Installing Windows XP from a USB key
Disclaimer:You are using this guide at your own risk. I don't take any responsibility for any problems.
Installing windows through a bootable CD is not always possible because if you you have any notebook PC or a tablet that doesn't has have any optical drive to run the CD or your optical drive could not be working. This tutorial will also help those who have downloaded an windows CD image from any torrent website and don't want to spend money on burning a CD or DVD.
Things you will need:
1) A USB flash pen drive
2) A Copy of windows installation files that you have in a CD or in you hard disk
3) A PC running any version of windows.
Preparations:
- Download and install winsetupfromusb from the link provided or click here: WinSetupFromUSB
- Copy your windows XP CD to any folder of your choice in your hard drive.
- Insert your pUSB pen drive to your PC
Creating your bootable USB key:
- First of all copy your windows installtion files to a directory.
- Now open WinsetupfromUSB
- Now select your usb pen drive from the drop down list
- Mark your desired operating system in the list. Here we are working with windows XP setup so i m gonna select first option.
- Now click the button on the right side of the option you have marked and choose the folder where you have copied your windows setup files. And then hit GO...
- Wait till the process has finished.
- Now your are ready to boot from the bootable USB you have just made...
- Now boot from the USB drive and u will get a grub4dos menu. select windows Xp setup and XP installtion has started. Good Luck
