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  • mrblue
    DK Veteran
    • Oct 2009
    • 568
    #1

    boot windows xp from usb

    I am using a dell mini 10 on xp. Ive pressed ctrl and f1 on startup but there is no recovery partition.

    I downloaded windows xp and formatted my 16gb sandisk cruzer usb drive to fat32 then used unetbootin to make bootable drive. First time is said ntdlr missing so used a different copy of windows.

    Now it boots to a unetbootin screen saying it will automatic boot in 10 seconds but its a continuos loop, will not load windows setup.

    I know I could simply buy a usb dvd rom but it would be good to learn to do this properly.

    Cant see what Im doing wrong, I followed this guide to a tee twice using a different iso windows xp image on each occasion....

    http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/...-netbook-drive


    This link also suggested there was a restore partition but its not working, I checked my partitions in disk management, I have a 149gb ntfs partition and a 39mb fat32 partition. I dont think 39mb is enough for a windows xp restore facility.....anyway ctrl f11 does nothing at bootup...

    http://www.ehow.com/how_7692685_reco...0-netbook.html
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    • drawflex
      DK Veteran
      • Dec 2008
      • 440
      #2
      re-read ops post...pls kill this
      Last edited by drawflex; 12 April, 2011, 04:10.
      'He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy'.

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        • MarcEcko
          Newbie
          • Jan 2011
          • 11
          #3
          WinToFlash - Install Windows From USB - Download Page

          This will guide you step by step. It's fairly easy to use and its wizard is really helpful.
          Also try a different USB Stick, if that does not work, what does "will not load windows setup" exactly mean? does it stall at the blue-file loading screen? does it reboot?

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            • mrblue
              DK Veteran
              • Oct 2009
              • 568
              #4
              Its stalls at a unetbootin screen stating windows will automatically boot in 10 seconds, but it doesnt, the 10 second countdown just repeats itself.

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                • weeman1449
                  Newbie
                  • Apr 2011
                  • 1
                  #5
                  stalling

                  hi guys....if it keeps stalling then at start up try setting boot preference to boot from usb...it should work, if not then you may need to try and re-load the data onto the flash drive again....
                  hope this helps a little

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                    • SouthernComfort
                      DK Veteran
                      • Feb 2011
                      • 403
                      #6
                      you may need to slipstream drivers for your HDD/SSD, they wont be included with XP, W7 should do this OTF.
                      Ubuntu or other flavours can be booted from usb.
                      "What we've got here is failure to communicate."

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