Comments on: Installing Windows XP Using A USB Flash Drive

By: arthur

arthur — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:37:32 +0000

“Will on 28 Aug 2009 at 4:17 pm #
Finally got it working!

Great guide, however when I ran the text mode setup I could only see my USB drive listed.

To solve this, I entered the BIOS setup and changed the Sata mode from AHCI to COMPATIBILITY. When I then rebooted and ran text mode setup my HDD was listed. Some people may find they need to
change from AHCI to IDE mode.”

Thanks a lot Will!I thought i’m stuck!

By: William

William — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:52:03 +0000

Hello Guys! An awesome tutorial, but…

When it comes to setting the options of usb_prep8 in Command Prompt, I can’t pass the 4th option which is “Change Target USB-Drive Letter, currently []“. Now my USB drive is “D:\”, but when I try to set it to that, I get an error “***** D: is not a valid Drive *****”. How could I fix the problem?

By: Prateek

Prateek — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:23:51 +0000

Hii..
I have a problem while installing xp with USB…when my installation was complete..and then when i start PC again..
It displays that (1)Start windows normally
(2) USB repair not to start Microsoft Windows XP professional..
SO wat to do..Coz i want to start my start normally evrytime..and dont want to asked any questions…Plzz help me out as quickly as possible..and reply on my gmail…

By: Gary

Gary — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:57:18 +0000

When I hit the #1 key, I get the message Please give the location to your windows XP setup source files ‘CSCRIPT.EXE’ is not recognized as an internl or external command, operable program or batch file.
Error: The path does not contain windows XP source files.
Thank You,
Gary

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:11:33 +0000

Problem: hal.dll is missing or corrupt

Fix: Delete all partitions and create a new one in the XP Setup.

I had Windows 7 installed and was trying to install XP over it (quick format) but I got this error when it started the GUI setup.

I deleted all the partitions (Windows 7 creates 2 by default) and then recreated one that spanned the entire disk, and this problem goes away. Maybe its to do with not installing in first partition on the disk?

By: Gregory Dearth

Gregory Dearth — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:58:32 +0000

Cannot load file \$winn_nt$.bt\biosinfo.inf error code 14

Cannot get past this error. I am attempting an install on an eeepc that currenty has linux on it. I got tired of my hardware not working with the os, so I am sadly returning to windoze. Syncing my cellphone and internet sharing with it will be nice. Countless months wasted trying to make linux do it.

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By: jong

jong — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:42:21 +0000

i am having problem, I followed the tutorial but when i press enter to choose install to the drive, it says cannot continue because the cd rom xp cd is not found. please help

By: nh3

nh3 — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:44:34 +0000

Hello,
I had a strange problem while doing this.
I was able to create the bootable thumb drive memory disc for Windows XP, for my HP MINI 2140. It started XP installation. It showed 2 options in the boot menu. I selected boot from the memory disc. At the end when it reaches the window where it shows the partitions, I could not see the computer hard disc drive. Instead only the thumb drive memory disc(4GB)was shown there. That means if I proceed, it will install the OS in the thumb drive.Could you please tell me which settings do I miss, to be able to see the computer hard disc here?

By: James

James — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:23:33 +0000

anybody can help me : at step 13 getting followong error: not contain Windwos XP source files..
please help