Windows Xp On Flash Drive

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  1. Install Windows Xp On Usb
  2. Booting Windows Xp On Flash Drive

Once the bootable Windows XP drive is created, you won't need an optical drive for installation but you will need one for copying and extracting the ISO image from a Windows XP installation disc. Other than that, you will need a flash drive (obviously), with at least 1GB of memory space (2 GB is recommended). Here is the step-by-step procedure. I wanted to install Windows XP Pro on my USB thumb Drive: SanDisk 16GB Cruzer Blade. I have original copy of windows xp with its product key. I want that I can run XP on any computer within my hand. Can this be done?: Insert the Windows XP Install Disc and your USB drive in your PC. Now boot from the CD and go through the install process.

The application can also help you to classify and name USB Flash Drives images (for instance 'My network configuration' or 'The pictures for my grandma') and lets you see this name whenever the USB Flash Drive is plugged into the computer. Microsoft USB Flash Drive Manager is available for Windows XP only. Apr 05, 2005  The application can also help you to classify and name USB Flash Drives images (for instance 'My network configuration' or 'The pictures for my grandma') and lets you see this name whenever the USB Flash Drive is plugged into the computer. Microsoft USB Flash Drive Manager is available for Windows XP only. Installing Windows 7 from a USB drive is easier as you can simply make the installer USB drive for it. But what if you want to install Windows XP from USB drive? It is not so easy as like as you did for the Windows Vista, 7 or Windows 8.

I know this question may be duplicated as follows:

but their 'answers' are neither answering the question, nor containing up-to-date materials.

So my question is:

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  1. How to install Windows XP operating system on an external hard drive or USB flash drive?
    • Not to install Windows XP operating system from an external hard drive or USB flash drive.
  2. After the above step, how to boot/run Windows XP operating system from the external hard drive or USB flash drive?
    • Not to boot Windows XP installation setup from an external hard drive or USB flash drive.

The reason I ask so clearly is as follows:

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  1. I successfully installed Windows 7 Ultimate operating system on an external hard drive by using WinToUSB Enterprise. I can boot it from the external hard drive and use it like normal.
  2. I also want to do the same thing with Windows XP like the above. But WinToUSB gave me an error: Cannot find bootable image.(0x000000C401510000) and there is no solution online.

Please help me with solution like the software I used, thanks!

Added (about the hack in the comment):

I have no confidence to install a modified Windows XP setup.

So I need volunteers to test it.

  1. Materials:
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  2. Requirements:
    • An existing Windows install for carrying out the steps in this tutorial
    • A USB2-compliant Hard disk drive (or a big USB2 stick, see remarks below)
    • An original Windows XP CD (tested only against SP1 so far, but reported to work on other versions)
    • A registered version of WinISO (or any other software that allows direct editing of ISO files)
    • The Microsoft CAB SDK
    • A CD-burning software that can handle ISO files. I like the free burnatonce
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XP doesn't support UEFI boots and doesn't support booting from an USB device.

There are several, very invasive, modifications necessary to an existing XP install (on a regular hard-drive) after which you can copy the XP install to an USB drive. Even then it is not guaranteed to work with your particular hardware or to remain working after XP installs updates/hotfixes.

This solves the 2nd problem (if it happens to work for you), but still doesn't solve problem #1: UEFI booting.

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  1. Windows XP can be installed on the USB flash drive. Translate & read

everything is done quite simply

Install Windows Xp On Usb

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  1. If UEFI has the option to disable Secure Boot mode and enable CSM (compatibility support mode - BIOS compatibility mode), then Windows XP installation is possible.
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Installing Windows from a bootable USB flash drive is one the safest and fastest installation methods available to install Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, and as well as Windows 8/8.1. We already have a guide to install Windows 8 from USB flash drive, but the guide requires the basic knowledge of Command Prompt.

As we already have a detailed guide to create a bootable USB to install Windows 8 from USB flash drive using Command Prompt method, we are going to use a third-party tool named WinToFlash (free) in this guide. This guide is for novice Windows users who are not familiar with Command Prompt.

If you don’t want to use third-party tool to create a bootable USB, just follow our step-by-step and 100% working how to install Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 from USB flash drive guide to create a bootable drive using Command Prompt.

Booting Windows Xp On Flash Drive

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# Windows 8 DVD or ISO

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# A 4 GB+ USB flash drive

# WinToFlash

Preparting Windows 8/8.1 bootable USB

Step 1: Start the procedure by connecting your USB flash drive to your Vista or Windows 7 machine and backup all data from the flash drive as the drive will be formatted in step 6.

Step 2: Next step is to download and run WinToFlash program. It’s a portable utility, which means that it doesn’t require an installation. The program is packed in a zip file. So extract the downloaded zip file to a folder to get WinToFlash.exe and other files.

Step 3: Run WinToFlash.exe file to start the actual procedure. On the first run, you will see First start wizard box. Click Next button, accept the program license agreement and then click Next button. Please note that a paid version of WinToFlash is also available with additional features. But the free version is more than enough to create Windows 8 bootable flash drive.

Step 4: In the main screen, click the check button next to Windows Setup transfer wizard to start WinToFlash wizard. Click Next button to continue.

Step 5: In this step, you need to select Windows 8/8.1 installation files folder and USB drive which you want to make as bootable. Click on Select button next to Windows file path and browse to the folder containing Windows 8 installation files.

Note: If you have Windows 8/8.1 ISO file, please use 7-Zip (free) software to extract the installation files to a folder. Then browse to the new folder to select it as Windows files path.

Then click the Select button next to USB drive box to select the USB flash drive.

Step 6: Once you have selected Windows 8 installation files path and USB drive letter, click Next button to begin transferring installation files on to USB. Clicking the Next button will launch Windows License Agreement box. Select I accepted the terms of the license agreement and click Continue button.

You will see the Format Warning message. As we have mentioned in step 1, the software will erase all contents on your USB flash drive. So, move all data from USB drive to a safe location before starting the procedure.

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Click Ok button to begin transferring Windows 8.1 installation files onto USB drive. You can relax now as you won’t have to do anything for the next 25-30 minutes. Once the moving process is done, you will see Finished message. Click Next button to complete the procedure.

You have just created a bootable Windows 8/8.1 USB flash drive. Reboot your machine, enable USB boot in BIOS, and start installing Windows 8 on your machine. Good luck!