Illustrated walk- through: Creating a bootable USB flash drive for Windows XPThis article is also available as a PDF download and a gallery. The ability to boot Windows XP from a USB Flash Drive (UFD). For example, you might make an easy- to- use. PCs. Or you could. PCs. However, before you can create a bootable UFD, you must. You saw that one coming didn't you? The first hurdle is having a PC in which the BIOS will allow. USB port to act as a bootable device. The second hurdle is. UFD that that will work as a bootable device and that's large enough. Windows XP. The third. Windows XP on a UFD. If you have a PC that was manufactured in the last several. BIOS will allow you to configure the USB port to. If you have a good quality UFD that's at least 5. KB. and that was manufactured in the last couple of years, you've probably cleared the. And once you've cleared those first two hurdles, the third one. All you have to do is download and run some free software. UFD. I'll start by showing you how to determine whether your PC's BIOS will support booting from USB and explain how to. Then, I'll show you how to download and use the free. UFD running Windows XP Professional. The UFD hurdle. You probably noticed that I didn't mention how to determine. UFD would support being configured as a bootable device, except that it. Well, I've discovered that. UFD, you'll just have to try it and see what. As long as you have a PC with a BIOS that will allow you to configure. USB port to act as a bootable device and you have configured the. If it doesn't, you probably have a UFD that can't boot. I tested three UFDs on two new. First, I attempted to use a 1. MB PNY Attache but received an error message that said . Next, I tried a 1. GB Gateway UFD and it. PCs. Then, I tried a 2. MB Lexar Jump. Drive Pro and it worked on. PCs. You can find lists of UFD brands that others have had. Internet. Checking the BIOSNot every new BIOS will allow you to configure the USB port. And some that do allow it don't make it easy. On one. of my example systems, it was a no- brainer. On the other, the UFD had to be. USB port before it was apparent that I could configure it as a. Let's take a closer look. I then moved it to the top of the list, as shown in Figure A, thus making it the first. PREDATOR locks your PC when you are away, even if your Windows session is still active. It uses a regular USB flash drive as an access control device, and works as. Should I remove Spotify by Spotify AB? Spotify is a Swedish music streaming service offering digitally restricted streaming of selected music from a range of major. I then went. one step further and checked the Hard Disk Drives screen and still didn't find. USB boot option, as shown in Figure C. Figure BA USB boot option didn't appear on the Boot Sequence screen. Figure CThe Hard Disk Drives screen only showed the SATA hard disk. I then plugged a UFD into the USB port, booted up the system. BIOS. When I checked the Hard Disk Drives screen, the UFD. I could select it as the first drive (Figure D). Figure DWith the UFD plugged into the USB port, I could configure the UFD as a. When I returned to the Boot Sequence screen, the UFD was. Figure. E). Figure EAs the Boot Sequence screen indicates, the UFD was set to be the first bootable device. Rounding up the software. To condense and install Windows XP on a UFD, you'll need a. PE Builder by Bart Lagerweij. You'll also need two files from. ON XP SP2 every time I plug in the USB drive using this scheme it goes through the popups about finding and installing a new drive. It didn't do that when my autorun. Imagine having a USB stick with all of your favorite apps on it. Maybe a collection of PC troubleshooting utilities if you’re an IT tech, or maybe an assortment of. What's the advantage of SATA/eSATA drives over USB/IEEE1394 drives? The performance is much better than when converting to USB or IEEE1394. Generally speaking, USB. Windows Server 2. Service Pack 1. And of course, you need to have a. Windows XP Professional CD. You can download PE Builder from Bart's Web. At the time of this writing, the most current version of PE. Builder was 3. 1. You can download Windows Server 2. SP1 by following the. Knowledge Base article . And although you need just two small files, the. Warning Do not run the Windows Server 2. SP1 executable file! Doing. so will completely corrupt Windows XP. We will use a set of special commands to. Preparing the software. Installing PE Builder is quick and easy. Just run the. installation program and follow the onscreen instructions. To make things simpler. I installed the program in the root directory in a folder called PEBUILDER3. Once PE Builder is installed, you'll need to create a folder. C: \PEBUILDER3. 11. SRSP1, as shown in Figure F. This is the folder in which PE Builder will look for the. Windows Server 2. SP1 files. Figure FOnce PE Builder is installed, you'll need to create folder called SRSP1 in. C: \PEBUILDER3. 11. Now, you can begin extracting the two needed files from. Windows Server 2. SP1. When you download the Windows Server 2. SP1, the. executable file will have a long name: Windows. Server. 20. 03- KB8. SP1- ENU. exe. To. WS- SP1. exe. To begin, open a Command Prompt window and use the CD. Windows Server 2. SP1 executable file. I downloaded the file to a folder called Downloads. Now. to extract the files contained in SP1, type the command. WS- SP1. exe - x. You'll immediately see a dialog box that prompts you to. Figure G. Click. OK to proceed with the extraction procedure. When the procedure is complete, just. Command Prompt window open. Figure GYou can extract the files into the same folder containing the Windows. Server 2. 00. 3 SP1 executable file. The extraction procedure will create a subdirectory called. Windows Server 2. SP1 files there. Use the CD. SRSP1 folder with the command: copy setupldr. Expand the ramdisk. Once you do so, you can delete all the Windows Server 2. SP1 files. Figure IYou'll want to verify that the setupldr. SRSP1 folder. Running PE Builder. Now that you've extracted the necessary files from the. Windows Server 2. SP1 package, you're ready to use PE Builder to create a. Windows XP. To begin, place your Windows XP Professional. CD into the drive and hold down the . Then, launch PE Builder. In the Source field on the main PE Builder screen, simply. Windows XP Professional CD, as. Figure J. Make sure that. Output box contains Bart. PE and that the None option. Media Output panel. Then, click the Build button. Figure JFill in the Source field on the main PE Builder screen. As PE Builder compresses Windows XP Professional into a. When the operation. Figure K. click the Close button. Figure KPE Builder displays a detailed progress report. Preparing the UFD to boot Windows XPAt this point, you're ready to format and copy the Windows. XP Professional bootable image to the UFD with the Bart. PE. USB Installer. To do so, open a Command Prompt window and use the CD command to. Then, insert your UFD into a USB port and. On my example system, the. UFD was assigned drive E. Now, type the commandpe. You'll then be prompted to confirm this part of the. Figure L. Now you. UFD to boot your computer into the Bart. PE. interface for Windows XP, as shown in Figure. M. Figure MThe Bart. PE interface provides you with a pared. Windows XP. You can find a list of specialized. Bart's Web site, which you can install on your UFD. Plugins. For example, you can find such things as. Firefox or Mc. Afee command- line virus scanner. Conclusion. Booting Windows XP from a UFD requires that your PC's BIOS support booting from USB and that you have a UFD. If you can meet these two. PE Builder, a couple of files from the Windows. Server 2. 00. 3 Service Pack 1, and a little effort to configure a UFD to boot the Bart. PE interface to Windows XP.
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