Install Windows XP From USB Flash Drive

Requirements:1. At first you have to get a USB flash drive/disk(at least 1 GB).
2. XP_FROM_USB.rar from the given link below:
Download link


Update: You should have XP installed computer for this process.
The procedure

1. Extract the XP_FROM_USB.rar archive in a folder named Softslas(Say) in C: drive.

Now navigate to C:\Softslas\PeToUSB\ and double click on the peToUSB.exe



The appearing window will be like this


Set these:

• select “USB Removable as Destination Drive”
  
• select “Enable Disk Format”
  
• select “Quick Format”
  
• select “Enable LBA (FAT 16x)”
  
• Put XP-Softslas (or whatever you want) in Drive Label :
  

Now click Start
Then you will get the message and click yes
Another message box will again appear and click Yes





After clicking on “Yes” the USB disk will be formatted.Wait for few seconds and then click on “Ok” and then chose “Close”.
3. Now open the windows Command prompt typing cmd in Start->Run
Now in Command Prompt window type
cd c:\softslas\bootsect and press “Enter”.
Now type the command
bootsect /nt52 I: and press “Enter”



Then again type “cd..” and press “Enter” and cd usb_prep8 and press “Enter”.



Now type usb_prep8 and press “Enter”.



4. Press any key to continue.
Now the command prompt window will look like this.

Prepares Windows XP LocalSource for Copy to USB-Drive:
0) Change Type of USB-Drive, currently [USB-stick]
1) Change XP Setup Source Path, currently []
2) Change Virtual TempDrive, currently [T:]

3) Change Target USB-Drive Letter, currently []
4) Make New Tempimage with XP LocalSource and Copy to USB-Drive
5) Use Existing Tempimage with XP LocalSource and Copy to USB-Drive
F) Change Log File – Simple OR Extended, currently [Simple]

Q) Quit
Enter your choice:_

Insert the XP installation CD in you CD/DVD ROM and in command prompt window type 1 and press “Enter”..
A “Browse For Folder” window will appear and here select the CD/DVD drive and then click OK.


Similarly for the choice field enter 2 and
if there assigned the letter “T” for your computer then change it
otherwise do not alter it. After typing 2 in the choice option it will
prompt “Enter Available Virtual Drive Letter”.
Here type a letter that is not any drive letter of your computer.
Let us say S is not a drive letter in your computer. So put S then press “Enter”.
Now it will get back to the Command prompt and then type 3 where it prompts for the choice. Then it will prompt “Please give Target USB-Drive Letter e.g type U”.





Now put your USB drive letter and press “Enter”. Here my USB drive label is “I” so I put “I”.
Now input 4 and press Enter. It creates the new temporary image and makes a copy of it to the USB Flash Drive .

Please wait for a few seconds..
A warning message will appear like this:
“WARNING, ALL DATA ON NON-REMOVABLE DISK DRIVE T: WILL BE LOST! Proceed with Format (Y/N)?”
Type Y and press “Enter”.


Please wait………..
After completing Format it will prompt “Press any key to continue” and to continue hit any key .
Please wait………..
It will again prompt “Press any key to continue” and obviously press any key to continue.


5. Now a message box will appear showing
“Copy TempDrive Files to USB-Drive in about 15 minutes = Yes OR STOP = End Program = No”


Click “Yes”.
Now after this a message box will appear showing “Would you like USB-stick to be preferred Boot Drive U……………….”
Click “Yes”.
The next one asking “Would you like to unmount the Virtual Drive ?”




Click “Yes”.
Now wait some time and press any key…………….
Press any key again to close usb_prep8.
Now your USB you can Install Windows XP from the USB drive.

6.
Insert your USB drive in the USB port and Reboot your computer. When
starts the computer enter in the BIOS Setup and set the first boot
preference as USB Hard Disk.Now Save and Exit from the BIOS Setup. Your
computer will again restart and the following screen will appear.



Now Chose The TXT Mode Setup.After completing the partition, formatting and copying file the computer will restart again.
Now chose the GUI Mode Setup Option.
Wait for completing your installation.


I think this will help you to install XP from USB flash disk/drive especially in those computer without CD/DVD ROM.