10 Step Installing Windows XP with USB

The idea started when this article want to install Windows on the nettop Telebit Nucleom AG-100. Due to nettop will not have a CD-ROM, I have to use an external CD-ROM. Only then thought, what if the installation process using a flash? This solution is clearly more practical and inexpensive, because we do not have to buy an external CD-ROM and stay utilize the USB flash disk that cost it more affordable.

But to do so, we can not just put the file from Windows installer CD to a flash disk. We should make it recognizable as a flash bootdisk first. One thing that is also crucial is the BIOS on the notebook / netbook / PC we will install should support booting via USB flash drive.Actually almost all the new products already support it, but we recommend you check your PC's BIOS first.

If it can, the following is a list of equipment you need.
1. A PC with a CD-ROM (to do the preparatory process and file transfer)
2. CD installer Windows XP or Vista
3. USB_PREP8 (if you do not have download here)
4. PeToUSB (if you do not have download here)
5. Flash disk with a minimum capacity of 1GB
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Preparation steps:

1. Plug in a USB flash disk into one USB port. To remember his drive position. Is F:, G:, H:, and so forth.

2. When you are in normal position (desktop), insert the Windows XP installation CD into the optical drive. If the computer running the installation process automatically, cancel it and close all applications being run.

3. Download and extract the application that the author gave. Advice writer, extract the entire contents into a folder, like C: \ USB.

4. Next, open the folder where you extract the application modules installation makers, this time we take the example C: \ USB.

5. Run the file named "usb_prep8.bat" the on-screen Command Prompt window will appear containing various commands. If it it says "Press any key to continue," press any key to confirm.

6. On screen will appear PEtoUSB window that asks you to format your USB flash disk. No need to change any settings, just click Start to begin the process of formatting. Answer the confirmation for your needs.

7. When you're finished, close the window PEtoUSB (do not close the Command Prompt window that was open when you run usb_prep8.bat), then the screen will display the options of 0 to 5.

8. Use option 1 to select the source installation files will be copied to flash disk. Here, specify the drive where you save the installation of Windows XP. Simply select the optical drive where the existing Windows XP CD in it, or select a folder of your choice if you have copied the Windows XP installation files to a specific folder.

9. Select option 3 to determine where you are striking the flash disk. If you are in the flash disk drive F:, then type F and press ENTER. If the drive G: then type G and press ENTER, and so on apply to any other drives.

10. Then select option 4 to start the installation process modules that will be copied to flash disk automatically. Answer any confirmation that comes with Y, or YES or OK or other forms of approval.

Done! Now you're ready to flash disk used to install Windows XP! Please do your settings in the BIOS subnotebook, and select the Removeable Disk (or whatever other name) as the first medium that is executed when booting.

Given this kind of installation techniques are also available on the internet, you can also search via search engines. Good luck ...!