Now, click the I386 folder, and select the following files (hold down Ctrl key to multi-select) Simply open WinISO or your ISO program of choice, and select Actions -> Make ISO from CDROM, and save your CD image to a convenient place on your hard disk drive.Ĥ) Extracting the files we need to work onĪfter the Windows ISO image is done, close and reopen WinISO.(or the program of your choice) Then, open the ISO file you just created using File -> Open. There has been no success reported in using the FAT32 file system for such purposes.ģ) Dumping the original Windows Setup CD into an ISO File After this, the drives are recognized as valid installation devices by the Windows XP installer. All you need to do is "properly" format the drive with the NTFS file system. If not (seems to be the cases with many of the Freecom USB HDDs for example), you will get an error like "Windows is unable to find your drive, partition, data etc bla". If it goes beyond the partition selection, your drive is already fine for booting Windows XP. Start the installation, and proceed to the section where you are allowed to pick a hard drive.Insert your original Windows XP CD into the drive.Confirm that Bios is set to start from CD Disconnect any other hard disk drives (internally) from it.
If it's not there then the answer is probably no.
Usually, if it's an option in your BIOS boot sequence menu, the answer to this is yes. Please read this guide from start to finish before doing anythingġ) Does your computer support booting from USB?
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