[OT?] How to create a Live USB Windows XP

[Amichai Rotman]

How about this:

I find an external CD Drive, connect it through USB and install the system
to the SD card?

Can someone tell me how to create a bootable USB Stick from the WinXP ISO so
I can use it instead of a CD Drive?

Thanks!

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Amichai Rotman

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On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 19:12, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 27 September 2010 16:47, Amichai Rotman <amichai at iglu.org.il> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > I know it's kinda off-topic, so please do not flame right away!
> > This is the scenario:
> > I have an Asus EeePC 1000HE Netbook running Ubuntu Lucid UNE. This
> Netbook
> > is capable of booting from the internal SD card reader. I have a brand
> new
> > 2GB SD I'd like to use as bootable Live WinXP - for those remote cases I
> > need Windows, i.e.: Upgrading my Nokia N97 and Nokia E71 firmwares using
> > the proprietary Nokia Software Update (NSU). I would like to avoid the
> > re-partitioning of the internal HDD and dual booting to Windows....
> > I was Googling for a suitable HOWTO, but all I could find was guides for
> > doing this under Windows XP / Vista / 7. I don't have access to those
> -that
> > is all the point of the exercise...
> > Can someone direct me to a resource that explains how to do it under
> > Ubuntu?
> > I have the WinXP ISO, the SD card and Ubuntu Lucid on my Netbook and
> Desktop
> > computers.
> > Thanks!
>
> You can't readily run XP from removable media. The LiveCD concept
> doesn't really exist under Windows. You can create a bootable CD or
> DVD using a tool such as BartPE (Google it) but the resultant
> environment is very limited & I've never found it of much use.
>
> Just set aside a little bit of your HD and dual-boot. It's *vastly*
> easier. I suggest using the TinyXP "distro" which you can find on
> various Bittorrent indices - just be very careful to scan it
> thoroughly for malware. Install the "bare" version for smallest size,
> add IE and update it completely using WindowsUpdate, but avoid all the
> optional bits. Remove Outlook Express, Windows Media Player & don't
> let WindowsUpdate install .NET which is a space hog.
>
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