One of the main system requirements during the installation of the Windows XP operating system on a removable media (USB-disk) is to physically disconnect all hard drives, except for a flash drive and a floppy drive. USB storage requirements are limited to at least 2 gigabytes of memory.
Necessary
- - Windows XP installation disc;
- - removable USB-disk;
- - FlashBootXP
Instructions
Step 1
Make sure the removable drive is recognized as a hard drive in the system and format the USB drive to FAT32 (if necessary).
Step 2
Insert the Windows XP installation disc into the drive and restart the computer with the drive set as the primary boot device in the BIOS.
Step 3
Begin the installation of the operating system by specifying the installation to a USB drive without changing the system.
Step 4
Wait until the installation files are copied and automatically rebooted.
Step 5
Turn off your computer and boot from the hard drive without disconnecting the removable drive.
Step 6
Download the FlashBootXP archive and unzip the contents to a temporary folder.
Step 7
Press the "Start" button to bring up the main menu of the system and go to the "Run" item.
Step 8
Enter regedit in the Open box and click OK.
Step 9
Expand the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE registry branch and select the Load Hive command in the File menu of the Registry Editor application window.
Step 10
Go to flash_name: WindowsSystem32Config and open system.
Step 11
Enter the value 123 in the section selection window and open the context menu of the connected section by right-clicking.
Step 12
Expand the "Permissions" link and select "Administrators" from the menu that opens.
Step 13
Apply the checkbox to the "Full Control" box and click the "Apply" button.
Step 14
Go to Advanced and select Administrators.
Step 15
Apply the Replace permissions on all child objects with the permissions set here to apply to child objects check box, and then click OK.
Step 16
Call the service menu of the previously unzipped USBOOT. REG file and select the "Merge" item.
Step 17
Confirm that you are ready to make changes to the system registry and return to the Registry Editor tool.
Step 18
Specify the previously created section 123 and select the Unload Hive command from the File menu of the top toolbar of the program window.
Step 19
Exit the Registry Editor tool and copy the previously unzipped files to the flash_name: WindowsInf folder.
Step 20
Shut down your computer and disconnect hard drives.
21
Boot the operating system from removable media.
