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Please note this tutorial works on all computers not just the Asus EEE PC.To complete this tutorial you need a 32bit version of Windows XP or Windows Vista installed on your home PC. What you'll need:USB_PREP8 (alternative download)PeToUSB (alternative download)Bootsect.exe (alternative download)Special Note: If you use the program Nlite be sure to keep the manual installation files as the USB_prep8 script relies on these files.
Extract the files in Bootsect.zipThe next step is to extract USB_prep8 and PeToUSB.Next copy the PeToUSB executable into the USB_prep8 folder.Inside of the USB_prep8 folder double click the executable named usb_prep8.cmd. The window that opens will look like this: Press any key to continue You next window will look like this: Inside of the command windows go to the directory you have bootsect.exe saved. If all went well you should see "Bootcode was successfully updated on all targeted volumes. " How to boot a bootable ISO from USB. Right, Im not sure if this has been posted before as I am new, but I have found an excellent way to use your bootable ISO (Windows setup CD's, Symantec recovery CD's or any other bootable ISO) First, you must format the target USB drive to be bootable (using PE2USB or similar), then place the following files to the ROOT of the USB drive: ntdetect.com, ntldr, winnt.sif & the bootable ISO of your choice.
Now bear in mind that this would load the ISO into memory, (so dont expect ISO's of over 300MB to load in UNDER 5 mins) Now, take your winnt.sif file & make it like so: [SetupData] BootDevice = "ramdisk(0)" BootPath = "\I386\SYSTEM32\" OsLoadOptions = "/noguiboot /fastdetect /minint /rdexportascd /rdpath=YourISOfilename.iso" Then reboot your machine, and make sure that USB booting has been enabled & boot to USB, there ya have it, a really easy way to boot your CD's from USB! Install XP from USB AFTER Booting with PE from HDD or USB. From Tutorial at BootLand: *** Install XP from USB AFTER Booting with PE from HDD or USB *** Install from USB without Booting from USB by using U_XP_SET 0.
Introduction Install of XP from USB involves: 1. The package U_XP_SET contains Folder USB_XP_Setup with 3 Programs, which you can Launch via PStart.exe Menu Make_USB.exe can Copy your XP Source to USB-Drive and can make it Bootable with LiveXP for EmergencyBOOT_IMG.exe Copies WinBuilder LiveXP Boot Image file to C-Harddisk or USB-Drive and makes Entry for boot.ini Menu and GRUB4DOS menu.lst for Booting with LiveXP PE from RAMDISK. Before you Start to Install XP: Install XP from USB AFTER booting with PE does not make use of WINNT32.EXEIn fact the only thing I do is Create the XP BootFolder $WIN_NT$. Thanks to ilko_t I have learned how to use SetupSourcePath and SetupSourceDevice to specify in TXTSETUP.SIF where to find the XP Source Folder, thus enablingAlternative location of Setup files when installing from HD.