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How to Install Windows From a Flash Drive
by rattakua on Wed 16 Dec 2009, pmFirst topic message reminder :
The first thing you need to do is download the three files below and save them on your desktop.
PeToUSB.zip
USBprep.zip
BOOTsect.zip
Once you have these downloaded, extract PeToUSB.zip and USBprep.zip separately. Then, copy everything from the PeToUSB folder to the USBprep folder. Now, copy the USBprep folder and place it in C:
Also, extract BOOTsect.zip and put these files directly in the C: directory as well.
Next, you need to put your Windows CD in your optical drive and copy all of the contents from it over to a folder in the C: directory. I named mine XP so it would be easier to recall later.
Navigate to the USBprep folder in C: and double click the usb_prep8.cmd file yours may or may not have the. cmd extension based on the Windows settings you are using. You can enable file extensions by clicking Tools, Folder Options, View tab, then unticking Hide extensions for known file types in the Advanced Settings list.
Clicking usb_prep8.cmd opens up the black and white command screen you see above. Follow the directions on-screen by clicking any button and you will be greeted with another window, PeToUSB. If you have your flash drive plugged in, the program should detect it and list it under the destination drive.
Click Start in the PeToUSB window, select Yes to continue then again click Yes when it asks if you are sure you want to repartition and format the disk. Once complete, click Ok.
Leave all of these windows open and go to Start, then Run and type in cmd to bring up the console window.
Type cd c:, without the quotes and press Enter.
Now type bootsect /nt52 M:, without the quotes. In this example, M represents the letter of my flash drive. Yours will likely be different so be sure to check beforehand it should be listed beside your device name in PeToUSB - if not there, simply double click My Computer on your desktop and locate the drive letter there. then press Enter.
The command window will inform you that Bootcode was successfully updated on all target volumes.
Now, close out of the current command window and also close PeToUSB. Doing this will bring up a new set of options in the original command window, as seen above.
Press 1 then Enter and you will be asked to browse to the folder that you copied Windows to. Select the folder then click OK.
Click back on the command window and press 2 then Enter. You will be asked to enter a drive letter that is not already taken. You may want to check in My Computer to be sure you select a letter that isn t already being used. In the screenshot above, I selected O. Press Enter after selecting your drive letter of choice.
Press 3 then Enter and you will be asked for the drive letter of your flash drive. This is the same letter that you used earlier in bootsect. For me, that letter is M. Input the letter and press Enter.
Finally, press 4 then Enter. You will be asked if you want to proceed with the format. Type Y then press Enter.
The system will pause a moment while the format takes place. Then you will be asked to press any key to continue do so. This starts the first phase of the process which will take a few minutes.
Once again, you will be prompted to press any key to continue do so. Another dialog box will pop up, asking you if you want to start the file copy. Click Yes. The command window will again activate and start copying files to the flash drive which will take a few minutes.
After a bit, you will be asked if you would like USB-stick to be Preferred Boot Drive. Click Yes.
Finally, a dialog box asks if you would like to unmount the Virtual Drive. Click Yes.
That s it, you are done. You can close the command window and any other relevant windows that may still be open.
But, we are not done. Now comes time to install XP, which as you will find out, is a bit of a different process when using a flash drive. Continue ahead as we walk through this procedure.
Installing XP
Once you have your flash drive loaded with XP, it s time to install it. As mentioned earlier, you need to be sure that your computer supports booting from a USB drive.
Plug in the flash drive then turn on the computer and go into the BIOS usually by pressing the Delete key at the POST screen. In the BIOS, you will need to set the flash drive as the first boot device, usually called something like USB Hard Drive. Save and exit to reboot the system.
You will be greeted with the screen you see above which gives you two options: TXT mode or GUI mode. Select TXT mode for now.
Setup will load as normal, but there is one catch that you need to be aware of here. If you are formatting your hard drive and creating a new partition, you will need to turn off the computer immediately after the partition has been formatted before Windows starts copying files over. Turn the system back on, boot back into TXT mode then direct Windows to leave the current file system intact. This is done because the flash drive can t copy to the new partition unless the computer is restarted and the flash drive is allowed to recognize the new partition. Strange, yes, but that s just how it works. If you aren t creating a new partition, then just carry on as usual.
Once all of the setup files are loaded, the computer will reboot. This time, select GUI mode and continue your installation as you normally would with a CD. It is important that you don t remove the flash drive until you are totally finished with the installation or you may corrupt the install and have to start over again.
This guide should allow you to quickly and easily install Windows XP on a computer without an optical drive such as a netbook. You can, however, use this method on any computer to speed up the installation process, as it is much faster to install from a flash drive versus an optical drive.
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install xp from pendrive
by jyoti yadav on Sun 04 Apr 2010, amhiiiiii
there is a prblm occure while installing
the new pop window is not open after selecting all option from the menu which copy the xp into flash drive.
Another dialog box will pop up, asking you if you want to start the file copy. Click Yes. The command window will again activate and start copying files to the flash drive which will take a few minutes. it is not working
plzz give me the solution
thnksssss
Last edited by jyoti yadav on Sun 04 Apr 2010, am; edited 1 time in total Reason for editing : some text missing
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Simple one program solution for installing windows from USB Flash drive
by brmecham on Fri 23 Apr 2010, amAfter spending a lot of time trying to get this process install Windows XP from USB Flash drive working I found a much easier, quicker, solution. It s called WinToFlash.
This is an easy way to make Windows XP bootable from a USB Flash drive. Seriously, easy.
Optionally you can follow these nLite tutorials to remove unnecessary Windows files before installing Windows:
I just finished doing this on my Asus 1001p netbook, after removing Windows 7 Starter which consumed over 500MB of the 1Gig of memory.
I decided to opt for installing Windows XP via a USB Flash drive. I didn t have an external DVD drive available. After following various complicated tutorials which never did fully work for me I found a very simple way to take the resulting Windows install files created by nLite or copied from your Windows install disc and create a bootable Flash drive: WinToFlash .
With WinToFlash all you need to have is a Folder on your PC containing all the Windows install files. Then you just open WinToFlash, tell it where your Windows install files directory is, then tell it what letter your Flash drive is i.e. J: . It does the rest for you. SIMPLE Once it s done boot from the flash drive on your netbook or PC you want to install this copy of Windows on.
When I first tried this I was getting bsod blue screen of death errors when Windows setup was starting. The problem was not with WinToFlash After doing some research online I decided it might be due to some corrupt files the XP disc I copied files from was too scratched up so I located another disc and went through the nLite process again was easy because it saved my previous settings then did the WinToFlash process again. This time Windows XP installed without a problem from my USB Flash drive. much easier than the tutorials that wanted me to accomplish this with 3 programs and never worked
The best thing about this is:
- My Windows install was only 270MB with all Asus 1001p driver integrated and non-essential windows XP stuff removed, thanks to the nLite tutorial
- Bootup to XP is fast less than 30 seconds
- Memory usage is at less than 200 MB. smile even after installing a bunch of programs disabled non-essential startup processes.
- No CD/DVD drive necessary for installation.
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Fault
by maxkover on Sat 08 May 2010, amFantastic post
however with me something went wrong
I did everything exactly as per instructions, but when I arrived to press 4
and should been asked if want to start the formatting, what shows up is a window asking if you want to delete a tempimage or save on the top of the black window in which shows up the following
enter your choice : 4
lets prepare a temporary virtual drive.
closing existing virtual drives if any.
virtual disk driver for windows version 3.1
the virtual driver is not installed
htpp://chitchat.at.infoseek.co.jp/vmware/
existing virtual driver if any are closed
EXISTING Tempimage. img file was found
and shows up a samll window asking if want to delete or no the tempimage.img file
if I clic yes
the program closes and nothing hapen.
I ll be very happy to have a answer for that
thank you
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Much better solution from T4T.
by macravin on Sun 09 May 2010, am
This creates a virtual CD which will boot on almost any netbook.
The CD is perfect in every way. This will also work with any other OS As long as your flash drive can hold it
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Re: How to Install Windows From a Flash Drive
by scuddgreat on Tue 11 May 2010, am
i have follow the instruction and have make an usb bootable xp. the problem is when entering setup the laptop hardisk is not detected only the usb storage is available.. can somebody help me..
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a little confuse what to do after formatting
by vk_2009 on Fri 18 Jun 2010, pmim having 3 partition and i just want to install windows by formatting my c drive.
im confused that what i need to do means after formatting my c drive i need to restart the system or just do the normal process.
i nt creating or deleting the partition.
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by Links on Mon 30 Aug 2010, amFirst of all, thanks to the OP for putting this together.
vk_2009:
I haven t tried yet, but it appears you should only exit setup and restart IF you create a new partition despite the way the OP phrased it.
If you want to be sure, just exit and restart the setup after you formatted, it won t do any harm.
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EDIT: Didn t look to the post age before replying, but the advise is still valid for anyone with the same doubt.
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by Buttons on Mon 30 Aug 2010, pmYou don t need any tools for creating a bootable usb. Just use the command line.
Just read that and you ll be done in no time. I ve found winflash and other similar tools not workable.
Note: Just because you have a usb port doesn t mean you can boot from a usb. Most computers these days can, but some older ones bios don t support this. If you can t boot from it, try upgrading your bios from your manufacturers site.
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by Links on Tue 31 Aug 2010, amThis topic is NOT about creating a bootable USB pendrive. Please don t confuse the readers more than they already could be.
This is about installing Windows XP from a bootable USB drive whether they are flash drives or otherwise. That is something you will not achieve simply by making a bootable USB drive and then copying Windows setup files. In order to actually install Windows the setup files must be modified and there are several ways to achieve that; this topic simply explains one of those.
Besides that, if you d like to make a bootable drive or a drive with several bootable disk images, then the tools at PendriveLinux.com are much better than any of the methods listed in Bootdisk.com.
by Buttons on Tue 31 Aug 2010, pmUSB pendrives are the same thing as flash drives. Just a different name. You should know as you provided a link for creating a bootable linux pendrive/usb. Please keep calm as I was only posting what I thought was helpful.
That is what I posted. Look at Method 6. That tells you exactly how to do it. I followed that exact thing and created a Windows Server 2008 R2 bootable usb where I can install it from. Similar to a dvd. That it is how I installed my OS.
I m not sure on why you need to modify the setup file. That is not required and could be consider piracy. Only things that should be modified are the. ini files if you are doing a slimstream for SQL Server 2008 or similar programs that support this.
by Links on Wed 01 Sep 2010, amI was perfectly calm as I wrote my reply. The same way as you considered what you posted to be helpful, I considered it not to be.
From my own post:
This is about installing Windows XP from a bootable USB drive whether they are flash drives or otherwise
I clearly stated USB drive there, not pendrive, as I thought it would be enough for you to realize that this method as most others work perfectly with external USB HDDs. Apparently, it wasn t clear enough, sorry about that.
From Bootdisk.com, method 6:
Note that this bootable USB guide will not work if you are trying to make a bootable USB on XP computer.
And neither will it work if you are trying to make a bootable USB drive to install Windows XP, no matter what bootsector you install to the drive.
It is not required to modify the content of the setup files, and I did not claim that. The setup files as a whole must be modified directory structures and whatnot, in the same way that nlite and many other tools do in different ways for different purposes, all of which are perfectly legal.
If you take a quick look at a search on Google you will see that it s not as easy as you think it is.
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