[ubuntu-in] Need Help in installing Dual OS without any Optical drive

[Ritesh Sinha]

On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 7:46 AM, Sumit Nanchahal
<sumitnanchahal at gmail.com> wrote:
> ok so let me get this straight..ur trying to install xp using a pen
> drive...I reckon if that culd be possible, then why does m$ shout abt
> piracy..
>
> On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 11:18 PM, nagendra prasad <nagendra802000 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I need some help regrading OS. I have an Acer aspire one laptop and it
>> dose not have an optical drive. So, every time when I have to install XP and
>> Ubuntu Grub I have to plug in my DVD drive. However the problem is that my
>> DVD drive is not working anymore and if I have to reinstall either XP or
>> Ubuntu I have to  borrow a DVD drive from my friend. However I need some
>> kind of arrangement with which I don't have to borrow anything from my
>> friend again and again. I have 2 USB pen drive with me and I know how to
>> install Ubuntu using a pen drive. I just want to know how to install XP
>> using a pen drive. I have tried all the methods that you get when you Google
>> the  keywords like "how to install xp using a pen drive". I need some kind
>> of concrete solution.
>>
>> Please help me.
>>
>> Best,
>>
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There are many ways to create a  Windows LiveCD/USB. One of the
methods I remember worked for me was using Bart PE. You can also find
a utility that copies the PE environment to a USB stick (pe2usb it was
called i think). Google around a bit for Bart PE and PeToUSB.exe, you
can find all the utilities to create a live Windows XP environment and
then transfer it to a USB stick.

All the best.