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Windows xp iso to usb how to#
Is that correct? If so, since I never got the System Software driver to be added in the test, if I now can figure out (with your help) how to get the driver, will it get added in the wrong sequence? Or do I need to delete the Win XP folder and start all over?ģ.
Windows xp iso to usb drivers#
I did a test run and expected nLite would create a new folder with the image, however, I cannot find any new folder so I assume it added the drivers to the same folder where I had copied the Win XP installation CD.
Windows xp iso to usb zip#
When I tell it to add the Notebook System Software (the first driver in sequence) it cannnot find any drivers in the folder - do I need to do something more than just extract the driver zip file? For the other drivers such as chip set it can find the drivers in the folder where I extracted the chip set zip file.Ģ. I downloaded all the drivers from Dell and extracted each into a seprate folder. I am making progress but need a little further help:ġ. Of course everyone's situation will be different and there can be different challenges - it takes patience to get it right and a lot of Googling/Binging to find the right approach. If it is showing as D: the USB MultiBoot help file has tips on how to fix.
Windows xp iso to usb install#
The internal hard drive MUST show up as drive C:, do not install if it does not. If you miss pressing F12 during the first 3 boots it will try to boot from the hard drive and give an error - missing HAL.DLL - no problem, just restart and press F12 again to boot from USB.ĥ. This has to be done for a total of 3 boots until the OS is fully installed, after that boots can be from the hard drive. Leave the boot sequence as is, but during startup pressing F12 allows you to over-ride the boot sequence and you can choose USB as the temporary boot device. When booting from the USB stick, you need to leave your boot sequence to boot from hard drive first (otherwise the assignment of drive letters goes off). Thus, a USB stick or an external USB hard drive will work, but an external USB CD/DVD drive does not work.Ĥ. While my laptop offers an option to boot from USB, it does not recognize all USB devices as boot devices. Slip streaming drivers didn't work, so I just installed them after installing XPģ.
I ended up using USBMultiBoot to transfer XP to a 2 GB stick.Ģ. WinToFlash & WinSetupToUSB did not work for me, While they transferred the OS to a USB stick, when I used the stick to install I got various errors - BSOD, drive corrupted etc. I finally did get it to work, here is what I found:ġ. Just wanted to report back on my progress in case it helps others. I am able to access the external USB DVD drive if I am booted up from the HDD and can even install Windows off the external DVD, however it does not allow me to reformat the drive or to do a clean install - it is keeping all the old files and programs.Īre there any other steps I need to take to be able to boot from USB? Any help is appreciated. If I disable the HDD as a boot device and leave only the USB then it says there is no boot device available.Īlso, in the 1-time boot menu the USB is not showing as an available choice, even though it is enabled in the boot sequence menu. However, despite that when I boot up it goes to the HDD to boot. I have gone into the BIOS and enabled USB as a boot device, and have also set it as the first device in the boot sequence, followed by the internal hard drive. The DVD drive is able to read and write, however, I am unable to boot from it. However, my internal CD/DVD drive is not working and I do not have a floppy drive, so I want to install from an external USB DVD drive.
I have the original Dell Windows re-installation disks. I want to do a clean install of XP, including reformatting the drive to wipe out all existing data, programs etc.