15 Steps to Install Windows XP on a Flash Drive

February 14th, 2006

If you've a weekend to spare, it's probably the best time ever to read over this 2-mile long tutorial on how to install XP on a 256MB flash drive. Is it worth the effort? Yes should you think you need to hone your skill on tweaking and hacking. This 'XP On Your Thumb Drive' article spans over 4 pages and contains 15 procedures as well as requires you to extract files from a 300MB Windows service pack & to download various utilities, such as PEbuilder.

Langa - the guy who wrote this up - adventure came to a grinding halt when his carefully prepared XP drive failed to boot due to a PC limitation; eventually, he had to pay $24 more on a tool called Flashboot that allows him to 'make any types of bootable USB setups on its own..." Mission's a success, and such XP may come in very handy someday if your neighbor is knocking on your door for help with his failing PC.

Filed under USB Apps for Flash Drives

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