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So I have this Dell Mini 9......
#271088 - 12/16/11 04:00 PM
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Anyone know how to take a Windows XP SP3 Disk/ISO and get it onto a USB drive so that I can install XP on a Dell Mini 9? 
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Re: So I have this Dell Mini 9......
[Re: TheBigAmbulance]
#271089 - 12/16/11 04:16 PM
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Re: So I have this Dell Mini 9......
[Re: TheBigAmbulance]
#271113 - 12/16/11 10:04 PM
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I followed an online tutorial on how to copy the Windows XP install disc to a USB flash drive along with the boot sector and all that was required to make it run... in the end, it didn't work.
So I did more research to see if other people had run into the same problem. Ultimately, I wasted about 5 hours of researching only to find out that some motherboard/flash drive combinations don't jive when it comes to booting the system.
So I spent $20 to get a USB DVD-ROM drive from NewEgg. Wish I would have done that initially as the drive has actually come in handy several times.
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Re: So I have this Dell Mini 9......
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#271114 - 12/16/11 10:24 PM
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Could you partition the harddrive and put the XP files on the second partition? Then run set up from there? You would still have to have a bootable USB drive though. If you have access to a Vista or Windows 7 machine it is easy to make a bootable UFD. You would still need the boot.wim file though.
What bootable CDs do you have laying around that we could borrow WinPE from?
This looks easiest...
http://www.techtipsgeek.com/install-windows-from-usb-flash-pen-drive/559/
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Re: So I have this Dell Mini 9......
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#271126 - 12/17/11 01:20 AM
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I tried an experiment. I used EasyBCD to ad an ISO of Windows XP to a UFD. It loaded up and started to run setup, then blue screened. I might try that WinToFlash to see what it does.
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Re: So I have this Dell Mini 9......
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#271128 - 12/17/11 01:24 AM
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> I tried an experiment. I used EasyBCD to ad an ISO of Windows XP to a UFD. It loaded
> up and started to run setup, then blue screened. I might try that WinToFlash to see
> what it does.
Some BIOS have an "emulation mode" setting for USB flash drives, if they should emulate a floppy, a CD or whatever. Check for a setting like that in your BIOS. I've never used this for anything myself, just something I've noticed on various PCs.
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Re: So I have this Dell Mini 9......
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#271134 - 12/17/11 01:58 AM
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I tried WinToFlash. It seems to have worked. You have to choose if it's the first boot or when Windows Reboots to continue setup. I of course did not go past loading the 1st part because I didn't want to wipe out my Windows 7 install ;^)
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[Re: lordflux]
#271166 - 12/17/11 06:02 AM
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> I followed an online tutorial on how to copy the Windows XP install disc to a USB
> flash drive along with the boot sector and all that was required to make it run... in
> the end, it didn't work.
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> So I did more research to see if other people had run into the same problem.
> Ultimately, I wasted about 5 hours of researching only to find out that some
> motherboard/flash drive combinations don't jive when it comes to booting the system.
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> So I spent $20 to get a USB DVD-ROM drive from NewEgg. Wish I would have done that
> initially as the drive has actually come in handy several times.
I managed to get a USB install to work once, but it took forever. Save yourself a lot of headache and get a USB DVD drive.
(Dell 270SX, took 3 thumb drives and 9 hours. Didn't help that I was installing onto a CF card either...)
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