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    I want to put windows xp on a usb drive

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by gpister, Jul 30, 2008.

  1. gpister

    gpister Notebook Evangelist

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    I wanted to ask how exactly do you do this. I am used to having it on a cd, but i wanted to save it on a usb how do you exactly does this work? The main reason is i just got an asus eee.
     
    gpister, Jul 30, 2008
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    AznFlamer Notebook Consultant

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    WOAH! on a usb. thats suprising. a usb probably doesnt have enough space to put a entire Operating system in.
     
    AznFlamer, Jul 31, 2008
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  3. Pai

    Pai Notebook Evangelist

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    AznFlamer,
    I have one of those 4 gb portable pen drive (Flash Drive), plus, a full installation of Windows XP is at most 3 GB. It will fit, what matter the most is the benefit: Is it worth it?
     
    Pai, Jul 31, 2008
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    @ Pai, you are correct. Windows Xp says it take 1.5 on the box, 2GB if you want to use movie maker. So that would easily fit on a USB drive.

    @ the OP, The first thing I would try is plugging in the USB drive. Inserting the Windows Xp cd. Going to "My Computer" and then clicking and dragging "CD drive" over to "USB drive" and see what happens.

    Good luck, let us know if it works, K? :)
     
    Crimson Roses, Jul 31, 2008
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  5. swissalps

    swissalps Notebook Geek

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    This whole summer I was trying to get XP on a Flash Drive. From what I found on the internet there are 3 ways that I no. (could be more)

    But here is a link for one of them. This is called BartPE

    Below is the Read me of this file.
    Just so you no. I HAVE NOT, got it to work yet.
    Sry about the Caps
     
    swissalps, Aug 3, 2008
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  6. CGSUN

    CGSUN Notebook Guru

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    USB sticks come in 16GB, I bought a few from Wal-Mart.

    I also have XP Home/Pro on USB as backup .iso images.
    You cannot get XP to boot from a stick like some slackware distros if that is what you want to happen.

    Don’t drag-drop onto your stick mind you, it may work but that’s not a good practice imo for moving around OS’s.
     
    CGSUN, Aug 4, 2008
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