
@ Fabricio: yeah rite..bur in dis case what should i type fro pendrive ?? Typing root plus pendrive partition. i mean will somthing like root (hd0, ? ) work or not??? but dont have ny idea what shuould ? be
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@ruchi To list drives detected by grub, type find. The structure shown can be (hd0) or (hd0,0) like, where the first number is the disk number and the second the partition. So, if you have a disk with 3 partitions it could be shown as (hd0,0) (hd0,1) (hd0,2). If your HD have only one partition, it will shown only (hd0). In my case it lists: (hd0,0) Main HD, main partition (hd0,4) Dont ask me why the 4, I didnt get it either. (fd0) Pendrive To make sure what is yours pendrive, type find /menu.lst (or any other file in your pendrive).
211 ruchi
@ Fabricio: When i tried the find /menu.lst command my system throws an error saying that File not found.. i tried it multiple times but the same issue still persist:( does this related to system configuration any chance??? it is celeron SATA processer what should i do now??
212 Fabricio
@ruchi
menu.lst is created in pendrives root during the tutorial. If it couldnt be found, you should check again the content of it to make sure everything is ok. If it really dont exists, restart tutorial from beggining, maybe some file was lost during the transfer. Otherwise, try to boot from pendrive in other computer (of course, if a grub4dos menu appears, it is working and the files are ok). By the way, the command find (without the /menu.LST) returns something?
213 ruchi
Fabricio: Yeah I checked menu.lst file is there in my pendrive.. still the same issue ..:( and with Find also I am getting File not found error..:( quite helpless waht 2 do.. checked boot.ini file also, n the content are same as mentioned here :
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[Boot Loader] Timeout=5 Default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS [Operating Systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS=Second part of XP Professional setup from hd 0 part 1 /FASTDETECT still not working..:(
214 Rahul
I am using moserbaer 4 GB pendrive for installing Xp in my DELL laptop, but I got an ERROR 15 at the first part of installation.. help me.. whts d matter??
215 Rahul
i am still at the first part of installation, at the start of this part an error is like below, please help.. filesystem type is fat, partition type 0x0c chainloader (hd0,0)/$WIN_NT$.~BT/SETUPLDR.BIN ERROR 15: FILE NOT FOUND Press any key to continue
216 Fabricio
@Rahul
Problably something went wrong during pen drive setup or your PC hadnt associated pen drive letters correctly. Anyway I recomend you to start tutorial again.
217 Fabricio
@ruchi
Had you tried it on another computer? With different specifications?
218 Peter
hello. I installed my WinXp the way you have posted, but I have a problem. There is no boot.ini file on my HDD (I installed my windows on D:\ because C:\ is broken) now I cant start the system without the USB drive. what shall I do?
219 Jason

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Worked exactly as written up. Thanks for this!
220 Rahul
thanks for help, but i cant install office 2003 or 2007 on the installed winows xp system, which is installed through this procedure please reply if any solution is there, i m sure that the office version i have is coorect.
221 Fabricio
@Rahul
That is new for me, never experienced something like that. When you try to install Office it shows any error message?
222 Rahul
@Fabricio yes dear, I m also surprised with this, coz all other softwares are installed correctly, but office 2007 and 2003 both failed with error msg of file missing though its working successfully on other computer but not working on the laptop in which i had installed xp through USB Please find some trick to solve this problem..
223 Fabricio
@Rahul
Last week a customer also complained about the same experience: when trying to install Office 2007 installation program asked for ww/enterwww.cab file and she couldnt continue I googled for a while trying to find a solution but, after spending some time, I had to quit and turn my attention to other matters I would keep searching for it, copying CD to HD wont work, making a ISO neither, I even read it could be a Windows Home x Office Professional conflict of some sort (I doubt it). Well, by now, I dont have a solution for this researching
224 Rahul
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225 Allthetoast
i have tested this with xp 64 bit edition. it works. i suspect that for some of you having sata issues xp 64 edition will be the solution. correct me if i am wrong, but, xp 64 bit edition has sata support? btw, i did this install using a pair of sd card headphones thats right, i installed an operating system from my headphones
226 Shark
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It was hard for me but not impossible now it is working Best regards!
227 Nenad
Thank you so much man! I did this on ASUS F5R AP233 laptop with broken DVD-ROM! I was desperate because I cant repair XP on this laptop and now Im so happy! Cheers!
228 JonEsponja
Hello. I have a Mini Dell Inspiron 10. I Used WinSetupFromUSB to reinstall Windows Xp. The first 2 times it ran so good and I made to install the SO, but now I need to reinstall it again but every time I boot from the USB the First Menu with the Two Options doesnt display and only display this menu : multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS=Second part of XP Home Edition setup from hd 0 part 1 /FASTDETECT c:\=- c:\=Try entries below if getting HAL.DLL/NTOSKRNL.EXE not found errors c:\= multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINDOWS=Second part of XP Professional setup from hd 0 part 2 /FASTDETECT multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(3)\WINDOWS=Second part of XP Professional setup from hd 0 part 3 /FASTDETECT multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(4)\WINDOWS=Second part of XP Professional setup from hd 0 part 4 /FASTDETECT multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(2)partition(1)\WINDOWS=Second part of XP Professional setup from hd 1 part 1 /FASTDETECT multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(2)partition(2)\WINDOWS=Second part of XP Professional setup from hd 1 part 2 /FASTDETECT multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(2)partition(3)\WINDOWS=Second part of XP Professional setup from hd 1 part 3 /FASTDETECT multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(2)partition(4)\WINDOWS=Second part of XP Professional setup from hd 1 part 4 /FASTDETECT and thats it, Whats the problem? I do all the same steps than the first time. What can It be happening? I will Thank you so much I f you can help me!
229 Fabricio
@JonEsponja
Try the command option (pressing C key) and using those command lines: root (hd0,0) chainloader (hd0,0)/$WIN_NT$.~BT/SETUPLDR.BIN If this dont work, problably your drive letters got jammed. Then you could try change (hd0,0) to (hd0,1) and so on until you find it or trying the find /menu.lst method.
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230 Aide Shaver
I was looking through some of your posts on this internet site and I think this internet site is rattling informative ! Continue posting .
231 Santanu
Dear Sir, I have a pen drive of 32gb.it was running alright.Once I formatted with ACTIVE PARTITION MANAGER software and by mistake entered wrong data in MBR setting and saved.Now when ever I insert same in USB drive the computer stops and goes to Blue screen saying BAD-POOL-HEADER.Now I am unable to re format the pen drive since it stops the computer as soon it is inserted.Please help me so that I get back my pen drive in order and able to format it.I have no problem loosing documents and songs in it to recover it.awaiting your positive reply.My computer is window XP with SP3 lenovo. Santanu
232 Fabricio
@Santanu
The Blue Screen of Death appears on Windows? I mean, had you already tryed to format (or even partitioning) it under DOS (using the Windows Installation CD, for instance)? Does it appears on setup (HDD Boot Order, or something like that) when you start the computer?
233 HelpMePlease
I have the same problem as posted by Matt April 27, 2009 at 4:18 am ..could not find DOSNET.INF Why wont it work? SO I have the same problem. To be more precise, its: Error: DOSNET.INF NOT Found in i386 Or AMD64 Folder I want to reinstall Windows XP on my Asus 1001HA, and Ive an Asus recovery CDROM with of course Windows XP. Solutions???
234 Santanu
Dear Sir, replying your message please note I could not do anything with this Pen drive since as soon I insert it the computer goes in blue screen and with another computer I tried it takes a re start.I tried F check disk after going to run but same the computer goes to blue screen.It will be highly appreciated if you can tell me in detail HOW TO FORMAT IT UNDER DOS? please tell me step by step how to format in DOS.Awaiting your valuable reply and help. Santanu
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235 Fabricio
@Santanu
When I said to format it under DOS, I mean to do it outside Windows OS, usually using the Windows Installation Disk. To do it, you have to insert CD on the computer where your damaged pendrive is inserted, boot it (make sure the computer is setup to start from the CDRom drive first it can be configured through the Setup, usually hitting Del key when you start computer and then looking for a option like Boot Sequence or 1st Boot Device or something like that). If everything is ok, soon after booting up the computer a Booting up from CD. Press a key to continue (or something like that) will show. Hit any key to start the Windows Installation. Follow steps until a list of devices is show. If this method works, your pendrive will appear in this list and you will be able to exclude any partition on it and partition it again. Hope this works.
236 Fabricio
and be careful. Especially in that part of excluding / creating partitions. A mistake and you can damage the Windows of the computer.
237 Santanu
Dear Sir, recd your mail.You told insert a CD,Is that is of OS CD?that is in my case XP? or any thing else?Please guide me and then only I will try.awaiting your valuable reply. thanks in advance Santanu
238 Fabricio
@Santanu
Yes, I mean your Windows Installation CD-Rom. If you dont have one, we will have to find another bootable-DOS-based tool. By the way: 1 If you connect this pendrive to computer before you turn on the computer, how far you can get in booting your system? 2 Have you already tried using the pendrive on Windows Safe Mode?
239 Santanu
Dear Sir, replying your message please note 1.If I connect this pen drive before turn on computer boots fully that is all desktop icons appears and at the next moment it hangs and stops on blue screen 2.Yes I tried on Safe mode but it stops before desktop icons appears. I have a OS XP CD but I really do not know whether with the same Cd this computer OS was installed.I am little worried since presently I am using my work place computer hence Follow
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hesitating to do experiment!Tell me how safe to do it? Awaiting your reply. Santanu
240 Fabricio
@Santanu
I wouldnt try this at work computers. Its not that dangerous, but s**t happens, you know. Your CD will do, as far as I know any Windows XP CD does the job. It should be better if it were a step-by-step using photos try this site: http://tips4pc.com/articles/windows% 20xp%20tips/how_to_format_a_computer_using_w.htm In your case, you should stop right on the second picture (of course, as you ***DOES NOT*** want do repair your Windows, you will press ESC key). From the second picture on, you should try to identify your pendrive in the list, maybe a unrecognized partition / format or SPECIALLY by the size of your pendrive. At this point I cant help too much cuz its a matter of looking what will be show on screen. Maybe your pendrive wont show at all. But worth a try. If you find it on the list, just try to delete partition and create a new one. The Windows Installation wont format your pendrive without installing the OS on it, so, after creating partition you should quit. From this point on, your pendrive would be healed and could formated normally through Windows Explorer menu.
241 Sunil Patel
After installation of XP & Drivers, Some software like ms office 2007 does`n install.
242 Sunil Patel
When I install XP from USB Key, After Installation XP & Drivers Some Software like ms office 2007 doesn`t install.
243 Fabricio
@Sunil Patel
Yes, this issue had appeared before (just use the Find command of your browser and enter 2007). We dont have a solution for now. But, this may help you: A costumer installed sucesfully Office 2007, she just used another Installation Disk (mine didnt work). I dont have many info about how exactly she did it, since she had called another technician (maybe another version Business / Home / Basic or something like that. But they are all guesses). @HelpMePlease Have you already tried to prepare the pendrive using another Windows Installation Disk (of a friend, maybe)?
244 amareshsahni

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hi dear i have laplop HCL Notebook(G26 CP).i hv no cd/dvd drive .when i intlling xp thn eror id coming that is no grldr found. black screen is come. can any will help me how can i install xp through pendrive. Pls any will help me.. amareshsahni@gmail.com
245 FlyWithMySoul
Thanks buddy.. its working.. i did it with my Dell mini 1250
246 Elgin
March 8, 2011 at 9:04 pm
is it possible to use this method for a dual boot OS purposes? my default OS is win 7 and i added a partition to also use win xp, just want to try to install xp using this usb.. is it possible?? thanks..
247 Partian1
Thank you!
March 9, 2011 at 6:04 am
It was hard, but not impossible Toshiba Laptop Equium M70 is ALIVE Worked exactly as written up. Thanks for this
248 techstic
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249 Yobi
March 22, 2011 at 10:30 am
hi! this is my first time to format a notebook from a usbi followed the instructions carefully and the text mode ran smoothly. however as i was going to GUI mode, hal.error came up and i rebooted the notebook and my plan was to start the process all over again. however,the following showed up - find /menu.1st, /boot/grub/menu.1st, /grub/menu.1st - command line - reboot - halt i dont have a clue what to do next. please feel free to comment thanks!
250 Fabricio
@Yobi.
March 22, 2011 at 7:54 pm
When the screen asking you to choose between first and second instalation parts is show, highlight the second part and press the E key to edit it. Whenever you find a (hd0,0) or
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something like that, try to change those numbers in a try-and-miss way. The first usually is the HDD number and the second Partition number.
251 Jose A Barboza Bracho
March 26, 2011 at 6:10 am
The program says the winxp cd source is invalid there is no dosnet.inf filkes, but the disk is hte exact copy, right from the manufacturer, what is wrong, and how do I fix this?
252 Fabricio
@Jose
March 28, 2011 at 9:42 pm
Are you sure your CD isnt corrupted? Try using another CD or imaging it (using Daemon tools, CloneCD or other tool).
253 raj
March 31, 2011 at 4:18 am
its really very useful
254 Markioras
April 4, 2011 at 2:14 am
Thanks man easy tutorial
255 Mohammed Rizmy
April 11, 2011 at 1:20 pm
thank you very much, this is easy and professional , thank s a lot
256 shishir kumar
April 21, 2011 at 3:41 pm
i have successfully created a bootable usb to install xp. but during the step to select partitions only the usb drive is shown.the hard disk is not detected.pleez to help
257 Beau
April 23, 2011 at 8:29 pm
thank you for this, it made putting Windows 7 Ultimate on my netbook a breeze. No issues at all and runs like a charm!
258 Fabricio
April 25, 2011 at 7:24 pm
@shishir kumar In your case, it may be necessary installing your hard discs drivers, specially if it is a SATA one. Try to catch those drivers on manufacturers site and hit the correct key during the loading of installation process. It will be show something like Press F6 if you need to install SATA drivers.
259 Exekiel
April 28, 2011 at 1:47 pm
Its a nice tool, but my only problem is after I install xp using the usb stick and load it to another pc the files needed to copied is missing and i do not know why.. i end up doing the process everytime after each pc installation.. is there a way out of this? thanks..
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260 Mehedi Hasan
May 4, 2011 at 2:56 am
Hi, I have an issue with my ASUS EeePC 1215P NetBook. When i try to install Windows XP, Setup Stops Responding with 34 Minutes Remaining. Can someone familiar with this problem? Please help me to solve this problem. Processor: Atom Dual Core N550 1.50Ghz RAM: 2GB DDR3
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262 Vijay
Hi,
May 9, 2011 at 10:33 pm
I am facing problem while installing windows XP SP3 on my Dell Studio laptop using HP8GB USB drive. Followed all steps as given. During the step1(text mode), blue screen not showing my internal Hard Disk partitions to select the right partition. Instead, it is showing 8gb USB drive as the only partition to select. I checked the BIOS, it is showing internal hard disk as 500GB size. I removed hard disk from laptop and connected it as external drive in another laptop and verified partitions. Proper partition is available(500GB FAT32, Primary, Active). Need your help on resolving this issue. Please advice. Thanks Vijay
263 Fabricio
@Vijay
May 9, 2011 at 11:05 pm
Maybe your Hard Drive needs the manufacturers drive to be activated during Windows Setups loading (maybe a SCSI drive). Refer ro your hardware documentation, usually available on manufacturers website. If true, pay attention during Windows Setups start when on the bottom of screen is show something like Press (F6) if you need to install SCSI drivers
264 priyankl
May 30, 2011 at 1:00 pm
sir i have a one problem in opening of HP pen drive in all the laptop. so plaese send the solution speedly.
265 David
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268 erick
June 23, 2011 at 2:17 pm
i have successfully install win xp on my laptop.. i found a problem when i could not start windows normally without my USB pluged in.. any ideas? thanks..
269 Antonio
July 7, 2011 at 12:01 pm
@David Tuve un problema similar al tuyo, creo que debes fijarte en que disco/particion estas instalando. Generalmente el disco 0 particion 1 esta oculta, asi que C: comienza desde disco 0 particion 2. Mas arriba se adjunto esta imagen http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/7763/magicalsnap200812012217kp3.jpg
270 TVGuy
July 9, 2011 at 12:59 am
I tried this on my Inspiron E1505. The CD/DVD drive is toast and I installed a new HDD. The laptop starts to boot from Flash Drive on step 1, and then asks me to insert the OS CD in the drive to confirm authenticity. I am confused. If I could do that I would not need to boot from the Flash drive. I am trying to install XP SP1.
271 Th3ReapeR
July 18, 2011 at 1:53 am
i just have to say iam very fkn thankfull to u man u r awsome!
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272 Lee
July 19, 2011 at 10:37 pm
I need help! Im doing a windows xp recovery from a USB and I keep running into Hal.dll and boot.ini issues. Now it just freezes at the windows startup screen. I can elaborate on the issue more. Please help me if you can! Thanks
273 fara74
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274 kk
July 22, 2011 at 10:45 pm
why i cant find my partition?? the partition list just the usb only. not my hdd
275 ice
July 27, 2011 at 9:38 am
I was able to create the bootable USB stick with WinXP+SP3 fine, but when I got to the point where Im supposed to choose which partition to install windows on, only one partition shows up which is my USB drive (I dont see the partitions from the main hard drive). Does anybody whats wrong?
276 Ahmad
August 9, 2011 at 8:02 pm
missing C:system32/Hall.dll file message i saw that message thanks god i managed it i have dell inspirion1012 hard disk was formatted as part 1 (39mb) and it was potable i think it was the main problem ,the next part was (15000mb) i deleted both of them and created soul one that make it possible i saw windows logo from a long time thanks god
277 Silvie
August 12, 2011 at 4:08 am
Wow, thank you! I have never done a reinstallation before and had no idea how to do this, not even with a CD. Now I sit here with my reinstalled computer and windows is running! Thank you so much! Just one question: Do I have to now install all the drivers for my computer?
278 rohit vaswani
August 20, 2011 at 2:21 am
my pendrive is ok write by ultra iso and wen i get this message pres any key to boot usb after that i get this error (inf file txtsetup.sif is corrupt or missing status 18 press any key to exit i want to know when i format the pendrive under which option fat, fat32, fat16 and ntfs and which is the best write method for usb pendrive = usb-hdd, usb-hdd+, usb-zip and usbzip+ plz tell me the best solution for this error wating for ur reply sir
279 rohit vaswani
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my pendrive is 1gb and i have ultra iso and i also write my pendrive but wen i start boot from usb pendrive i get this message pres any key to boot usb after that i get this error (inf file txtsetup.sif is corrupt or missing status 18 press any key to exit i want to know when i format the pendrive under which option fat, fat32, fat16 and ntfs and which is the best write method for usb pendrive = usb-hdd, usb-hdd+, usb-zip and usbzip+ plz tell me the best solution for this error wating for ur reply sir
280 Harison
August 21, 2011 at 9:18 am
I got a grub screen too. Then a try to execute in commandline: root (hd0,0) setup (fd0)/menu.lst so checking if /boot/grub/stage1 exists no checking if /grub/stage1 exists no
281 chesterleslie
works great!!!
August 28, 2011 at 11:43 am
282 Steve
if you just see the USB drive in Setup and not hard disk of system this is probably because the Mass Storage Driver for the hard disk is not installed. If possible, set the BIOS HDD Mode to Legacy of Compatible and NOT AHCI or Enhanced. If this does not work you will have to use an F6 key and load the correct driver. Try http://sites.google.com/site/rmprepusb/tutorials/install-xp-from-an-iso
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284 David
Hi, followed instructions step by step, Load the USB at startup works. However this happens: Booting First part of windows xp professional setup Filesystem type is fat, partition type 006 will boot NTDLR fro drive=080, partition=00(hidden sectopr0x3f) Error occured while savedefault. :/
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Hello. I need some help. I did all the above step by step, but I have a problem while installing. I boot the usb, select TXT mode setup, but setup dont see my hard disk partition, just usb, and that it, I must quit instalation. Do you have solution? My computer is Asus eee pc. Thank you!
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i understand,but i need help because i am using 8GB Kingston USB not show on usb disk section so i format and copy windows plz guide me
295 Oblharoon Razeed

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the usb is not show on disk section so i dont how to format and install
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296 Juan Figueroa
This was fantastic. I tried with WintoFlash and it didnt work, but this WinSetupFromUSB did. I used a Kingston 4GB without problems. And as another poster wrote before, remember to change in the BIOS setup AHCI to IDE or Legacy because XP dont have drivers for SATA drives while installing, this unless you have a floppy with the correct drivers and press F6 to install them.
297 santiago
grubinst.exe could not make a backup of mbr! how can i fix this error plz help as soon as possible
298 swat
This stuff works for my Laptop But the pain area is my Desktop My Desktop is crashed and Im out of options. @Desktop: It just doesnt boot from USB (Ive change my BIOS options) I tested the same USB drive with my laptop and it worked like magic any guesses what could be the problem??
299 Amit Baristo
October 13, 2011 at 12:13 am
I want to Install to winxp,2003 thur Usb drive
300 anu
superlykkkkkk
301 Nirav
October 25, 2011 at 12:53 am
Getting Setup had determined that drive C: is corrupted and needs to be repaired error on my Thinkpad T43 [2686DFU], when trying to setup Win XP in step 6. HD is good, checked using enclosure on another laptop. My CD drive is bad and need to reinstall Win XP using USB stick. Any idea on how to get around this?
302 jwalant
thanks a lot friend. with the help of your guidance. really gr8 help for me to install xp through usb. my dvd writer was not working and i really want to install xp. thanks for help. my laptop is working fine now
303 krishna jha
Worked well on HP Mini 110, just needed to slip stream SATA drivers
304 Jay24
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Perfect! The computer I used this on has no CD/DVD drive installed, and this was a working solution to installing windows XP on it. When done correctly, this method is fool proof! Next step is to install my drivers, updates, and programs THANK YOU
305 Stine
I know this has probably been asked many times before but I have run into a problem when trying going through the text setup it starts to load then gives me the bsod and crashes. I tried to change settings in bios but it doesnt have many options for change in the bios. Is there something i need to do to make this work for me?
306 ranchaos
this guide it rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thanks a lot a learn new installation process
307 sony vaio HDD is dead
Hi, re: WinSetupFromUSB Install Windows XP from USB Flash Drive . % ANCHOR_TEX%. I recently also had a fault on my laptop; sony vaio HDD is dead, fortunately got it fixed last Sunday at this place in harrow, easy to reach via the London Underground train. Get off at Harrow & Wealdstone station (on bakerloo line) and its ten minutes walk to the Laptop Repair Company. Good reliable service with warranty & affordable. Hope this helps. Nathan
308 Rj
..thanks for the info men.! .I will try this when I get home..
309 Mahabur
I am a student.
310 pinku
hiiiiiiii.. After process 5 .when windows installation beginsit shows [ minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. for the first word, TAB lists possible command completions. anywhere else TAB lists the possible completions of a device/filename. ESC at any time exists. ] grub> pls help me.
311 pinku
ooops.sorry for english
312 santhosh
i accidentally clicked the second part of installation and it restarts from that point. how do i start fresh? Follow
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313 pinku
still wating for ur response,sir..
314 Sundar Shri
On my desktop Always this mssg is coming Searching for Boot Record from USB RMD-FDD..ok no GRLDR message plz reply soon.
315 kasun
i try this.but in the 1st part when setup collect all info about computer after that show error msg.i cant understand???
316 verovero13
I am having the same problem as pinku, with GRUB. What to do?
317 verovero13
Ok guys having the grub problem, here is how i solved it: i removed GRUB. This can be done without a Windows CD too. Here you find instructions on how to remove GRUB http://www.ehow.com/how_7854018_remove-grub-boot-loader-cd.html
318 pinku
hii verovero13.. hav u run it successfully.
319 stuart
hi im following this method, but during intallation of part one i get setup cannot access the cd containing the windows xp installation files any ideas??
320 Varghese
Hi, the explanation was excellent. I was trying different other softwares for loading my Lenovo ideapad S10-2, but nothing worked. But with this software and explanation, first time itself it worked. and everything working fine. Thanks Again, and keep going. Best Regards.
321 Muva

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This procedure is great and helpful. Thank you for saving my day
322 eag
January 16, 2012 at 11:13 pm
didnt work show me in monitor disk erorr.. help
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Click OK and C:\WINXPCD should show up under Windows 2000/XP/2003 Source :

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