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G77 · 03-03-11, 10:16 PM

One of the kids has a pretty newish laptop with no optical drive.

She's slammed the laptop closed and broke the HD which has the restore partition on.

Bought a new HD but obv no OS on it.

Been reading around a few tuts on creating a bootable installation USB Flash drive.

Nowt seems to work.

Any pointers?

Lacutas · 03-03-11, 10:55 PM

Plug a usb dvd player in it, and load from disc.

G77 · 03-03-11, 11:00 PM

i dont have one

Mickha · 03-03-11, 11:40 PM

Which guides have you tried?
Try here:

Code:

http://www.techrepublic.com/article/solutionbase-boot-windows-xp-from-a-usb-flash-drive/5928902

I seem to remember something similar on the Microsoft website.

BL4K3Y · 04-03-11, 12:12 AM

Try this mate, it worked for me when I put XP on my old Netbook

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ronster · 04-03-11, 04:51 AM

I followed this tut m8, worked first time as its idiot proof

YouTube - Installing Windows XP on a Netbook Via USB (Acer Aspire One)

G77 · 04-03-11, 06:07 AM

thanks guys. im to work now and i'll be doing this when i get home tonight so will let you know how i get on.

thanks again

/24 · 04-03-11, 09:25 PM

if that fails you could pxe install it check out the below guide

How to Install Windows 7 over a Network using Linux - PXE, DNSMasq, and Samba | Linux | Save Lono

G77 · 05-03-11, 09:38 AM

ok, so i've used a hybrid of the three tuts there and i can now make a bootable usb flash drive which i can install xp from.

from memory, if the drive is 2gb or less use FAT16 if its 2-4gb use NTFS. i had both but used the 2gb one. its actually a 2gb sd card in a usb dongle.

i used WinSetupFromUSB 0.2.3 to both format the drive and to put all the install files on it from a CDrom straight from the cd

now for the problem... the version of xp on the netbook is a ULCPC, which means Ultra Low Cost PC and i cant find a version of XP to match to download.

I have a licence from the sticker for a ULCPC version but if i remember rightly, the serial has to match the version of windows

Mickha · 05-03-11, 11:37 AM

You can try it and see if Windows will allow it. I ahve read cases where it will accept this type of key for the basic Windows XP, but not any of the advanced XP versions.

03-03-11, 10:16 PM	#1 (permalink)
G77 Super Moderator Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 6,118 Thanks: 695 Thanked 1,250 Times in 1,044 Posts	Install XP from USB? One of the kids has a pretty newish laptop with no optical drive. She's slammed the laptop closed and broke the HD which has the restore partition on. Bought a new HD but obv no OS on it. Been reading around a few tuts on creating a bootable installation USB Flash drive. Nowt seems to work. Any pointers? __________________ 1M Motorised Dish, 45W-36E, DM800HD. Quad LNB Mesh Mini Dish, 28.2E, DM500, TM500. Samsung Galaxy S GT-I9000 XXJVU & CF-Root.

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Lacutas Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 392 Thanks: 1 Thanked 95 Times in 82 Posts	Re: Install XP from USB? Plug a usb dvd player in it, and load from disc.

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G77 Super Moderator Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 6,118 Thanks: 695 Thanked 1,250 Times in 1,044 Posts	Re: Install XP from USB? i dont have one __________________ 1M Motorised Dish, 45W-36E, DM800HD. Quad LNB Mesh Mini Dish, 28.2E, DM500, TM500. Samsung Galaxy S GT-I9000 XXJVU & CF-Root.

03-03-11, 11:40 PM	#4 (permalink)
Mickha Super Moderator Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 5,002 Thanks: 44 Thanked 1,215 Times in 862 Posts	Re: Install XP from USB? Which guides have you tried? Try here: Code: http://www.techrepublic.com/article/solutionbase-boot-windows-xp-from-a-usb-flash-drive/5928902 I seem to remember something similar on the Microsoft website.

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ronster Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Here Posts: 2,398 Thanks: 140 Thanked 981 Times in 529 Posts	Re: Install XP from USB? I followed this tut m8, worked first time as its idiot proof YouTube - Installing Windows XP on a Netbook Via USB (Acer Aspire One)

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G77 Super Moderator Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 6,118 Thanks: 695 Thanked 1,250 Times in 1,044 Posts	Re: Install XP from USB? thanks guys. im to work now and i'll be doing this when i get home tonight so will let you know how i get on. thanks again __________________ 1M Motorised Dish, 45W-36E, DM800HD. Quad LNB Mesh Mini Dish, 28.2E, DM500, TM500. Samsung Galaxy S GT-I9000 XXJVU & CF-Root.

04-03-11, 09:25 PM	#8 (permalink)
/24 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 417 Thanks: 39 Thanked 94 Times in 82 Posts	Re: Install XP from USB? if that fails you could pxe install it check out the below guide How to Install Windows 7 over a Network using Linux - PXE, DNSMasq, and Samba \| Linux \| Save Lono __________________ (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(") this is bunny copy and paste to help bunny gain world domination

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Mickha Super Moderator Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 5,002 Thanks: 44 Thanked 1,215 Times in 862 Posts	Re: Install XP from USB? You can try it and see if Windows will allow it. I ahve read cases where it will accept this type of key for the basic Windows XP, but not any of the advanced XP versions.

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