Comments on: Install Windows XP From USB Drive Part-II

By: Anil

Anil — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 05:56:00 +0000

When I open cmd.exe and type cd c:softslasbootsect and hit enter it say “The system cannot find the path specified” Please help asap.ThanksAnil

By: Imohammadfahad

Imohammadfahad — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 12:23:00 +0000

Sir I have 6 pc 3old and 3 new sir I can install xp from pendrive in my new pc but I cant install xp from pendrive in my old pc as there is no any option in bios so kindly help me what should I do to install in my old pc. One more question i want to ask can I install xp in my old from USB CD ROM. All my pc is PIV with 512DDR RAM. Thanks a lot

By: s3rp3nt6666

s3rp3nt6666 — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:41:00 +0000

Won’t work. It just hangs on “Temporary Virtual Drive S: Created, lets Format it” and I can’t continue..

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:25:00 +0000

Better, you select another drive which have enough space.

By: Kevluck

Kevluck — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:13:00 +0000

Hello,

I’ve got a lot of integrated XP updates on the DVD I’m using, and the DVD is around 1.2 gig total.

I use the T drive as the temp drive, but it seems the T creates itself almost 1 gig but that’s it.

Is there anyway to increase the initial size of T to more than 1 gig?

Thanks

By: Asdas

Asdas — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:12:00 +0000

Thank you for my solution!
:)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 12:09:00 +0000

Glad it worked Pleata! Cheers!!

By: Pleata

Pleata — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 10:01:00 +0000

Thanks! although I tried yesterday several IDs without luck, when I saw your response I was a little skeptic, but said to myself let’s give it another try and for my surprise it actually worked, as if it needed you confirmation :).

By: Pleata

Pleata — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 10:01:00 +0000

By: Pleata

Pleata — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 10:01:00 +0000

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 03:59:00 +0000

Try a new product ID.

By: Pleata

Pleata — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 22:29:00 +0000

all works fine until it asks for the product key (during the installation process in GUI mode).I type the key, hit enter and get the message ”the product id you entered is not valid”. Any advice on this matter.thanks

By: Pleata

Pleata — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 22:29:00 +0000

By: conrad

conrad — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 19:36:43 +0000

woooow i am de happiest man on earth, it works 100000% tanks

By: shiv

shiv — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 20:00:48 +0000

Hi Tanmay,

I followed all the steps mentioned above, and i am able to get a screen where in i deleted some old paritions and selected a partion to install the XP. So it formated the partition and afterwards ,got an message saying ‘couldn’t locate the windows XP Source can’t access CDROM’ Press enter to retry OR F3 to quit ‘

So why it’s not recognizing the USB Drive as source after formating the partition ?

Any pointers would be helpful.

Thanks
SHIV

By: Faisal

Faisal — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 06:42:40 +0000

Following your clearly described method, I became able to make a bootale pen drive ( 4GB). After that I tried to setup windows xp with that pen drive. It can boot but can not copy windows file. It says,” can not find …..file. I retried but I could not install windows xp from that pen drive. What was my wrong? Please inform me how to solve the problem.

By: Md. Amjad Hossain

Md. Amjad Hossain — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 06:29:01 +0000

I have followed the method which you described clearly and I became able to make a bootable pen drive ( 4gb). After that I tried to setup windows xp in samsung netbook and c: drive was deleted but can not be copied windows. It says,” set up can not find …. file. If I retry, then again it says,” set up can not find ….. Plesse give me a easy solution to solve the problem

By: B.K.BALI

B.K.BALI — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 12:09:42 +0000

I heartly thanks you for this useful tips..

By: gitguptha

gitguptha — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 01:22:30 +0000

hi,
really i thanking you, and it is very useful and grate…. thank u again…

By: Nikunj

Nikunj — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:49:36 +0000

hey tanmay it’s cool stuff but
I need sum help of you
do you tell me windows 8 is lunch on website
it’s
send me that link

By: shivam

shivam — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 17:19:00 +0000

thanks …

By: shashwat

shashwat — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 21:18:33 +0000

eg power iso….

By: shashwat

shashwat — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 21:17:57 +0000

hey friends..can i use virtual drive instead of proper cd drive to copy xp files to usb using dis procedure??

By: raul manugas

raul manugas — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 04:31:02 +0000

the method posted in this section how to install win xp using usb was absolutely wonderful,great and excellent, tnx!

By: Tanmay

Tanmay — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:03:05 +0000

Danial: It is not the problem of the USB drive from where you are installing Windows XP. After reading the comments from you, I can guess that the problem is with your hardware. The new laptops are enabled with Sata drive, But XP does not have the hard disk driver in itself. That is why you can install UBUNTU as it comes with all the necessary drivers in its installation file. If you try to install Windows 7, you can do that without performing any BIOS setup. But to install Windows XP, you must have to disable native sata mode from the BIOS. You should find this in BIOS under Disk management or something like that. I can not tell you the exact path of disabling SATA native mode in your BIOS as it differs computer to computer. Try again to find out that. Also try to find that in your manufacturer website.

By: Danial

Danial — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 11:35:54 +0000

Dear Tanmay, I have tried your method step by step, and I got that USB drive. but still stuck at the the process. when I choose to install in text mode, the machine load some files to the eee-laptop, and it shows WINDOWS IS STARTING UP, but then hang, and most of the time pops up message of no drive, or PRESS [S] FOR SPECIFY A DRIVE, OR PRESS ENTER FOR NOT SURE. Can you help me? thank you..

By: Danial

Danial — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 11:29:05 +0000

hi guys, thanks for the response. I have checked the BIOS but there is not a option for sata setting. I have tried to use MULTIBOOT and other software to install xp, but get the same result, it ask either NO DRIVE in text mode or RE-INSTALL DAL.DLL in seconde part of installation. I read quite some from the forum, and try to follow, but still stuck. Please help me. Thanks again.

By: Holax

Holax — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 18:07:06 +0000

Hello Danial

Dear, go to some Internet Cafe or some friend’s home & Insert Win XP Cd in his CD ROM

right click & open the cd & copy All the files in some folder suppose u created folder in My Documents, create folder named as Win XP & then Paste all things in that Folder

now just follow above steps, i tried and hal.dll problem Solved ;)

Enjoy!

By: Tanmay

Tanmay — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 16:05:27 +0000

Sorry Danial, I overlooked your previous comment. If you are getting such message that there is no drive in your computer, then you should disable the SATA native mode from the BIOS setup. then try reinstalling from the usb drive and of-course start TXT mode first.

By: Tanmay

Tanmay — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 15:56:42 +0000

You’ll have to use another computer to make a bootable cd/usb drive.