Create Windows XP USB Install (Step by step)

Create Windows XP USB Install (Step by step)

Required:
1. USB drive 1GB-4GB.
2. Windows XP installation disk.
3. USB Prep app. (XP_FROM_USB)

This process allows you make a USB flash disk/drive bootable and exactly the same as the XP installation CD. To make the whole process you should have a PC/Computer/Laptop with CD/DVD Rom. Once you make your USB drive ready to boot windows  XP setup from it then you can start Installing Windows XP from that USB Disk/drive in any computer.

Update: You should have XP installed computer for this process.

The procedure

1. Extract the XP_FROM_USB.rar archive in a folder named Softslas(Say) in C: drive. Now navigate to C:>SoftslasPeToUSB and double-click on the peToUSB.exe.

The appearing window will be like this:

Set the following values:

• select “USB Removable as Destination Drive”.
• select “Enable Disk Format”.
• select “Quick Format”.
• select “Enable LBA (FAT 16x)”.

Finally, put  XP-Softslas (or whatever you want) as Drive Label and click Start.
A message appears and click Yes.

Another message box will again appear and click Yes.

Immediate after that the USB disk will be formatted. Wait for few seconds and then click on “Ok” and “Close”.
3. Open the windows Command prompt by typing cmd at the Run box. The cmd.exe console appears.
Now type the following syntax and hit the Enter button from your keyboard.
cd c:softslasbootsect
Again, type the following command and press “Enter”.
bootsect /nt52 I:

Type “cd..” and press “Enter” and also type cd usb_prep8 and press Enter.

Now type usb_prep8 and press “Enter”.

4. Press any key to continue.
Now the command prompt window will look like this.

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 []
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:_

Insert the XP installation CD in you CD/DVD ROM and in command prompt window, type 1 and press “Enter”. A “Browse For Folder” window will appear and here select the CD/DVD drive and then click OK.
Similarly, for the choice field enter 2 and if there assigned the letter “T” for your computer then change it otherwise do not alter it. After typing 2 in the choice option it will prompt “Enter Available Virtual Drive Letter”.
Here, type a letter that is not any drive letter of your computer.
Let us say S is not a drive letter in your computer. So put S then press “Enter”.
Now it will get back to the Command prompt and then type 3 where it prompts for the choice. Then it will prompt “Please give Target USB-Drive Letter e.g type U”.

Now, put your USB drive letter and press “Enter”. Here, my USB drive label is “I” so I put “I”.
Again,  input 4 and press Enter. It creates the new temporary image  and makes a copy of it to the USB Flash Drive.
Please wait for a few seconds..
A warning message will appear like this:
“WARNING, ALL DATA ON NON-REMOVABLE DISK DRIVE T: WILL BE LOST! Proceed with Format (Y/N)?”
Type Y and press “Enter”.
Please wait………..
After completing Format it will prompt “Press any key to continue” and to continue  hit any key .
Please wait………..
It will again prompt “Press any key to continue” and obviously press any key to continue.
5. Now a message box will appear showing
“Copy TempDrive Files to USB-Drive in about 15 minutes = Yes OR STOP = End Program = No”

Click “Yes”.
Now after this a message box will appear showing “Would you like USB stick to be preferred Boot Drive U……………….”
Click “Yes”.
The next one asking “Would you like to unmount the Virtual Drive ?”

Click “Yes”.
Now wait some time and press any key…………….
Press any key again to close usb_prep8.
Now your USB you can Install Windows XP from the USB drive.
6. Insert your USB drive in the USB port and Reboot your computer. When starts the computer enter in the BIOS Setup and set the first boot preference as USB Hard Disk.Now Save and Exit from the BIOS Setup. Your computer will again restart and the following screen will appear.

Now Chose The TXT Mode Setup.After completing the partition, formatting and copying file the computer will restart again.
Now chose the GUI Mode Setup Option.

Wait for completing your installation.
I think this will help you to install XP from USB flash disk/drive especially in those computer without CD/DVD-ROM.

Source:
Techtipsgeek.com

Good Luck!

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Public DNS Servers (Updated March 2012)

Provider	Primary DNS Server	Secondary DNS Server
Level31	209.244.0.3	209.244.0.4
Google2	8.8.8.8	8.8.4.4
OpenDNS	208.67.222.222	208.67.220.220
DNS Advantage	156.154.70.1	156.154.71.1
Norton DNS	198.153.192.1	198.153.194.1
ScrubIT3	67.138.54.120	207.225.209.77
OpenNIC4	69.164.208.50	216.87.84.211
Public-Root5	199.5.157.131	208.71.35.137

[1] The DNS servers listed above as Level3 will automatically route to the nearest DNS server operated by Level3 Communications, the company that provides most of the ISPs in the US their access to the Internet backbone.

[2] Google also offers IPv6 public DNS servers: 2001:4860:4860::8888 and 2001:4860:4860::8844.

[3] ScrubIT also offers "filtered" DNS servers that restrict access to pornographic and malicious web sites. Those DNS servers are 67.138.54.100 and 207.225.209.66 and you can read more about it here.

[4] The DNS servers listed here for OpenNIC are just two of many in the US and across the globe. Instead of using the OpenNIC DNS servers listed above, see their complete list of public DNS servers here and use two that are close to you. OpenNIC also offers some IPv6 public DNS servers.

[5] These Public-Root DNS servers are the only two currently operating in the United States but if you're located ouside the US, see their complete list here and choose the best servers based on your location.

 SOURCE::About.com-Guide