Hi ritmanis, the easiest way I have found is with USBOOT is requres a working installation of XP to start with but that doesnt have to be on the same machine you want to boot USB with. Not much documentation but the forum there has answers to most questions on usage. Basically you want to press space key (enters 'recommended' default selections which are usually sucessfull on most systems) each time you are prompted for input on your first try but after that you can try different set ups.

• Install Windows Xp On Usb Memory Stick
• Install And Run Windows Xp On Usb Flash Drive
• Create Windows Install Usb Drive

Install Windows XP from a USB Flash Drive. In order to install Windows XP from a flash drive, first you should dump your OS into this thumb drive. In order to do that, you will need. A desktop or laptop with Windows XP/Vista/7. An optical drive in the PC. The original Windows XP or Vista or Windows 7 installation disk.

Thank you for your response! I actually tried out USBoot and it is quite a hassle.

Tried it three times but always failed. And even after it's done I can't copy the files to my flash drive since Windows won't let me.

Any way to install Windows directly on the flash drive? Or something that wouldn't need copying of the current operating system. I also would prefer if I could save the changes I've made back to the flash drive when I shut down the computer or reboot it. I'm not even sure it's possible, many people on this forum say it is, but I can't find any exact information on how to do it. I will really appreciate if you educate my noob ass.

Install Windows Xp On Usb Memory Stick

Thank you for your response! I actually tried out USBoot and it is quite a hassle. Its not as simple as it could be that is for sure but it is the 'easiest way' Tried it three times but always failed.

Install And Run Windows Xp On Usb Flash Drive

And even after it's done I can't copy the files to my flash drive since Windows won't let me. If you made it this far and it wont copy from inside windows then you can use a boot cd then you can literally copy/paste your windows (make sure hidden and system files are visible) to the USB FD. Try it, sometimes on first boot after doing this you will get blue screen freeze but from my experience it boots successfully after that.

Any way to install Windows directly on the flash drive? Or something that wouldn't need copying of the current operating system. I also would prefer if I could save the changes I've made back to the flash drive when I shut down the computer or reboot it. I'm not even sure it's possible, many people on this forum say it is, but I can't find any exact information on how to do it. I will really appreciate if you educate my noob ass. Saving changes (persistant) is normal but if you dont want to save changes you need to install and enable ewf (different topic) USBoot is the easiest and by far but its not completely simple. Dont give up on it because that will be wasted time and all the other methods are not without issues either and from what I have found the other methods increase the extra issues (errors) you have to to deal with.

Boot from cd, copy your now usboot'ized windows and paste it onto the usb drive. Its not as simple as it could be that is for sure but it is the 'easiest way' if you made it this far and it wont copy from inside windows then you can use a boot cd then you can literally copy/paste your windows (make sure hidden and system files are visible) to the USB FD. Try it, sometimes on first boot after doing this you will get blue screen freeze but from my experience it boots successfully after that. Saving changes (persistant) is normal but if you dont want to save changes you need to install and enable ewf (different topic) USBoot is the easiest and by far but its not completely simple. Dont give up on it because that will be wasted time and all the other methods are not without issues either and from what I have found the other methods increase the extra issues (errors) you have to to deal with. Boot from cd, copy your now usboot'ized windows and paste it onto the usb drive.

Thanks for the response! Where can I find a cd (as I understood you are saying to use live cd) that doesn't copy anything to ram when booting and can save the changes when I reboot (when copied to flash drive of course). Humm why did not create anyone a virtual mashin for usb-key's, USB-flashdrives or Usb-hd's or something to create a possibility for installing WinXP, W7 or other systems on an Stick/usb-drive or something. I propagate it every time. To have easy a very easiest way to install a System on USB-space. In german form tells me every. There be no wish suggestions, it's more supportform here.

And on other place tell's me take you suggest in you a. Hey Programmers. Realy it is need a USB-Installhelper for USB-space on this systems can you install and uninstall, the PE it is ma by a good idea and not bad for CD'rom's but nothing for USB-Devices. Can not create any one of the Programmers an USB-Device System installer? Best regards Blacky Edited by Blackcrack, 23 September 2012 - 12:44 PM. Humm why did not create anyone a virtual mashin for usb-key's, USB-flashdrives or Usb-hd's or something to create a possibility for installing WinXP, W7 or other systems on an Stick/usb-drive or something.

I propagate it every time. To have easy a very easiest way to install a System on USB-space. In german form tells me every. There be no wish suggestions, it's more supportform here.

And on other place tell's me take you suggest in you a. Hey Programmers. Realy it is need a USB-Installhelper for USB-space on this systems can you install and uninstall, the PE it is ma by a good idea and not bad for CD'rom's but nothing for USB-Devices. Can not create any one of the Programmers an USB-Device System installer? Best regards Blacky When you have time, please post a link to the random sentence generator you used, it looks interesting. Seriously, what you posted is simply non-English (in the sense that it contains a lot of English words that put together have no or little meaning), can you try to re-phrase? For XP there is as said, USBoot: which BTW is made by a nice German guy, so I presume that you may ask for info/help in your native tongue.

Create Windows Install Usb Drive

For 7 there are a couple simple ways, including PWBOOT: and Wimb's tools (which also 'do' XP): Wonko. Geez, you guys really dug up an old thread. Meniyakalpeshjeetubhai - NO, if you manage to install Windows to a flash drive it will NOT delete the contents of the HDD. At least no way that I've done it.

Wonko the Insane - yes, it's glacially slow. I regularly use an app named and back up my laptop's SSD to a USB HDD, a WD Passport drive to be precise. And even on a USB HDD on a USB 3 port it is so slow I'd hate to use it regularly. I just do it for the hell of it and should my SSD bite the dust I would be ready to go with something to limp along with from a spare USB HDD. As long as you use it only on the unit on which it was created on it will not prompt toe reactivate Windows. If you try it on another computer it will trigger the reactivation and if done too many times will lock out the activation code.

As an emergency boot media I have my own flavor of Windows PE made with WinBuilder in various flavors (7 and 10 in 32 and 64 bit). I use these along with Easy2boot to start up PCs with mucked up HDDs in order to back up data. I also use it to image and restore systems as well.