Install Windows XP using USB Flash Disk Flash Drive. Someone asks me to write a tutorial about how to install Windows XP using USB flash diskflash drive. If you want to install Windows XP, but your notebook or PC has no CDROM, you should install Windows XP using USB Flash diskFlash DriveThumb drive. Just follow this guide UPDATE You can use Win. Installing a new operating system on a netbook without a CDDVD drive should be an easy task thanks to Unetbootin How To Install Linux With Ease Using UNetbootin How. To. Flash, its simpler and easier http www. UPDATE July 2. 4 2. Win. Setup. From. USB, The Simplest Way to Install Windows XP From USB Flash Drive http www. Step 1 Buy a USB Flash Drive at least 1. GB. When you do this tutorial, please make sure your computerlaptopPC has a CD ROM or DVD. You need computer with CD ROM in it to build bootable USB flash drive and then you can install XP on any other computers netbooks with no CD ROM DVD e. Acer Aspire One, Asus EEE PC, etc. Step 2 Download this software package Komku SP USB. Download 1. 4. 7MBUPDATE 1 Anonymous saidYour download at mediafire keeps timing out, any other hosts availableMirror Depositfiles. This software pack contains 3 applications Boot. Sect. exe Boot Sector Manipulation Tool Pe. To. USB http Go. Coding. Com usbprep. Prepares Windows XP Setup Local. Source for Copy to USB DriveStep 3 Double click Komku SP usb. A window will appear. And click Install. Step 4. Insert your USB Flash Drive. When I made this tutorial, I am using 4. GB Transcend USB Flash. Drive. Locate folder C KomkuPe. To. USB. Double click Pe. To. USB. exe. A window will appear like this. Destination Drive select USB Removable. Check on Enable Disk Format. Check on Quick Format. Check on Enable LBA FAT 1. Drive Label XP KOMKU or whatever you want. Then click Start. Install Window In Usb Drive' title='Install Window In Usb Drive' />Click Yes to continue. You are about to repartition and format a disk. Disk. All existing volumes and data on that disk will be lost. Are You Sure You Want To Continue. CjoiB115_w/UUKAVcW2gjI/AAAAAAAAAfI/nWIfWu-KEKk/s1600/Step7.png' alt='Install Window In Usb Drive' title='Install Window In Usb Drive' />Wait a few seconds. Click OK, and you can close the Pe. To. USB window. Step 5 Open Command Prompt. Click Start Run type cmd click OK. On Command Prompt window, go to directory C Komkubootsecthow to do this First type this cd and press Enter. Then type cd komkubootsect and press Enter. Install Window In Usb Drive' title='Install Window In Usb Drive' />Dont close the Command Prompt window, and go to step 6. Step 6 On command prompt window, type bootsect nt. H H is the drive letter for my USB Flash Drive, it may be different with yours. And press Enter. The result. Successfully updated filesystem bootcode. Bootcode was successfully updated on all targeted volumes. Dont close the Command Prompt window, and go to step 7. Step 7. Now type this cd. Andpress Enter and then type cd usbprep. This is a complete guide to install Windows 10 from a bootable USB. One of the main advantages of installing a version of Windows operating system from a b. Want to put the OS X installer onto a bootable flash drive Apple doesnt provide an official tool to create bootable copies of their operating system, outside the. This guide shows how to install Windows 7, Vista or XP on USB drive easily. This is a step by step tutorial shows you how to install the real Ubuntu OS on USB stick to create a Windows To Go style USB drive. Enter. Type usbprep. And press Enter. Step 8. Install Window In Usb Drive' title='Install Window In Usb Drive' />Your command prompt window will look like this. Press any key to continue. Prepares Windows XP Local. Source for Copy to USB Drive 0 Change Type of USB Drive, currently USB stick1 Change XP Setup Source Path, currently 2 Change Virtual Temp. Drive, currently T 3 Change Target USB Drive Letter, currently 4 Make New Tempimage with XP Local. Source and Copy to USB Drive. Use Existing Tempimage with XP Local. Source and Copy to USB Drive. F Change Log File Simple OR Extended, currently SimpleQ Quit. Enter your choice. Now, insert your original Windows XP CD, or Windows XP with sata ahci driver to your CDDVD ROM. And back to the Command Prompt window. Type 1 then press Enter. Browse For Folder a window will appear, select your CDDVD drive and click OK. The result. XP Setup Source Path changed to G yours may be different. Now for point 2, if letter T is currently assigned to a drive in your computer, you must change it. If not, leave it as it is. How to change it Type 2 and press Enter. Enter Available Virtual Drive. Letter. For example you dont have drive S so you type S and press Enter. Back to usbprep. Now type 3 and press Enter. Please give Target USB Drive Letter e. UEnter Target USB Drive Letter. Because my Flash drive letter is H. So, type H and press Enter. After back to usbprep. Now type 4 and press Enter to make a new temporary image with XP Local. Source and copy it to USB Flash Drive. Please wait a few seconds. WARNING, ALL DATA ON NON REMOVABLE DISKDRIVE T WILL BE LOST Proceed with Format YN. Type Y and press Enter. Please wait. When format virtual disk complete, press any key to continue. Please wait. Making of Local. Source folder is in progress. When Making of Local. Source folder WINNT. LS Ready. Press any key to continue. Copy Temp. Drive Files to USB Drive in about 1. Yes. OR STOP End Program No. Click Yes, and wait. Would you like USB stick to be preferred Boot Drive U bla. Click YesWould you like to unmount the Virtual Drive. Click Yes, wait a few seconds, and press any key. Press any key again to close usbprep. Now, your USB Flash Drive is ready. Step 9 Now, insert your USB Flash DriveFlash DiskThumb Drive to your notebook e. Acer Aspire OneGo to BIOS and make your USB Flash Drive or USB HDD or USB ZIP in some other machine as primary boot device. Then boot from your USB Flash Drive. And select TXT Mode Setup Windows XP, Never unplug USB Drive Until After Logon. After the Hard Disk detected, delete all partitions, create a single partition. And install Windows XP on that partition. Once text mode setup is complete, the computer will restart. This time select GUI Mode setup Windows XP, Continue Setup Start XP. Continue Windows XP setup. And Done Windows XP Installed. Remember, you can use this tutorial to install Windows XP on any computers. Even the one with CD ROM not just Aspire One and Asus EEE PC. Good luck UPDATE 2 FAQ saidwhat if i use a 1. GB flash drive will it still work Yes it is. Anonymous saidhi allcan somebody tell me how to install xp with this method in SATA HDFollow this guide Slipstreaming Driver using n. LiteFYI, you can burn it as image, then use virtual drive as Daemon Tools Download to mount it. Anonymous saidTrying to restore XPSP3 on Medion akoya MD9. Worked fine until 9. Setup cannot copy the file iaahci. Retry didnt work so skipped. Similar message for iaahci. Stor. cat ia. Stor. Stor. sys. Subsequent XP Boot then failed. I do not understand why the intel. SATA drivers these files wont load. Will try again with Netbook Bios AHCI mode set to Disable but not confident that will make any difference. Help Ref MD9. 69. With AHCI mode disabled it works without loading the intel. SATA files. I assume these will have to be loaded, just got to figure how to do that now Thanks for great install guide brilliant. If you could put a comment about intel. SATA it would be great, I cannot be the only person who doesnt understand it. Allen saidPe. To. USB didnt find any removable flash drive. Please help me. by the way, Im using Windows Vista. Try use XP. oruse another USB port. My friend tried it on his Lenovo. USB flashdrive on left side of his notebook. Pe. To. USB didnt find any removable flashdrive. XP read this Anonymous saidEasy and well written. Although I should mention that Ive tried it inder Windows Vista at first and the USB Flash Driver wasnt readable at all. The whole process must be under Windows XP. Again thanks, and wish you all the best. Anonymous saidI was having the No USB Disks error with Pe. To. USB as well with by Samsung U3 2. G and my micro. SD Reader 4. G on 3. 2 bit Vista. The USBs were all formatted to FAT. Then I switched to XP, and the USB was detected. Ion Slides 2 Pc Driver Software on this page. I want do this is Vista.