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

[Kai Presler-Marshall]

It's a major pain in the ass.  I did it on a Thinkpad X31 this past weekend
in order to install XP (it doesn't have an optical drive).  I spent 2 hours
fighting with it and never got it working, attached my USB DVD burner and
had XP installed in under an hour.  I'd just use an optical.  But if you're
dead-set on using a flash drive, just google around, there are guides ;)

On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 2:27 PM, Amichai Rotman <amichai at iglu.org.il> wrote:

> 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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> 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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