Windows XP usb drive Installer

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In this blog I posted the things that I used that I think is necessary for simplicity of use.

1. Prerequisites:

All you need is:
> a USB Flash Drive with at least 1GB of storage
> the original Windows XP Setup CD
> WinSetupFromUSB

2. Preparing the Usb Drive
> after extracting and installing the WinSetupFromUSB run it.
> make sure you have no important files on the usb drive for it's content is to be erased!
> let's use the HP format tool button to format the usb drive.
> on the HP format tool only use fat32 filesystem or the system will not boot.
> after formatting set the WinSetupFromUSB source to where your XP CD is
> leave all the other settings and click on GO button to start the installer
> this will take a while so take a coffee or two
> an instruction will appear after a successfull transfer of files on how to use the installer

3. Usage of your new usb drive installer
> like in the instruction said it requires 2x to boot to the usb drive.
> 1st is the formatting and copying of files
> and on the 2nd reboot is the configuration and stuff
> the 3rd reboot you may set the BIOS to boot from the HDD



Note: I tried it on a 8GB Kingston usb drive the transfer speed of the copy installation is slow as hell! If you wish to have a greater speed I think try an external usb hard disk instead.
Will try the usb hdd after buying it and update this post if the installation will achieve faster speeds.