Are there Windows XP ISO images booteable from a flash memory stick?

stf92 · 03-29-2015, 11:28 AM

Are there Windows XP ISO images booteable from a flash memory stick? I know in the case of slackware 14.1 the images can be written to the stick and the achine will boot from the stick.

TobiSGD · 03-29-2015, 11:32 AM

No, for Windows XP a special program is needed to copy the install CD to USB and make it bootable: http://www.komku.org/2013/07/winsetu...ash-drive.html
The problem is that it is a Windows program, so you need a working Windows installation in the first place. Would be much easier with Windows 7 or newer (which is recommended anyways, since XP is not supported anymore).

stf92 · 03-30-2015, 09:12 AM

When running WinSetupFromUSB_1-4.exe, a window shows two boxes: in the
first one I have drive E, the flash drive. The second one (actually a
set of several boxes), I checked the one with Windows 2000/XP/2003 Setup.
What is the complete filename I must write? The ISO image complete filename?

TobiSGD · 03-30-2015, 09:27 AM

Just use the "Browse" button (labelled 3 in that image) to point it to your ISO file. that should work. If it doesn't work, try to mount the ISO image in a virtual CD drive and point the program to that instead.

John VV · 03-30-2015, 03:13 PM

can you even register a XP install any more
if not
have fun trying to use a "bootleg" install

stf92 · 03-30-2015, 03:22 PM

@TobiSGD:
I did as you suggested, writting the ISO image full filename, and this is the command it executed:

Code:

 FBinst.exe -v (hd1); format --force --fat32 --align

As a result, I could boot from the stick. The firmware then gave me two options, but this notification stays on the screen for only a few seconds. How I can read it is now my problem, but I don't think I'll be able to solve it. Furthemore, one of the options leads to the grub prompt, and I know nothing about that program.

maples · 03-30-2015, 04:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John VV

can you even register a XP install any more

Actually, the activation servers are apparently still running. Just a few days ago I installed it in a VM, and activation worked just fine.

I wonder if they've got their different operating systems separated, or if they have just one system that's handled activation since they first started, and they've never bothered to remove the old versions? Of course, that's all just speculation.

273 · 03-30-2015, 04:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by maples

Actually, the activation servers are apparently still running. Just a few days ago I installed it in a VM, and activation worked just fine.

I wonder if they've got their different operating systems separated, or if they have just one system that's handled activation since they first started, and they've never bothered to remove the old versions? Of course, that's all just speculation.

The last time I ran my XP instance I had a warning along the lines of it not being supported any more and being full of viruses and trojans. Oh, I could activate it alright, but the messages weren't particularly encouraging.

TobiSGD · 03-31-2015, 05:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stf92

@TobiSGD:
I did as you suggested, writting the ISO image full filename, and this is the command it executed:

Code:

 FBinst.exe -v (hd1); format --force --fat32 --align

As a result, I could boot from the stick. The firmware then gave me two options, but this notification stays on the screen for only a few seconds. How I can read it is now my problem, but I don't think I'll be able to solve it. Furthemore, one of the options leads to the grub prompt, and I know nothing about that program.

If I remember correctly (haven't done that for quite some time), at first boot you are supposed to choose the first option, when the setup causes a reboot (which will happen two or three times) you are supposed the second option.

maples · 03-31-2015, 08:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 273

The last time I ran my XP instance I had a warning along the lines of it not being supported any more and being full of viruses and trojans. Oh, I could activate it alright, but the messages weren't particularly encouraging.

What version were you using? Mine was WinXP Pro SP2 (which I soon updated to SP3) and I never saw any of those messages.