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Installing Windows XP FROM a USB Flash Drive

Asked by TBIRD2340 in Removable Backup Media, Windows XP Operating System

Tags: xp, flash, drive, usb, windows

I am trying to INSTALL Windows XP FROM a USB Flash drive.. I have been messing with this for over 2 days with no luck.

I have a PC that is able to boot from USB. I was able to boot Acronis True Image from USB flash drive. I was able to boot BartPE via pe2usb via the USB drive.. It MUST be possible to boot and install XP from USB drive..

I've tried using Flasboot using the "create bootable flash disk as a copy of bootable CD-ROM" but I get:

Loading boot sector...
Initializing destination media...
Disk geometry parameters for target USB disk:
      Cylinders = 124
      MediaType = 11
      TracksPerCylinder = 255
      SectorsPerTrack = 63
      BytesPerSector = 512

Writing files...
*** Error: Specified CD-ROM disk or image file is neither ISOLinux-based nor floppy emulation mode bootable CD-ROM; thus it cannot be converted"

Any help to get this accomplished would be GREATLY appreciated. I see many have tried but have yet to find someone who has succeeded. Let's do it!

Thanks

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Installing Windows XP FROM a USB Flash Drive

Asked by TBIRD2340 in Removable Backup Media, Windows XP Operating System

Tags: xp, flash, drive, usb, windows

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