i have a 2gb transcend pendrive and my motherboard supports booting from removable drives..
Actually the cd's are getting damaged so thought of this idea....
2007-09-17 23:50:54 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
check these links..
http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread30005.html
http://www.syschat.com/how-install-win-xp-pen-drive-1934.html
http://www.scribd.com/doc/13257/Boot-Windows-XP-from-a-USB-flash-drive
Do rate me if these helped ya..
2007-09-18 02:02:57 · answer #1 · answered by Sridhar G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So does it work?
I know that XP setup reads the label on the CD. It probably will know it's not on a CD, but who knows? Sometimes experiment is the best teacher.
2007-09-18 00:00:47 · answer #2 · answered by Computer Guy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
first of all you may desire to make effective that think ofyou've have been given a Penpersistent with an entire potential of minimum 256Mb for the storage of the Setup data regardless of the undeniable fact which you will pick the better potential drives and you may desire to make effective that the format of the Disk is sweet set till now the installation technique. as a result here we are going to use a gadget from HP ie HP USB Disk storage format gadget for Formatting a USBpersistent into the magnificent report equipment which would be downloaded from here. when you consider that maximum BIOS wont settle for anypersistent and could in common terms settle for fats report equipment you may desire to only be sure you have formatted the USB Flashpersistent making use of this gadget. next you may desire to get waiting loading the OS data into the Flashpersistent, following which you may desire to setup the Boot gadget interior the stepped forward BIOS effective factors. the recent version MotherBoards could have a option stated as ‘USB-HDD’ till now the difficultpersistent option and in case you dont discover this available you may desire to replace your BIOS. in case you detect it, you may desire to alter the order of booting and make effective that the USB-HDD is interior the 1st option. next shop the BIOS settings and restart the workstation.
2016-12-17 04:11:01 · answer #3 · answered by bocklund 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. You can also make .iso copies of your cd that will work with a valid coa. Here is a link:http://www.lifehacker.com/software/cds/download-of-the-day-iso-recorder-175027.php
2007-09-18 00:07:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋