[FONT="]Installing Windows XP from a USB pen[/FONT]
[FONT="]This tutorial is designed to help those in need of installing Microsoft Windows XP on any PC that is capable[/FONT]
[FONT="]of booting from a UFD (USB Flash Device)[/FONT]
[FONT="]Before you start you will need at your disposal:[/FONT]
[FONT="]A properly functioning windows PC[/FONT]
[FONT="]a UFD (USB Flash Device) with a minimum size of 1GB[/FONT]
[FONT="]A Windows XP CD or image[/FONT]
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[FONT="]A copy of WinSetupFromUSB-0.1.1[/FONT]
[FONT="]1.Download & Run [/FONT][FONT="]WinSetupFrom USB-0.1.1.[/FONT]
[FONT="]2. Complete the setup. The program will start automatically once you have finished[/FONT]
[FONT="]3. Plug your pen drive into the computer and backup anything important from it as we are going to format it.[/FONT]
[FONT="]4. In the WinSetupFromUSB-0.1.1 window: click Refresh next the USB selection box. The USB pen you have[/FONT]
[FONT="]just plugged in should now be visible in the drop down menu. Select it.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]5. Insert your XP CD or mount an XP CD Image.[/FONT]
[FONT="]6. In the WinSetupFromUSB-0.1.1 window: click Browse, next to the Windows 2000/XP/2003 Source box,[/FONT]
[FONT="]and navigate to the location of the XP Install CD.[/FONT]
[FONT="]7. Now click the PE2USB button.[/FONT]
[FONT="]8. Now Tick the Enable Disk Format box under Format Options and Tick Quick Format and Enable LBA[/FONT]
[FONT="](FAT16X). Also make sure that Enable File Copy is not ticked.[/FONT]
[FONT="]9. Click Start. Click Yes when the pop up asks if you wish to continue. Click Yes again when the pop up asks[/FONT]
[FONT="]you if you are sure you wish to continue. When you get the Completed successfully message click OK and[/FONT]
[FONT="]close PEtoUSB.[/FONT]
[FONT="]10. In the WinSetupFromUSB-0.1.1 window: Click GO. The Program will now create a bootable windows XP[/FONT]
[FONT="]install on your USB pen drive.[/FONT]
[FONT="]11. Click agree to the “SYSINTERNALS SOFTWARE LICENSE TERMS” pop up.[/FONT]
[FONT="]12. Click OK the the “This is Important” pop up.[/FONT]
[FONT="]13. The creation process is now complete: Take the newly formatted USB Pen and place it in the USB port of[/FONT]
[FONT="]the target computer and turn it on.[/FONT]
[FONT="]NOTE: You must now read carefully what pops up on the screen as it will provide you with the hot-key[/FONT]
[FONT="](keyboard shortcut key) that, when pressed, triggers access to the BIOS. It is usually something like F1, F2,[/FONT]
[FONT="]Delete or Escape.[/FONT]
[FONT="]14. Navigate the BIOS with the keyboard and find the section that contains your boot devices. With your[/FONT]
[FONT="]USB drive plugged in, the USB drive should be listed. If it isn’t, your system might not support booting from[/FONT]
[FONT="]USB.[/FONT]
[FONT="]15. Assuming that it is supported (as is the case with virtually all modern hardware), promote your USB drive[/FONT]
[FONT="]to the primary boot device.[/FONT]
[FONT="]16. Exit from the BIOS configuration, saving all changes.[/FONT]
[FONT="]17. The computer will now reboot. Assuming that you have successfully compiled the bootable USB XP[/FONT]
[FONT="]install and that you have successfully selected the USB device to be booted first in the bios a screen should[/FONT]
[FONT="]appear which reads Windows 2000/XP/2003 Setup - First and Second Parts . Press Enter. You will now be[/FONT]
[FONT="]presented with 2 options. Select Option 1 (first part) for the first stage of the installation process.[/FONT]
[FONT="]18. When the first stage setup completes and system reboots select Windows 2000/XP/2003 Setup - First and[/FONT]
[FONT="]Second Parts, then Option 2 (second part) for the second stage of the setup.[/FONT]
[FONT="]DO NOT REMOVE THE USB PEN FROM USB PORT UNTIL YOU SEE THE WINDOWS START MENU[/FONT]
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[FONT="]References:[/FONT]
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