INSTALL XP FROM PENDRIVE

Ever thought of installing XP without the installation disc... Well think again... You can !!!
So here is a alternative way u can use your pen drive(USB flash drive) to boot from that and install XP from that instead of XP cd.

What you need?

>Windows Xp installation disk

>Access to anotherPC with working CD Cd-ROM DVD drive.

>The file solution.rar .



1. Download solution.rar file

2. Unpack solution.rar file on drive C, you should have a folder named C:\Dos

3. Put your pendrive ( at least 1GB) into working PC USB port

4. Go to the folder C:\Dos and run HpUSBformat.exe file - it should auto detect your pendrive disk, if not select form the list - set other options like on the image and click start. - now you have a pendrive with bootable dos on it.

5. Copy all other files from C:/Dos to your pendrive. ( you can overwrite existing ones)

6. Put your Windows XP installation disk into CDROM and copy all files from CD to pendrive.

7. Boot your system with pendrive ( if you have problems, just check your BIOS or try to access boot menu )

8. Type sys d: and hit enter

9. Type format c:/q/s - accept and if it is formated go to step 11 - otherwise go to step 10

10. Type fdisk and hit enter -create new partition ( after restart boot with pendrive in) -go to step 9 and back here :) - type pqmagic and set your new partition active ( physical drive 2, Advanced A, ste Active - S, are you sure - Y, Exit - X )

11.Type nc and hit enter, and using Norton Commander, copy all files form pendrive to disk C: ( you can overwrite existing ones)

12. Restart system without pendrive in it ( it should start from harddrive)

13. Type cd i386 and hit enter ( it will enter i386 folder)

14 Type winnt and hit enter



CLICK HERE FOR HP USB FORMAT TOOL :
REMEMBER, DURING INSTALLATION - KEEP EXISTING FILE SYSTEM - DO NOT FORMAT, YOU CAN CONVERT IT TO NTFS LATER

Try this and enjoy....