Install Windows XP using USB Flash Disk_ Flash Drive - Step by Step Guide

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Install Windows XP using USB Flash Disk/ Flash

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Someone in this post (Acer Aspire One Specifications and Windows XP Drivers) ask

me to write a tutorial about how to install Windows XP using USB flash disk/flash

drive.

If you want to install Windows XP, but your notebook (or PC) has no CDROM, you

should install Windows XP using USB Flash disk/Flash Drive/Thumb drive...

just follow this guide :

step 1:

Buy an USB Flash Drive (at least 2GB).

When you do this tutorial, please make sure your computer/laptop/PC has a

CD-ROM (or DVD).

so, now you have 2 computers, with CD-ROM support and without CD-ROM

support (e.g Acer Aspire One, Asus EEE-PC).

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step 2:

Download this software pack (Komku-SP-usb.exe - Download) 1.47MB

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this software pack contains 3 application :

-BootSect.exe (Boot Sector Manipulation Tool)

-PeToUSB (http://GoCoding.Com)

-usb_prep8 (Prepares Windows XP Setup LocalSource for Copy to USB-Drive)

step 3:

Double click Komku-SP-usb.exe

a window will appear... and click Install

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step 4:

Insert your USB Flash Drive.

When I made this tutorial, I was using 4GB Transcend USB FlashDrive...

Locate folder C:\Komku\PeToUSB\

double click PeToUSB.exe

a window will appear like this...

Download Drivers - GetDriver

DOWNLOAD DRIVERS - GETDRIVER


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Destination Drive : select USB Removable

check on Enable Disk Format

check on Quick Format

check on Enable LBA (FAT 16x)

Drive Label : XP-KOMKU (or whatever you want)

then click Start

Click Yes to continue....

"You are about to repartition and format a disk. Disk: .... All existing volumes

and data on that disk will be lost. Are You Sure You Want To Continue?"

click Yes

Wait a few seconds...


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Click OK, and you can close PeToUSB window.

step 5:

Open Command Prompt ...

Click Start > Run > type cmd > click OK

On Command Prompt window, go to directory C:\Komku\bootsect\

how to do this?

first type this cd\ and press Enter

then type cd komku\bootsect and press Enter

the result...

Don't close Command Prompt window, and go to step 6...

step 6:

on command prompt window, type bootsect /nt52 H:


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H: is drive letter for my USB Flash Drive, it may be different with yours...

and press Enter

the result... "Successfully updated filesystem bootcode. Bootcode was succesfully

updated on all targeted volumes."

don't close Command Prompt window, and go to step 7...

step 7:

now type this cd.. and press Enter

then type cd usb_prep8 and press Enter


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type usb_prep8 again... and pres Enter

step 8:

Your command prompt window will look like this

Press any key to continue...

usb_prep8 welcome screen will appear

Prepares Windows XP LocalSource for Copy to USB-Drive:

0) Change Type of USB-Drive, currently [USB-stick]

1) Change XP Setup Source Path, currently []

2) Change Virtual TempDrive, currently [T:]

3) Change Target USB-Drive Letter, currently []


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4) Make New Tempimage with XP LocalSource and Copy to USB-Drive

5) Use Existing Tempimage with XP LocalSource and Copy to

USB-Drive

F) Change Log File - Simple OR Extended, currently [Simple]

Q) Quit

Enter your choice:_

now, insert your original Windows XP CD, or Windows XP with sata ahci driver to

your CD/DVD ROM

and back to Command Prompt window

type 1 then press Enter...

"Browse For Folder" window will appear, select your CD/DVD drive and click OK

the result... "XP Setup Source Path" changed to G:\ (yours may be different)

now for point 2, if letter T is currently assigned to a drive in your computer, you

must change it.... if not, leave it as it is

how to change it?

type 2 and press Enter...


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"Enter Available Virtual DriveLetter"

for example you doesn't have drive S

so you type S and press Enter

back to usb_prep8 welcome screen...

now type 3 and press Enter...

"Please give Target USB-Drive Letter e.g type U" Enter Target USB-Drive Letter:

because my Flash drive letter is H

so, type H and press Enter...

after back to usb_prep8 welcome screen...

now type 4 and press Enter to make new temporary image with XP LocalSource

and copy it to USB Flash Drive

please wait a few seconds..

"WARNING, ALL DATA ON NON-REMOVABLE DISK DRIVE T: WILL BE LOST! Proceed

with Format (Y/N)?"

type Y and press Enter

please wait....

when format virtual disk complete, press any key to continue...

please wait... making of LocalSource folder is in progress...


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when "Making of LocalSource folder $WIN_NT$.~LS Ready"

Press any key to continue...

"Copy TempDrive Files to USB-Drive in about 15 minutes = Yes OR STOP = End

Program = No"

Click Yes, and wait...

"Would you like USB-stick to be preferred Boot Drive U: bla... bla..."

Click Yes


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"Would you like to unmount the Virtual Drive ?"

Click Yes, wait a few seconds, and press any key....

press any key again to close usb_prep8...

Now, your USB Flash Drive is ready...

step 9:

Now, insert your USB Flash Drive/Flash Disk/Thumb Drive to your notebook (e.g

Acer Aspire One)

go to BIOS and make USB HDD (or USB ZIP in some other machine) as primary

boot device....

then boot form your USB Flash Drive....

and select "TXT Mode Setup Windows XP, Never unplug USB-Drive Until After

Logon"

After Hard Disk detected, delete all partition, create single partition... and

install Windows XP on that partition...

and wait...


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once text mode setup is complete, computer will restart....

this time select "GUI Mode setup Windows XP, Continue Setup + Start XP"

Continue Windows XP setup.... and Done!

Windows XP Installed....

Remember, you can use this tutorial to install Windows XP on all other

computers.. not just Aspire One and Asus EEE-PC....

good luck!

UPDATE 2 :

FAQ


12 of 47 10/7/2011 2:22 AM

Anonymous said…

what if i use a 1GB flash drive? will it still work?

Yes it is.. :)

Anonymous said…

hi all

can somebody tell me how to install xp with this method in SATA HD?

i finished the tutorial,but when boot up,the hdd is not showed.

help me plz

Follow this guide (Slipstreaming driver using nLite)

FYI, you can burn it as image, then use virtual drive as Daemon Tools (Download)

to mount it

Anonymous said…

Trying to restore XPSP3 on Medion akoya MD96910 netbook. Worked fine until 99%

of files copied then got: Setup cannot copy the file: iaahci.cat - giving 3 options

(retry, skip, quit). Retry didn't work so skipped. Similar message for iaahci.inf

iaStor.cat iaStor.inf iaStor.sys. Subsequent XP Boot then failed. I do not

understand why the intelSATA drivers (these files) won't load. Will try again with

Netbook Bios AHCI mode set to Disable but not confident that will make any

difference. Help!

Ref: MD96910 netbook restore. With AHCI mode disabled it works without loading

the intelSATA files. I assume these will have to be loaded, just got to figure how

to do that now! Thanks for great install guide - brilliant. If you could put a

comment about intelSATA it would be great, I cannot be the only person who

doesn't understand it.

Allen said…

PeToUSB didn't find any removable flash drive. Please help me.

by the way, I'm using Windows Vista.

Try use XP... or

use another USB port... My friend tried it on his Lenovo... when he plug in his USB

flashdrive on left side of his notebook... PeToUSB didn't find any removable

flashdrive... he change it to the right side then it works (XP) :)

read this :

Anonymous said…

Easy and well written.. thanks for making our lives easier. Although I should

mention that I've tried it inder Windows Vista at first and the USB Flash Driver

wasn't readable at all. The whole process must be under Windows XP. Again

thanks, and wish you all the best.

Anonymous said…

I was having the "No USB Disks" error with PeToUSB as well with by Samsung U3

(2G) and my microSD + Reader (4G) on 32-bit Vista. The USBs were all formatted

to FAT.

Then I switched to XP, and the USB was detected

I want do this is Vista...

Ali Jaffer said…

If you're on Windows Vista, try using the "Run as Administrator" function for both

formatting the drive and command prompt.

Anonymous said…

thanks for the instructions works like a charm everytime :D

got one question though, can you use partition manager to make partitions

after XP has been installed successfully using this method?


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Posted by Cahya at 6:01 AM

Labels: Acer, tips

Like Obama said... Yes We Can!

For more FAQ read comments.....

Anonymous said…

Hi Guys this is greate blog Guess what i sued the same instruction to install the

Server 2003 sr2 and works well for my Home server

Thanks to you all the Contributor

UPDATE 3:

Everyone please read this WinToFlash Guide - Install Windows XP from USB Flash

drive

UPDATE 4:

NOTE TO ANYBODY WHO'S FLASH DRIVE CANNOT BE DETECTED... If you are in

Vista or Windows 7 (Like Me) you have to Right-Click PeToUSB.exe, go to

Properties, Compatibility Tab, and in Windows 7, choose RUN IN COMPATIBILITY

MODE, and select Windows XP (Service Pack 3).

In Vista, just do some kind of "xp" mode. Also, in Windows 7, Command Prompt

will probably give you a "denied" message on one of the "CMD" commands. Before

going into Command Prompt, Right Click it (When typing into the search box in

start menu) and click "Run as Administrator".

-Jason

"The 11 Year Old Tech Wiz"

UPDATE 5:

Install Windows 7 from USB Flash drive guide

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666 comments:

Gurujee said...

great tutorial.Thanks.

November 05, 2008 1:57 PM

Anonymous said...

Flashdisknya nggak bisa dipake buat yang lain dong mas? Klo pake harddisk

eksternal bisa ga?


Trevor said...

Nice, I need to try this out.

Thanks!

November 05, 2008 10:29 PM

Anonymous said...

I tried it and finished all the procedure but when I tried it, it boots but when it

comes to starting windows XP setup, it hangs and the deadly blue screen

appears! Error! Then i had to reset the computer.


14 of 47 10/7/2011 2:22 AM

What's the problem?!


Anonymous said...

Any reason a iso image mounted to a virtual drive using Daemon Tools wouldn't

work for the source?


BlindAge said...

ISO image is fine, I used it already...


Anonymous said...

your download at mediafire keeps timing out, any other hosts available?


Anonymous said...

After doing booting the install from the usb drive, it is asking for the SP2 Disk .

. . the windows image I used has sp2 with it allready. Any ideas around this?

November 12, 2008 11:36 PM

Anonymous said...

Very nice guide, thank you.

November 14, 2008 4:00 AM

Cahya said...

Re: I tried it and finished all the procedure but when I tried it, it boots but

when it comes to starting windows XP setup, it hangs and the deadly blue

screen appears! Error! Then i had to reset the computer.

What's the problem?!

try again...

What happen when you try again? :)


Cahya said...

Re: your download at mediafire keeps timing out, any other hosts available?

Mirrors available

please read update 1 :)


Metalspawn said...

Do you need 2 delete both partitions to install, when i chose the gui i get a

hal.dll file not found


Metalspawn said...

Yes you need 2 delete the partitions


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Anonymous said...

OPPOSITE:

If you want to install Windows XP, but your notebook (or PC) has no CDROM,

you should install Windows XP using USB Flash disk/Flash Drive/Thumb drive...

--> NO CD-ROM

But here:

now, insert your original Windows XP CD, or Windows XP with sata ahci driver

to your CD/DVD ROM

and back to Command Prompt window --> WHERE IS THE CD-ROM DRIVE ???

November 18, 2008 11:04 PM

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the great tutorial. It was very clear and is working perfectly.


Cahya said...

Re: OPPOSITE:

If you want to install Windows XP, but your notebook (or PC) has no CDROM,

you should install Windows XP using USB Flash disk/Flash Drive/Thumb

drive... --> NO CD-ROM

But here:

now, insert your original Windows XP CD, or Windows XP with sata ahci

driver to your CD/DVD ROM

and back to Command Prompt window --> WHERE IS THE CD-ROM DRIVE ???

step 1:

Buy an USB Flash Drive (at least 2GB).

When you do this tutorial, please make sure your computer/laptop/PC has a

CD-ROM (or DVD).

so, now you have 2 computers, with CD-ROM support and without CD-ROM

support (e.g Acer Aspire One, Asus EEE-PC).

any question? :)

November 20, 2008 11:51 AM

Cahya said...

When you build a bootable USB flashdrive do it on your PC or laptop with

CDROM support...

then you can use your bootable USB flasdrive to install Windows XP to another

computer/notebook/netbook (e.g Aspire One)

November 20, 2008 11:54 AM

Metalspawn said...

Thanks for the tutorial. The only problem i got is with the windows I installed. I

couldn't install service pack 3 because i needed 1 megabyte free space

(although i had 108 gig open ?? :D) and i couldn't install office. Maybe

something wrong with my disc, but i am trying another disc. Thanks a lot yet

again.


Anonymous said...

help. when i open PeToUSB.exe , it say "No USb Disks Found !"

I'm using a kingston 4GB, formatted to FAT.

And I'm using Windows Vista Ultimate.


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Thanks.

December 01, 2008 5:34 PM

Anonymous said...

Iv have a problem, once i get to step 9 and click the second one as you say it

says error, cannot find BOIS windows xp or sumit :(

help please :(. I know the information is poor im not that good with computers.

Sorry

December 02, 2008 4:59 AM

Anonymous said...

Thanks Thanks for the great tutorial, I've Try n succes, but need Lite XP for

AspireOne

December 11, 2008 12:55 AM

Anonymous said...

will i have to delete partitions on all kind pcs why is that so


Anonymous said...

tks, it's work


Anonymous said...

error code T1 or BT something... can any1 help me with this problem?


Anonymous said...

what if i use a 1GB flash drive? will it still work?


Anonymous said...

File \$WIN_NT$.~BT\biosinfo.inf could not be loaded.

The error code is 14

Setup cannot continue. Press any Key to exit.

THATS THE ERROR IM GETTIN... PLEASE HELP ME.!!!!


Anonymous said...

i have a cuestion?

in this image

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qNFgsHp2dCk/SQ_dbna4iOI/AAAAAAAABeo

/pikhSAaBbGU/s1600-h/step8h.gif

i see 1 file found

when i do this step mine don't say 1 file found say no file found

how i fix this?

December 20, 2008 11:31 PM


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Njaka said...

thx 4 vis tuto, it works fine for me


Anonymous said...

hi all

can somebody tell me how to install xp with this method in SATA HD?

i finished the tutorial,but when boot up,the hdd is not showed.

help me plz


Anonymous said...

My PC got hung when Im on the process of making of LocalSource folder. I used

30day trial xp is that a matter?

December 24, 2008 11:28 PM

Rodney said...

I have many versions of XP cd's and I noiced so far that the XP home OEM CD

gives many errors of files not being copied in the beginning of the "making of

LocalSource folder" step. When I use the XP Pro CD, I do not get this problem

and the flash drive builds correctly. My EEE PC has 2 solid state drives, an 8GB

and a 32GB. I have deleted all on both partitions and I am attempting to install

XP on teh 8GB (Primary Master) and I'm getting an error telling me that setup

cannot copy the files. I will try another build of XP Pro tomorrow to see if this

helps.


Rodney said...

To be more specific, when I used the XP home CD, until I noticed that there

were errors when building the usb drive, the symptom was an error with

biosinfo.inf not being able to load..

The new problem with my XP Pro Corporate image is after selecting the drive

where I want to install the files, the drive formats and then give an error when

copying files. No files can be copied, they all error and don't allow me to go

any further. The first file error is "cannot copy file bootvid.dll"

Like I said, I think this is the version of windows I'm using but I'm not sure. I'll

try a regular store purchased xp pro sp1 tomorrow.


Anonymous said...

this is one of great tutorial.i like ur knowledge......

i got lot of information on it.

but i have aa1 which is now not showing biosand any program

i am new user when i press F2 then it ask the CURRENT PASSWORD. WHEN I

GIVE NEW PASSWORD IT BECOMES HALT ///////

WHAT IS THE REASON PLEASE TELL ME////////////////


Anonymous said...

Trying to restore XPSP3 on Medion akoya MD96910 netbook. Worked fine until

99% of files copied then got: Setup cannot copy the file: iaahci.cat - giving 3

options (retry, skip, quit). Retry didn't work so skipped. Similar message for

iaahci.inf iaStor.cat iaStor.inf iaStor.sys. Subsequent XP Boot then failed. I do


18 of 47 10/7/2011 2:22 AM

not understand why the intelSATA drivers (these files) won't load. Will try

again with Netbook Bios AHCI mode set to Disable but not confident that will

make any difference. Help!


Anonymous said...

Ref: MD96910 netbook restore. With AHCI mode disabled it works without

loading the intelSATA files. I assume these will have to be loaded, just got to

figure how to do that now! Thanks for great install guide - brilliant. If you

could put a comment about intelSATA it would be great, I cannot be the only

person who doesn't understand it.

December 31, 2008 10:36 PM

Anonymous said...

terima kasih banyak cozz

January 01, 2009 9:06 PM

Ali Jaffer said...

Thanks a million! This worked.

January 02, 2009 10:57 AM

oMMy said...

thaNKS BERAT BRO....

January 03, 2009 4:11 AM

Anonymous said...

Super

January 03, 2009 7:18 PM

Anonymous said...

Excellent tutorial....Work like a charm.....

Thanks for sharing

January 04, 2009 3:20 PM

Anonymous said...

how to delete the files??? just format it using petodrive???

January 05, 2009 5:15 PM

Rengo said...

hey it didn't work for me...

the key to this problem is this

Temporary Virtual Drive T: Created, Lets Format it

Specified Drive Does Not Exist.

TEMPDRIVE T: NOT FORMATTED - Will be Ended

well...

what happened ?

i'm currently using Kingston Data Traveler 4GB...

and, yes i've already tried it with another FDisk from different brand and the


19 of 47 10/7/2011 2:22 AM

result is just the same

poor poor my eee....

January 05, 2009 7:37 PM

Allen said...

PeToUSB didn't find any removable flash drive. Please help me.

January 05, 2009 11:24 PM

Jooty said...

by the way, I'm using Windows Vista.

January 05, 2009 11:30 PM

Jooty said...

oh, sorry, the post 'PeToUSB didn't find any removable flash drive. Please help

me.' is mine. Please help me.

January 05, 2009 11:32 PM

Anonymous said...

Easy and well written.. thanks for making our lives easier. Although I should

mention that I've tried it inder Windows Vista at first and the USB Flash Driver

wasn't readable at all. The whole process must be under Windows XP. Again

thanks, and wish you all the best.

January 06, 2009 1:01 PM

Anonymous said...

hi worked like a charm ive got it on a mobile now and just plug it in very well

written thanks alot

January 11, 2009 11:20 AM

Ali Jaffer said...

If you're on Windows Vista, try using the "Run as Administrator" function for

both formatting the drive and command prompt.

January 13, 2009 9:08 AM

Anonymous said...

I was having the "No USB Disks" error with PeToUSB as well with by Samsung U3

(2G) and my microSD + Reader (4G) on 32-bit Vista. The USBs were all

formatted to FAT.

Then I switched to XP, and the USB was detected

January 14, 2009 6:59 AM

Anonymous said...

Insanely handy. I would've never figured all this out.... perhaps i'm being

overpaid as a computer tech lmao

January 16, 2009 7:26 AM

Anonymous said...

u rock

January 17, 2009 6:15 PM


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Andyr said...

I'm getting the blue screen too when I try to boot from the USB stick! Help,

please !

January 18, 2009 12:53 AM

Anonymous said...

I get blue screen as well do i need to unlock the linux to work?

January 18, 2009 7:16 AM

Anonymous said...

every thing's done until stage 4... while copying the file...the problem

occur...it said

Failed to open file 'tempimage.img'

The systemcannot find the file specified.

Input correct path :

what should i do?

Fr: Nazri

January 19, 2009 1:45 AM

Anonymous said...

One question what this this program for before you put your xp disc in, what

does it do ??

Windows XP with sata ahci driver

Cheers

January 19, 2009 6:45 AM

Anonymous said...

thanks for the instructions works like a charm everytime :D

got one question though, can you use partition manager to make partitions

after XP has been installed successfully using this method?

January 19, 2009 9:13 PM

Anonymous said...

MMM when I get to the stage where I need to:





I get the below and cmd quits:

Enter your choice: 4

Lets prepare a Tempopary Virtual Drive ....

Closing Existing Virtual Drives if any ....

Virtual Disk Driver for Windows version 3.1

http://chitchat.at.infoseek.co.jp/vmware/

The Virtual Disk Driver is not installed.


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Existing Virtual Drives if any are Closed

********** Existing tempimage.img File was Found **********

Return to Main Menu, Then First Rename Your tempimage.img File

Press any key to continue . . .

January 20, 2009 2:42 AM

Anonymous said...

This version worked first time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Vt_8p0VllY&feature=related

January 20, 2009 6:53 AM

sweetandsourglen said...

Could this same method work for Windows 7 Beta was just considering trying it

out on an Eee PC to test out Microsoft claims of improved performance on low

spec machines.

Any advice you could offer would be great

Many Thanks

iBird

January 20, 2009 7:51 AM

Anonymous said...

Worked great for me thank you. I did have an issue at first with it saying,

hal.dll is missing or corrupt. Stumped me for a while as the dll was there and

fine. Twigged after a while, windows had tried to create a duel boot in the

boot.ini file which is located at the very root of your windows installation, so

normally C:\boot.ini. Go in there and remove the line which isnt

"\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional"

After doing this it booted perfect.

Thanks again

Stacks

January 21, 2009 12:49 AM

Anonymous said...

Really i am very thankfull.

It works .

Plese guide us how to pull most out from Acer Aspire One.

Regards

Ali

Lucknow india

January 21, 2009 2:50 AM

Anonymous said...

try this post.there are some good info


22 of 47 10/7/2011 2:22 AM

http://www.hotukdeals.com/item/318205/acer-aspire-one-aoa150-

ab-netbook-w/showthread.php?t=318205

computerbar

January 21, 2009 3:31 AM

Anonymous said...

hi

i have instald it on an old mp3 player

is there any chance to make the usb work as an mp3 player again ?

thanks

January 21, 2009 4:48 PM

Anonymous said...

nice tutorial thx wery much

i had one issue about the install on the flashdrive

you need to turn of comodo firewall if u hawe one because some filles are

protected and the firewall will not allow to copy some filles

that is all thx

January 23, 2009 11:30 PM

Anonymous said...

great step by step guide, just had 1 prob tho. When i finished installing

windows the wifi on my acer aspire 1 stopped working. any suggestions?? I know

its not the laptop as it happened to my brothers as well just after he installed.

Is there any way of putting the linux software on a usb like the windows to

restore the original settings or getting the wifi working again?

cheers

b

January 26, 2009 7:46 AM

-=Mr.Marky=- said...

hi,

I tried this tutorial twice and my first atempt i got this error.

File \$WIN_NT$.`BT\biosinof.inf could not be loaded.


Setup cannot continue. Press any key to exit.

I tried to format again my 4GB USB Flash Drive Kingston brand and I had

Windows XP 2...I follow again to steps tutorial and then when I finished and the

UBS is ready to used as Windows XP2, I retried to boot on USB in Bios Settings

and then I got same message on the aboved....I followed the tutorials steps by

steps, Why its doesn't work for me?

January 29, 2009 9:52 AM

jhonz said...

its great tutorial! but when i start my windows xp i cannot connect to the

inernet using wifi, please help me..


23 of 47 10/7/2011 2:22 AM

January 29, 2009 2:07 PM

-=Mr.Marky=- said...

hello,

I did the tutorial steps using Windows XP Service Pack 3 and now I tried to boot

it by setting up on bios as USB 1st boot, then its sucessfully boot and I install

the Operationg System on the Drive C: untill finished copying the file from USB

to Drive C: then the computer restart....then When I select the "GUI Mode

setup Windows XP" the Installation doesn't continue working...? why its it?

I tried to figured it out and I kept on trying on this way of installation...none of

my trials got succeded!^^

-=marky=-

January 29, 2009 3:23 PM

Anonymous said...

Great Tutorial!!

Easy Instructions..

Thanks a Million!!!

Pure Genius!!!!

I will get a good night sleep now.. your the man!!!!!

January 29, 2009 3:27 PM

paolo said...

i tried it with sp3 and its working on my friends msi wind notebook// thanks :D

ilove... :D

January 30, 2009 12:27 AM

Cahya said...

Re: hi

i have instald it on an old mp3 player

is there any chance to make the usb work as an mp3 player again ?

thanks

of course it will work as mp3 player again.. :)

January 31, 2009 6:04 AM

Cahya said...

Re: great step by step guide, just had 1 prob tho. When i finished installing

windows the wifi on my acer aspire 1 stopped working. any suggestions?? I

know its not the laptop as it happened to my brothers as well just after he

installed. Is there any way of putting the linux software on a usb like the

windows to restore the original settings or getting the wifi working again?

cheers

b

Install Wifi driver... download here (Acer Aspire one XP Drivers)

January 31, 2009 6:10 AM


24 of 47 10/7/2011 2:22 AM

Cahya said...

Re: hi,

I tried this tutorial twice and my first atempt i got this error.

File \$WIN_NT$.`BT\biosinof.inf could not be loaded.


Setup cannot continue. Press any key to exit.

I tried to format again my 4GB USB Flash Drive Kingston brand and I had

Windows XP 2...I follow again to steps tutorial and then when I finished and

the UBS is ready to used as Windows XP2, I retried to boot on USB in Bios

Settings and then I got same message on the aboved....I followed the

tutorials steps by steps, Why its doesn't work for me?

Make sure file biosinfo.inf is in \$WIN_NT$.`BT\ folder (inside USB flash

drive) if not search for it then move/copy biosinfo.inf to \$WIN_NT$.`BT\

folder...

or download this biosinfo.inf....

January 31, 2009 6:46 AM

Cahya said...

Re:

its great tutorial! but when i start my windows xp i cannot connect to the

inernet using wifi, please help me..

Open device manager....

is there an unknown device exist?

have installed wifi driver yet?

January 31, 2009 6:47 AM

Cahya said...

Re: hello,

I did the tutorial steps using Windows XP Service Pack 3 and now I tried to

boot it by setting up on bios as USB 1st boot, then its sucessfully boot and I

install the Operationg System on the Drive C: untill finished copying the file

from USB to Drive C: then the computer restart....then When I select the

"GUI Mode setup Windows XP" the Installation doesn't continue working...?

why its it?

I tried to figured it out and I kept on trying on this way of

installation...none of my trials got succeded!^^

-=marky=-

I haven't tried it using XP SP3 before...

try to use XP SP2...(you can update it to SP3 later) and don't forget to delete

all partition first then create single partition...

January 31, 2009 6:55 AM

Cahya said...

UPDATE :


25 of 47 10/7/2011 2:22 AM

paolo said…

i tried it with sp3 and its working on my friends msi wind notebook//

thanks :D ilove... :D

January 31, 2009 6:57 AM

Anonymous said...

My aspire one stopped booting (again) without warning. I was ready with my

USB flash drive that I made with the directions above. To my immense

disappointment I can't get it to reinstall Win XP despite very many different

tries. I usually end up with an error message saying that windows couldn't start

because hal.dll is missing or corrupt. (It's not missing and I doubt that is

corrupted.)

The only other thing that I can think of, is that I haven't deleted all of the

partitions as the instructions appear to say. I did have 4 other partitions in

addition to c: that I have deleted, but I am reluctant to go further (assuming

that I could delete any of the remaining ones). Please give me your advice.

Here is my current situation:

When I get to the screen asking me to select a partition to install win xp, here

is what it shows:

114471 MB Disk 0 at Id 0 on bus 0 on atapi [MBR]

-: Partition1 (EISA Utilities)

C: Partition2 [NTFS]

Unpartitioned space

1922 MB Disk on disk [MBR]

U: Partition1 [FAT]

(Of course the alt-F10 recovery console doesn't work.)

I hope someone has successfully solved this problem before and can let me

know what I need to do. Thanks!

February 01, 2009 9:30 AM

Webmaster said...

can I use my USB drive as usual as earliar after installing windows.. .

February 01, 2009 10:28 AM

Webmaster said...

my dvd player stopped working after I started installing windows... like.. after

formating c drive and restarting.. it didnot detect my dvd drive, so i had to use

a usb now.. and I cant spare to loose data in my D drive... so will the above

solution keep my d drive data safe?

February 01, 2009 12:05 PM

Anonymous said...

My aspire one can't booting without USB stick.

evertime i'm remove USB then i restart always appears txt "Windows colud not

start because of a computer disk hardware configuration problem.

could not read from the selected boot disk. Check boot path and disk

hardware.

Please check the windows documentation about hardware disk configuration

and your hardware reference manuals for additional information"

i should i'd do?


26 of 47 10/7/2011 2:22 AM

February 01, 2009 10:30 PM

Anonymous said...

I just orded an aspire one a110 8gb(white), but ive got a question.

Can I, if i installed XP PRO SP3 and didn't like it, return to the linux version

(Linpus or something) or another distro?

Cause if I mess up, I want to be able to repair it (btw i've got some knowledge

and experience with installing pendrive Linux using a usb stick so thats not a

problem)

February 01, 2009 11:39 PM

Anonymous said...

THANKS TOO MUCH

February 02, 2009 8:10 PM

Anonymous said...

trying this on a dell as my cdrom is having issues, this has embedded Sp2 as

well, do I jsut make sure that BIOS.INF is in the correct folder?...will post

results

February 02, 2009 11:10 PM

Anonymous said...

also when your talking about partitions you are talking about the partitions on

the usb drive correct? I can still make more than 1 partition on the laptop, that

should not be affected.

February 02, 2009 11:13 PM

Anonymous said...

Hello - Thanks for the program! I also ran into the

"File \$WIN_NT$.~BT\biosinfo.inf could not be loaded.


Setup cannot continue. Press any Key to exit." problem

I copied the file over, and it started the Windows installation screen, and then

popped up with another code 14 error:

"File \$WIN_NT$.~BT\ntkrnlmp.exe could not be loaded.


Setup cannot continue. Press any Key to exit."

Where can I get this file from?

also- Is it possible to keep a virtual drive open permanently for making more of

these USB drives, to cut out some time?


Anonymous said...

How do you re-mount the tempimage without making a new one?

When I try to remount an existing one I get an error saying

"TempImage File (c:\Program Files\Komku\usb_prep8\tempimage.img was

Mounted as TEMPDRIVE = w:

Xp LocalSource was not found in TEMPDRIVE = w: - Return to MAIN Menu.."


27 of 47 10/7/2011 2:22 AM


Cahya said...

Re: can I use my USB drive as usual as earliar after installing windows.. .

yes you can... even you don't need to delete all Windows XP installation files

inside you usb flashdrive as long there are enough space to store your data.. :)


Cahya said...

Re:

my dvd player stopped working after I started installing windows... like..

after formating c drive and restarting.. it didnot detect my dvd drive, so i

had to use a usb now.. and I cant spare to loose data in my D drive... so will

the above solution keep my d drive data safe?

please backup you data in driver D: first...

because you must install it on single partition...


Cahya said...

Re: My aspire one can't booting without USB stick.

evertime i'm remove USB then i restart always appears txt "Windows colud

not start because of a computer disk hardware configuration problem.


hardware.



i should i'd do?

after XP installation finished, please go to BIOS then change boot sequence

(first boot to HDD)


Cahya said...

Re: I just orded an aspire one a110 8gb(white), but ive got a question.

Can I, if i installed XP PRO SP3 and didn't like it, return to the linux version

(Linpus or something) or another distro?

Cause if I mess up, I want to be able to repair it (btw i've got some

knowledge and experience with installing pendrive Linux using a usb stick so

thats not a problem)

Yes you can... :)


jhonz said...

thanks! it was really great., i have install the drivers and everything worked

really good! i also tried it with my cousin's AAO,. but is there any way to speed

up my internet connection - im using broadband.. or i have to install some

software to speed my internet connection? thanks!


Anonymous said...

It doesn't work with windows XP HOME !!!!!!!!


28 of 47 10/7/2011 2:22 AM


Anonymous said...

Thanks

Mohsen6558

February 05, 2009 10:31 PM

Anonymous said...

THIS IS GREAT THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU


Anonymous said...

RE:My aspire one can't booting without USB stick.

evertime i'm remove USB then i restart always appears txt "Windows colud not

start because of a computer disk hardware configuration problem.


hardware.



i should i'd do?

what you need to do is go back in to your bios and change the boot drive back

to the c: drive


Anonymous said...

"Hello - Thanks for the program! I also ran into the

"File \$WIN_NT$.~BT\biosinfo.inf could not be loaded.


Setup cannot continue. Press any Key to exit." problem

I copied the file over, and it started the Windows installation screen, and then

popped up with another code 14 error:

"File \$WIN_NT$.~BT\ntkrnlmp.exe could not be loaded.


Setup cannot continue. Press any Key to exit."

Where can I get this file from?

also- Is it possible to keep a virtual drive open permanently for making more of

these USB drives, to cut out some time?"

I had this same error so I searched for the missing file on the cd and copied it

to the USB. Then I tried again and another error came up saying another file

was missing. This continued to happen but I kept finding the files and copying

them. Then once again the error came up "ntkrnlmp.exe could not be loaded"

even though I had already copied it into the .~BT file. So I tried to format the

USB again and it seems that when it is first trying to copy the files there is a lot

of files that it can't find and when it says on one of your screens above - "1 files

copied", on mine it says "0 files copied". I don't understand this because the

files are on the XP disc but it just cant seem to find them



29 of 47 10/7/2011 2:22 AM

Anonymous said...

any ideas?


JOE said...

hi,thanks for this tutorial dude.very usefull for me.

February 07, 2009 10:51 PM

Anonymous said...

Hi, Its a great tutorial... Thanks

but i have one question ..

i need to set regional seting and arabic language...

how will i do during GUI setup ?

plz reply soon...

thanks in advance.


numinbah said...

Hi every one I've read though all the posts and I can see that a lot of people are

having problems. I have a new Acer 150 it has a 160 Gig h/d and it came loaded

with Linux I would like to install Win XP. I have an external DVD

I have reinstalled win XP a few times on my home machine by just poping in the

Windows setup DVD. (If anyone is intrested it is possible to do a reinstall

without deleting all your files) see below)

--------------------------------------------------------------------

http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows

/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=189400897 just click on print this page under

heading

--------------------------------------------------------------------

but to install a copy of XP over Linux might be a bit more difficult than I think

it may be, so before I start I want to get all the relevant information together

before I start.

So can I just start the install DVD. Delete everything on the Acer and do a new

install of windows XP Pro. Of course I might have to get a few drivers from the

Acer site but I,m expecting that (All seems to easy, I want to look before I leap

as the saying goes)

Any help and advice would be appreciated.......


Anonymous said...

I cannot boot without the USB drive present as first boot drive, and yes I have

made the HD my primary boot device, I even tried repairing the MBR, I keep

getting "A disk read error occured, press blah blah blah to restart".

This is in a Compaq Evo 510 (super slim version)


Anonymous said...

I complete step 8 browse to the cd\dvd drive. There is error message" input

error: there is script engine for file extension ".vbs".

Pls advise

February 14, 2009 12:48 PM

Master said...


30 of 47 10/7/2011 2:22 AM

Worked great for Me...I already made 3 changes to it such as add SP3 and a few

other applications that are normally used like Nero etc etc....thanks alot

PEACE !!!!!!!!1


Anonymous said...

...ANY TIPS ON INSTALLING MISSING DRIVERS?...

Hello, and thanks for the very detailed guide.

I've managed to install Windows XP SP2 on my Acer Aspire A110, and the

installation as such went fine, so Windows is now up and running and (too!)

unstable Linux is gone.

However: as other people who've tried this have noticed and noted in forums,

after Windows XP installation has been completed not everything works (e.g.

Wi-Fi, ethernet), because some drivers are missing. In my case I'm missing the

drivers for the

1. ethernet controller

2. wi-fi

3. PCI device (whatever that is, apologies for my ignorance)

4. SM bus controller (ditto!)

5. video controllers (two, one of which VGA compatible)

Now, I know that it is possible to download drivers from Acer, and I also have,

of course, my Windows CD (borrowed from my laptop, although Microsoft

would have me buy a new one, still need to get around activation. Anyway).

But Acer weren't very helpful in providing a bit of advice as to what to do with

the drivers, once downloaded. Would it be possible for you to add a few

general instructions on

- where to get missing drivers (for those who can't locate them)

- where to extract them

- how to transfer them onto the netbook

- how to install them

Thanks, and keep on blogging.

February 14, 2009 11:05 PM

jois_gue said...

mas flash disk ya, kl kit mo instal pake fdisk yg uda pernah kit pake sebelum

nya, kit g perlu instal moduly lage ya


Anonymous said...

well, thanks a lot !

This really works !


Muhammad said...

After all the process when I plugged my USB into system & made it first boot

device. On a blank screen cursor began to blinking, I wait for 15 minutes. Even

after changing USB Port, situation remained same. How I could resolve it.


Anonymous said...

make sure it is set to boot first in the HDD order.....also make sure you

enable......Boot USB Devices first....I had the same problem till I enabled that

selection then it worked fine


31 of 47 10/7/2011 2:22 AM


Doc said...

Can anyone figure this out? 1. I used nlite to make a unattendable copy for

installation, added service packs and the Windows Reg code.

2. works fine from the cd no problems I was happy. 3. I used this tutorial and

copied that disk I made to flash drive...4.all loaded fine until it came to the

Enter Windows Reg Code screen??? it got lost somewhere,,yes it is still on the

cd and the cd still works fine.Im stuck lol any help is appreciated!!


Sumeer said...

Hello, Im having a problem at step 6, after typing the bootsect /nt52 F:

command, I get a message wwith something saying access denied, instead of "

successfully updated bootsect" message. What could be wrong?


Anonymous said...

Something to Add, If you have Magic ISO or Alchol 120%, that works if you have

an ISO image of the operating system. Use same steps except when you hit 1,

select that drive that you mounted the ISO image on.


Anonymous said...

oi.. makasih banyak yah!!!

it's worked for me!!

pertama gagal sih klo pake Flash disk Kingston 1 GB, tapi abis itu coba lagi pake

FDD 4GB Transcend, bisa!!!

when i was installing, some errors occurs, i remember that file name

"vps.cpl" and "hal.dll", but i skipped that files, and its worked!!

FYI, i'm using desktop computer

and, i didnt delete my partitions, and it still works.

it is Microsoft Windows XP SP 2

thanxs alot dude for ur easy-read-noob-friendly guide!!

=)


Anonymous said...

NTLDR is missing

please restart u'r system

anyone help me please????

February 17, 2009 11:45 AM

Anonymous said...

I prepared the sd card successfully. I changed my eeePC 1st priority boot from

Removable Disk, 2nd from my HDD, and 3rd from cd-rom (those are the only

options available, there isn't one that says USB) However, the eeePC can't

seem to boot from my sd card. It always goes straight to the 2nd option, which

is my HDD. I tried plugging in the sd card to the sd card slot that eeepc has and

also to the 3 different usb slots. How do I get it to boot from the SD CARD??



32 of 47 10/7/2011 2:22 AM

Anonymous said...

Hi all,

Another problem here, I am trying to install xp sp2 on a Dell Mini 12. One of

two things happens every time: either at the message "starting windows" I get

BSoD or the process hangs on that message for over 15 min.

Any ideas?


Avinash Lewis said...

Brilliant it works...to make xp cd sata bootable visit enlite...thx every one!


Anonymous said...

Thank you very much it was a very nice and clear tutorial!!!!

March 01, 2009 5:56 AM

Cahya said...

Re: I prepared the sd card successfully. I changed my eeePC 1st priority boot

from Removable Disk, 2nd from my HDD, and 3rd from cd-rom (those are the

only options available, there isn't one that says USB) However, the eeePC

can't seem to boot from my sd card. It always goes straight to the 2nd

option, which is my HDD. I tried plugging in the sd card to the sd card slot

that eeepc has and also to the 3 different usb slots. How do I get it to boot

from the SD CARD??

go to BIOS.. is your SD Card detected on BIOS as Removable disk? if not, please

use USB Flashdrive instead of SD card (USB Flashdrive/Flashdisk is "Removable

disk" too)

March 01, 2009 6:22 AM

Mastermax64 said...

Thanks..it's worked for me!!tuto yg ni la yg paling bagoss hahaha..nk letak dlm

blog aku hahaa..tima kasehh

March 02, 2009 12:38 AM

Anonymous said...

thanx 4 da tutorial...

but i got one prob...

when the windows is starting up...

windows can not load and appears blue screen

saying that to prevent further damage, it cannot be started.

could u help me pliz...

March 02, 2009 3:47 PM

UstadD5t said...

thanx 4 da tutorial...

but i got one prob...

when the windows is starting up...

windows can not load and appears blue screen

saying that to prevent further damage, it cannot be started.

It asked me to remove any newly installed hardware..

could u help me pliz...

March 02, 2009 3:56 PM


33 of 47 10/7/2011 2:22 AM

Gunner said...

Hey...

The installation gets problematic at the point where I need to select a partition

to install windows xp onto. As it turns out, only the flash drive is loaded as a

possible installation point.

I should note that my hard drive works properly. It is detected on bios and has

a working installation which boots properly when the flash drive is not selected

as a priority boot location.

However, when I go to the restore command prompt in setup (when booting

from flash drive), I'm unable to locate my "C" drive.

I'd appreciate any help.

Thanks.

March 02, 2009 11:58 PM

Gunner said...

I just figured it out. The issue was resolved by changing the SATA interface

from AHCI to IDE.

Thanks!

March 03, 2009 3:06 AM

Anonymous said...

thanks for the tutorial very nice one. maraming salamat

March 03, 2009 12:58 PM

sheila said...

Hi, can u help me pls.. after installing and follow all d instructions when i

choose the GUI it always sayz: WINDOWS CANNOT CONTINUE FILE MISSING OR

CORRUPT hal.dll. bla bla.

i already read the solution above but i dont get it how or where i go to fix this.

can u teach me how pls?

March 05, 2009 5:58 PM

Cahya said...

if that error occurs... you should delete all partition.. and use single partition

March 05, 2009 7:21 PM

Wol-vriey said...

help please.

thanks for your article. it's a great help.

i'm trying to install xp on a latitude d400 without a

dbay, so i'm stuck with doing it from usb. I've made the disk, but each time i try

installing, after partitioning and formatting, i keep getting this error message

once it starts checking the disk:

"the following line in the .sif file used by setup is corrupted or missing value 0

on the line in section source disks files with key "binifix4.cmd"

setup cannot continue"


34 of 47 10/7/2011 2:22 AM

i've so far remade the disk thrice without any changes (using two different

versions of xp, both of which i've used for successfull windows installations

from the cd rom). In each case the message is the same one.

any help resolving this would be greatly appreciated.

thanks

March 06, 2009 11:57 AM

Cahya said...

Hi Wol-vriey...

What XP? XP home? or Professional?

March 06, 2009 12:49 PM

Wol-vriey said...

hi Cahya,

both disks are XP professional

thanks.

March 06, 2009 3:36 PM

Anonymous said...

how long the whole setup?

March 11, 2009 10:32 PM

Anonymous said...

barvo bravo bravo THANKS THANKS THANKS

GREAT TUTORIAL !!!!

March 12, 2009 1:13 AM

Anonymous said...

MMM when I get to the stage where I need to:





I get the below and cmd quits:

Enter your choice: 4

Lets prepare a Tempopary Virtual Drive ....

Closing Existing Virtual Drives if any ....







Existing Virtual Drives if any are Closed

********** Existing tempimage.img File was Found **********


35 of 47 10/7/2011 2:22 AM

Return to Main Menu, Then First Rename Your tempimage.img File

Press any key to continue . . .

----

This is easy

Boot from a 32-bit system as the virtual drive tool doesn't work under 64-bit :)

March 13, 2009 10:32 PM

alok said...

i have a promble which not short out in the you

promble is "Windows could not start becoz the following file is missing or

corrupt:

Windows root\system32\hal.dll.

please re-install a copy of the above file."

plz tall my the solution i have dell lapot & my cd rom is not working

March 14, 2009 4:06 AM

Anonymous said...

Thanks a lot m8! Works great. Hate Linux Linpus on my Aspire One... Thanks

again bro. =)

March 14, 2009 5:59 AM

Shahiroz W. said...

I want to repair xp using usb key, not reinstall it. My system file is corrupt. Can

you plese help

March 14, 2009 6:16 AM

Anonymous said...

what about the key?do you need to put the key numbers in?

March 14, 2009 7:42 AM

Anonymous said...

It depends from Windows. in some cracked versions you don't have to... but

moastly, you have to... google the keys =)

March 14, 2009 7:28 PM

Anonymous said...

I AM installing it and its working thanks for the tutorial.We have to read to

learn. good luck and peace!!

March 16, 2009 9:47 AM

Michael said...

I am also getting the blue screen of death. I tried it several times with the same

result. What am I doing wrong? I am currently swiping the hard drive with DBAN

to see if there were errors on the hard drive or something. Any other ideas?

March 17, 2009 12:14 AM

Anonymous said...

First, thanks to you.

It works fine for me, installed successfully. However, now every time I turn on


36 of 47 10/7/2011 2:22 AM

my computer, it has two option to select in order to continue:

1. start with window xp

2. USB repair ....

how can I get rip of that, so every time I turn on the computer I dont have to

press enter.

March 17, 2009 6:47 AM

Anonymous said...

i can't install this...

the USB boot successed

but when i begin to format

it's said i don't have enough memory

altough i have 40GB hardisk

this is strange

and it's says something error on the XP source

March 17, 2009 12:53 PM

Muhammad said...

I done all this practice, when i try to install in my computer with the usb sport,

boot my pc and windows appear to install, i select text mode, while running

menu appear starting windows in blue screen then after few second a message

appear could not install

with large message 0000000000 c000000000c0 c0c0 like this

pc is gx280 - p-4, 512mb ram

sata hd 40 gb, pata hd 10 gb

what is reason

can you help me

March 17, 2009 4:12 PM

Michael said...

I'm having exactly the same problem as Muhammad. It happens right after it

says, "Windows is starting".

March 17, 2009 10:42 PM

Anonymous said...

does this work with vista os or windows7 os

March 18, 2009 2:16 AM

Anonymous said...

I reach the stage in command prompt Enter your choice: 3 Please give target

USB drive letter.

I enter D as this is the drive letter for my flash drive and I get this message

**** D: is not a valid drive *****

Any help would be much appreciated

March 20, 2009 3:47 AM


37 of 47 10/7/2011 2:22 AM

Anonymous said...

"At February 17, 2009 11:45 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

NTLDR is missing

please restart u'r system

anyone help me please????"

same here... any solution?

March 20, 2009 6:53 AM

Anonymous said...

format ur HDD mate...

March 20, 2009 11:08 AM

Anonymous said...

hello, I had a question, i'm trying this method because my laptop won't read

the xp cd i have. my other computer does and i have used this cd before to

install windows, but:

1) when i use usb_prep8, and try to select the folder for windows source file,

"browse for folder" window halts/freezes.

2) because of the problem in 1), i tried editing the "FolderSel" script so it

returns the string of the drive where my cd is... after i got that working, when

it's creating the image file, it says it can't find the files...

what can do about this?

any help or comment would be appreciated, thank you.

March 21, 2009 8:26 AM

Anonymous said...

In the begining during the blue screen it says that "setup will now start

windows" but suddenly a blue screen appears and says "Stop Error".....I tried it

many times but it won't work.......please help.....

March 21, 2009 4:33 PM

Anonymous said...

Hello, When I press Start button the next message appears "Continue?" press

Yes, then I press the next Yes to continue, after it I'm getting Error:

(FormatEx[11]: An Error Occured Formating the Drive) and the installation

stops.

Please assist.

March 21, 2009 7:44 PM

Anonymous said...

Sorry, adding few words to last comments. I'm ussing 16G Kingston disk on key..

Thanks and BR.

March 21, 2009 7:47 PM

Anonymous said...

I have an 8gb flash drive and when i run pe2usb it fals to format it. Any

suggestions would be appreciated

March 21, 2009 10:20 PM

Anonymous said...


38 of 47 10/7/2011 2:22 AM

Yeah exactly, I'm too and I'm getting the following error: "FormatEx[11]: An

Error Occured Formating the Drive".. Maybe some one can advice some other

stuff?

Thanks..

Juno

March 21, 2009 10:50 PM

ZooL said...

Excellent tutorial, made it possible for me to upgrade my Dell Mini 9 to

Windows XP Pro SP3.

Thank you very much Komku!!!

X.

March 22, 2009 6:19 AM

Anonymous said...

I'm ussing 16G Kingston disk on key. When I'm trying to format it with PetoUSB

it says that volume is too big. Can i do something with it. I just want to make

my stick bootable =/

March 22, 2009 8:02 PM

Anonymous said...

When I boot from the pendrive it shows NTLDR missiing

Please assist

March 25, 2009 3:12 AM

Anonymous said...

I have win vista 64 bit on my machine but i want to install win xp on this

machine and both operating sys. as dual boot system.

by Manoj.

March 26, 2009 11:36 AM

Anonymous said...

Thank you that was great load of help.

I was kind of stuck with the reinstallation of XP.

digish

March 26, 2009 6:57 PM

Anonymous said...

Thank you so much for this guide. I have a LG LT20 tablet PC in which the HDD

failed. It has no built-in CDROM or floppy drives. After updating the BIOS I was

able to get it to boot from a USB key, but your guide was the only one that

enabled me to get Windows XP installed and working on the new HDD. THANK

YOU AGAIN!

March 30, 2009 8:13 AM

Anonymous said...

damn!!!!!!!!! its not working to me..

do i need to computer here?


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March 30, 2009 12:22 PM

Anonymous said...

Sr. Plz Help..

after doing the procedure ,problem occur in step 9 were after i edited my bios

and make USB HDD as my primary boot device, my PC did not boot and locate "

"TXT Mode Setup Windows XP, Never unplug USB-Drive Until After Logon""" ..it

didn't appear to the screen .

plz help what will i do... i really follow the step 1-8 properly.

rply::: im Klair

March 30, 2009 1:13 PM

woodroff said...

AWESOME!! thanks!! finally it works after 4 days trying to find ways to do this!

YEAH!!

March 30, 2009 6:59 PM

ralph said...

thanks you so much...your the best...from Philippines...

March 31, 2009 12:00 PM

ABrugs said...

Got thru all prelim stuff, got thru WinXP (SP2) setup partition and copy but

after reboot, followed instruction to use #2 and the computer just freezes,

blank screen nothing happens. I have tried using #1 again and reinstalling once

more with no success. Why won't it continue the install? Using 2GB USB stick,

320GB WD HD, and Dell Inspiron 5150 w/busted CDROM.

Any help greatly appreciated!

April 01, 2009 10:40 PM

Anonymous said...

Hey awesome tut but I was just curious if anyone was going to address the issue

of the bue screen of death after drivers load up and the screen says starting

windows. I personally only get this message when I try to install on my Acer

Aspire One A1101. Now I did try on my desktop and it went through to the

choose the partitiion to install windows. My question is will someone please

reply here if they secessfully formatted over thier Limpus Linux partition and

made a new one to install XP on. I think the problem is that Linux is stopping xp

setup from continuing. Please reply here if thats the case.

Thanks

Jim

April 02, 2009 3:44 PM

sjecstudent said...

I slipstreamed xpsp3 with updates till feb 09 with ACHI sata driver, as my hp

dv4-1135ee e-sata was not compatable with normal xpsp2..

the above setups with cd-rom gives the same gui setup blue screen but with

virtual memory paging quota error, and then it restarts.

So, I used the above Image to use for booting through USB and setting up xpsp3


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which I added to this 2GB USB drive.

It cannot setup in the drive,as free space is 1147MB required is about 1300MB.

So, I decided to install in the laptop hard drive instead.It has 4 partitions, C:

(0GB - 40GB); 40GB size,empty for xpsp3;

D:(40GB-115GB); 75GB with vista;

E: dvd-ram burner(not shown in setup)

F:(115GB-165GB); 50GB empty;

G:(165GB-220GB);55GB empty;

unallocated space of 10GB(actually my lost Hp

recovery drive afterI tried to install xp).

I choose c:, as its beginning and also 40GB free.

After initial txt setup runs smoothly,the GUI setup comes to a blue screen and

suddenly restarts without any reason with no error display.

Now there seems to be no error compared to my previous virtual memory

paging quota issue, but I can see the mouse move, and blue screen, which is

supposed to ask for key, etc,But it does not happen.The blue screencomes and

imediately restarts my laptop.I have a hp dv4-1135ee e-sata p7350 2GB, and the

best part is that the bios cannot be configured, it has minimal setting like boot

device proirity.

Any idea why my setup is not working?

April 04, 2009 11:31 AM

Debabrata said...

JUST JUST AWESOME! MY DELL MINI 9 ROCKS! 100000000000% PERFECT!

April 06, 2009 6:23 AM

Anonymous said...

i cant see my USB on my boot priority help ls

April 06, 2009 11:52 AM

Cahya said...

I will make a new post to reply all questions from this post... :)

April 06, 2009 12:08 PM

nancy said...

I recently came accross your blog and have been reading along. I thought I

would leave my first comment. I dont know what to say except that I have

enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.

Betty

http://desktopmemory.info

April 07, 2009 9:37 AM

scott said...

Works great.. Wondering why the need for only a single partition though..

Especially when the desire is to create a dualboot system..

April 08, 2009 2:11 AM

Anonymous said...

INSTALLATION OF XP SP3 SUCCESSFUL ON HP-DV4-1135EE.

This is the method I followed.


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1) Extracted WIN XP SP2( vvv imp do not try sp3, i tried and I failed all the

time).

2) From ngine site, made the xp USB drive installable(usually it can only instal

on HARd Drive).

3) Using Nlite, slipstreamed latest SATA drivers.

4) connected laptop drive through USB from portable drive USB-SATA

interface.

5) Could install txt mode XP

6) Finally, GUI mode xp was setting up, BUT WAIT!!!!!, it restarted halfway(due

to small virtual memory size)...

7)Log-onto safe-mode xp on next reboot

8)Goto control panel and system applet, select virtual memory page, and

choose manually set, and set a good paging drive value.

9)Reboot and continue installation.

HOWEVER, I feel the steps can be shortened, but others try and post replies....

1)Extract WINXP SP2.

2)Using Nlite, slipstream latest SATA drivers.

3)Install XP SP2.

4) complete installation.

5) log on to xp and install SP3

Others try shortened method, only if unsuccessful then go for long method.

Once XP and vista has bee installed, use a boot manager like GAG to boot

between the two.

April 08, 2009 3:53 AM

eric said...

hello there, nice post you have here, very helpful... but it does not allow me

to install MS Office 2007 to the windows installation, it says "cannot update one

or more windows protected files"...

Is this connected to the scripts and/or reg patches made in this installation to

protect windows against viruses/trojans?

April 08, 2009 11:23 AM

Kushaba said...

oh Praise the higher spirits for this tutorial. my Acer kept doing this thing

where it constantly bluescreened eveyrtime i tired to boot windows on it. so

lets hope this works.

April 09, 2009 12:45 AM

DAS said...

damn that blue screen!!!!!!!!!!!! it always appear after "setup is starting

windows!!!" i just want to partition my drive c: to allocate the 120gb for

backup and a dual boot for ubuntu!!! why doesn't it allow me???? it's sooo

unfair!!!!!!!!!!!

btw, im using 'acer aspire one aoa 150' 120gb, 1gb ram.

----its not just a linux problem since i'm using XP home edition.

April 09, 2009 1:05 AM

DAS said...

AHAHAHAHAHA!!!! I DEFEATED THE BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH!!!!

here's how:


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-use nlite(freeware) to create your own custom XP iso.

http://www.nliteos.com/download.html

-MAKE SURE you include an XP service pack 3(available in microsoft website)

and all the acer aspire one drivers(available in acer website) in it.

-mount the iso to a vitrual drive

-use USB_MultiBoot_10 to make a bootable USB of XP by following method 1 of:

http://wiki.eeeuser.com/windowsxpusb

-install(at this point i'm pretty sure this will work because i had exactly the

same problem as urs!)

im not really sure what the cause of our BSOD problem is, but my hypothesis is

that acer aspire one wants you to install an XP that is compatible and can

support its new hardwares - in short it doesn't want to be installed with an old

version of XP.

April 09, 2009 5:26 AM

Anonymous said...

when i try to reinstall windows on my netbook it blue screens. what do i do?

April 10, 2009 9:57 AM

Phu said...

help plz when i enter "TXT Mode Setup Windows XP, Never unplug USB-Drive

Until After Logon"

i don't see any of my drive only usb drive

April 10, 2009 1:29 PM

Anonymous said...

thanks DAS!!!!!! DAS's way of installing worked for me, i also defeated that

damn blue screen that almost made me cry while installing and researching the

net for solution, i owe you a lot pal!

i also think the problem was my xp installer since its quite old., i slipstreamed

service pack 3 from sp 1 on my nlited xp.

-btw, i loved that nlite program it helped me install my pre-downloaded

drivers, games, and other applications conveniently.

April 10, 2009 10:01 PM

Anonymous said...

Mantap gan

April 10, 2009 11:38 PM

Anonymous said...

Help please, I can't change XP setup source Path.

"Browse For Folder" window doesn't appear.

April 11, 2009 12:21 AM

Anonymous said...

Help, i got struck on STEP 8

when "Browse For Folder" window appear and i choose the XP Setup Source


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Path (daemon tools) and click ok..

But it was just struck at command prompt and i can't do anything.

April 14, 2009 9:56 AM

Aiguli said...

HELP!!! i tried several tutorials, but alweys the same problem, everythig goes

well till i am starting XPros setup. In the list of partitions on my computer i only

see that U: Partition 1 (XP komku) and cant do anything any more.... I am

traing to install windows XP on Compq notebook with Vista(wich i don't want to

use ) and brocken CD room

April 15, 2009 2:22 AM

Anonymous said...

i have a promble which not short out in the you

promble is "Windows could not start becoz the following file is missing or

corrupt:

Windows root\system32\hal.dll.

please re-install a copy of the above file."

plz tall my the solution i have Acer Aspire One

April 15, 2009 2:36 AM

Anonymous said...

OK I did this on an older HP computer, with XPPro SP3 slipstreamed in the

installation files. This was after installing a new (refurb), blank 40GB IDE hard

drive.

It went smooth as silk, except now the computer won't boot unless I have the

USB stick installed. If I leave it out and turn on the computer, I get "Disk Error -

Hit CTRL-ALT-DEL".

I'm sure this is something stupid with the bootsector, but having a brain fart

right now as to what to do.

Like I said, If I leave the USB plugged in, it boots and runs perfectly (I can also

unplug the USB after windows is booted and it works fine). I have verified that

windows IS in fact installed on the 40GB hard drive.

Thank you for your help.

April 16, 2009 4:08 AM

Anonymous said...

Great tutorial,every thing you told us about works fine it's really easy steps &

thx u so much for this..

April 18, 2009 5:48 PM

ayu said...

driver for ethernet controller please..

huhu

April 21, 2009 3:11 PM

Anonymous said...

Format in Fat32 When you install XP to your Acer one A110...

April 22, 2009 1:51 PM


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Anonymous said...

someone said

"Worked great for me thank you. I did have an issue at first with it saying,

hal.dll is missing or corrupt. Stumped me for a while as the dll was there and

fine. Twigged after a while, windows had tried to create a duel boot in the

boot.ini file which is located at the very root of your windows installation, so

normally C:\boot.ini. Go in there and remove the line which isnt

"\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional""

well, I did delete every partition, as was instructed.. and I got this hal.dll

error.. can anyone tell me how to go into C:\boot.ini? the computer isn't

booting, so I have no idea

please help, thanks

April 23, 2009 1:59 PM

Anonymous said...

Ei i got problem, do i need another computer to format my computer using

USB? I do ur guid and after dissable all and only usb is enable, this is what

happend after i enter "TXT Mode Setup Windows XP, Never unplug USB-Drive

Until After Logon" and it said NTLDR is missing, press any key to restart and i

press any key, and it go to desktop. then i enter in "GUI Mode setup Windows

XP, Continue Setup + Start XP" windows could not start because of a computer

disk hardware configuration problem blah blah blah. please send me the

answer. [email protected] thank you.

April 23, 2009 7:26 PM

Kris said...

Thank You Very Much for this tutorial, I managed to do this on Windows 7

however I needed to use the built in Windows 7 VHD as the TMP Drive (T:) and

needed to manually set the USB partition as active before it would let me

boot... Kris

April 23, 2009 9:57 PM

Sokonomi said...

I got stuck after the TXT install part finished. It just rebooted and sat there

doing nothing after entering the GUI mode.

April 24, 2009 6:50 AM

LEON said...

I am trying to install Office 2007 onto a clean install of Windows XP (on a

friends eee PC - it is really a sweet little laptop.. anyway), I get the error

above about protected files. Here is the solution. (This may have happened

because in optimizing XP down, some files were deleted).

1. From Windows install disk goto E:\I386 folder and open open (Double click)

on the FP40EXT.CAB file. It should open.

(or - if you do not have the disk, find a working XP computer and go to

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\40

\bin).

2. find fp4autl.dll in the list and copy it (ctrl-c)

3. go to c:\program files\common files\microsoft shared\web server

extensions\40\bin and paste it (ctrl-v)

4. Restart the 2007 office install

April 24, 2009 10:49 AM


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smoresrock said...

DAS, you, sir, are AWESOME! the nlite strategy worked like a charm. thanks for

sharing your discovery! peace!

April 24, 2009 12:04 PM

Anonymous said...

i seem to get a problem when trying to run the usb_prep8 prgrame keeps

ending saying vitrul driver not installed what do i do about this?

April 28, 2009 2:05 AM

Anonymous said...

I followed the instructions exactly and it worked just fine. Thank you very

much. - Christine, Scotland

April 30, 2009 7:18 PM

Anonymous said...

Hi when i open Command Prompt all works up to when i have to type

cd komku\bootsect it keeps telling me that the 'system cannot find the path

specified'. PLEASE HELP

May 01, 2009 3:00 PM

Safwan Khan said...

No need to do all this mess! Just copy the i386 folder form the Windows XP disk

into your flash drive, and start setup from Windows XP CD-ROM. During the

setup, anytime eject the CD and it will prompt you to give a location for the

setup files, at that moment plug your flash drive in(of course DOS MODE USB

should be enabled through bios) and the next drive letter after the last CD

Drive will be automatically assigned to the flash drive (though it won't be

shown but it will be done in the backend. I have tested it!)

E.g., if you have 4 hard drive partitions C, D, E, F and a CD-ROM drive G, then

the drive letter assigned to your USB will be H (intuitively as well as

practically). When you will give the manual path to your usb i386 folder, setup

will continue from the USB! :D

May 03, 2009 1:14 PM

Anonymous said...

thank you soooo much for this great tutorial and guide!

May 03, 2009 6:26 PM

STAR CASINO said...

Hello Cahya...

Please help... I "ALO" get the dredaed bluescreen just like many posters here

and mohammed:

I boot my pc and windows appear to install, i select text mode, while running

menu appear starting windows in blue screen then after few second a message

appear could not install. The Stop Error Message. All along the installation

went perfect as outlined in the great tutorial.

Thanks

STARCASINO

May 08, 2009 8:27 AM


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