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This document provides instructions for formatting a USB flash drive to install Windows XP using a bootable USB instead of optical media. It involves downloading files, using cmd prompts to format the flash drive and add boot code. The user selects drive letters and follows on-screen prompts. The process takes 15-20 minutes to create a bootable USB that can be used to install Windows XP from like an installation DVD.

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This File: Windows Installation

This document provides instructions for formatting a USB flash drive to install Windows XP using a bootable USB instead of optical media. It involves downloading files, using cmd prompts to format the flash drive and add boot code. The user selects drive letters and follows on-screen prompts. The process takes 15-20 minutes to create a bootable USB that can be used to install Windows XP from like an installation DVD.

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Download and unzip this file, which should contain 2 folders: 1 titled Bootsect, and the other
USB_prep8.
2. Navigate to the USB_prep8 folder and click on usb_prep8.cmd. This will bring up a
Windows console window.
3. Press any key to continue and a PeToUSB window will open.
4. Make sure your flash drive is selected, and click start to format your flash drive.
5. When the format is complete, click OK, but do not close the PeToUSB window or the Windows
Console.
6. Open a new console window by typing “cmd” into the run box in the Windows Start Menu.
7. Directed to the second folder – Bootsect folder (if you’re not used to DOS commands, you can
type “dir” to list directories and files, type “cd foldername” to navigate to a folder name – called
foldername in this example, and if there’s a long folder name you can save time by typing the “cd”
and just the first few letters and then hitting the Tab key to fill in the rest of the name).
8. Once you’re in the Bootsect folder, type “bootsect.exe /nt52 g:” if “g” is the letter assigned to
your flash drive. If it’s E, then change the letter to e. If it’s Z, make it z. Get it?
9. When this is done, you should see a message letting you know that the bootcode was
updated, and you can close this console window (but not the other console window).
10. Close the PeToUSb Window, but make sure not to close the remaining console window yet
11. You should now see a list of 8 options in the console.
12. Select one and find the drive with your Windows installation disc.
13. Select 2 and pick a random drive letter (but not one that’s already on your PC, since this will
be a virtual drive used for copying your files).
14. Select 3 and enter the drive letter for your USB flash drive.
15. Select 4 and follow the rest of the on-screen directions and you should be all set.
The process should take about 15-20 minutes. When it’s done, you should have a
bootableUSB stick that you can use to install Windows XP the same way you would if you had a
CD/DVD drive.
A few notes here. First of all, there’s a chance you may get down to step 15 and the program will tell
you that it can’t create the virtual drive. This may happen if you’ve already gone through the whole
process and are trying to do it again to fix problems. The solution seems to be rebooting your
computer and trying again. Or at least that’s what worked for me.
Second, if you use NLite to shrink/slipstream/otherwise modify your Windows XP installation file, make
sure you do not remove “manual installation files,” or your USB stick will be pretty much useless.
Once your usb drive is ready, go to your bios and set USB to first position in boot order. Now plug the
usb and restart.
Make sure you back up your important documents and files, firefox bookmarks, and drivers if you lost
your drivers cd.
This post explains you how to backup your drivers easily

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