#Install micro xp from usb drive install#
#Install micro xp from usb drive upgrade#

If you let it boot in hard disk, you will receive the error: You will choose this option until the next 2 restarts and the first boot of windows. But this time you will choose the first option in the picture above. When the initial copying of files is finish and the system restarts, you need to boot from flash drive again.

#Install micro xp from usb drive install#

You will now see the usual setup process when you install windows from CD.ДҐ. Select 1st, text mode setup (boot from flash again after finish) here. Upon restart press F12 to choose Boot Device. If you do not do this, the windows installer will not see your hard disk upon setup. Make sure that SATA Controller Mode is set to Compatible under Configuration. In took about 30 minutes in my test using a 2 GB KingMax flash drive (I believe this result may vary depending on the speed of your source and your USB drive).Дў. Next window will be copying the setup files to your flash drive.

Windows files path would be your Windows CD and USB drive is your flash disk. Run WinToFlash.exe and choose the wizard. Steps on installing Windows Xp from Flash Drive:1. Windows XP installer CD or a copy to your hard drive. ( NOTE: As of this writing, the program is still in beta, though I have not encountered any error or problem using it, we all know that using beta softwares may cause problems or still has some bugs in it.)ДЈ. That's the reason why I prefer installing from external DVD ROM drive before.ДЎ) An empty USB flash drive, at least 1 GB in size (Is it necessary to be empty? Yes, because the program we will use formats the USB drive before copying window files) Unlike before that you need to fire up command prompt and issue some commands to prepare the flash drive/usb drive before it can be use to install Windows XP. There are programs out there that handle all the work for you. So I have no other choice but to install from a flash drive).ДЇortunately, installing from a USB drive is now easier than it used to be. I usually use my external DVD Rom drive for this kind of work (it's the easier than USB method) but it broke down a couple of days ago.

The owner now wanted to install Windows XP instead of Vista. He also accidentally deleted the recovery partition, so the one-key recovery won't work to restore to factory default. The problem is he had some problem while installing it and his machine refused to load the OS.

#Install micro xp from usb drive upgrade#

The owner of this Lenovo S10-2 tried to upgrade his operating system to Windows Vista. This also works if you want to use Windows Vista. NOTE: I used Lenovo IdeaPad S10-2 as a test machine in this post but this will also work to any laptop/netbook/pc that can recognize USB devices as a boot option.