How to install Windows XP on a Netbook using a USB flash drive

[pinkfloyd]

Hi I found my mistake: I should have formatted the flash drive "to become" NTFS, not FAT. Now it is working =]

Thank you!

 

[Benny26]

Ah, glad it worked out for you

 

[Tanstar]

After PeToUSB successfully runs I run the bootsect command and get a "Access Denied" error msg in the cmd prompt?

 

[Tanstar]

Nevermind. Ran it "As Administrator" and it worked fine.

 

[bubblegum01]

7 - When you reach your desktop, you may now remove your USB flash drive. Before you start playing around on your new XP, I would recommend restarting your Netbook and entering the BIOS to change the boot priority back to your primary hard drive. After doing that, boot back up to your XP desktop and you're all done!

what is the primary hard drive???

 

[Benny26]

The hard drive that you installed XP onto.

 

[PibeTigre]

I signed up just to tell you how grateful I am to you, Benny.
I followed your tutorial, but I came across the same problem "victor22zz" did. Fortunately, I read your comment and the solution worked for me as well.
So, thank you again. My netbook works perfectly. The only thing I forgot to do was to download the drivers needed to connect to a wi-fi network, but I downloaded them on my desktop computer and transferred them through a flash drive.
So, thank you again. Greetings from Argentina.

 

[Benny26]

Thank you for the kind words, PibeTigre. Glad it worked out for you

 

[simon weeks]

Hi I have a bootable usb with win xp but the netbook says an operating system wasn't found when I try to boot up into usb