Comments on: Install Windows XP on a netbook (USB stick method)

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:30:00 +0000

Great advice! It got me past the BSOD. In BIOS I needed to disable Native SATA. I have an HP Mini 5101.

By: Rubel

Rubel — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:38:00 +0000

For multi boot usb flash drive
visit this link http://making-a-bootable-usb.blogspot.com/2012/01/make-usb-bootable-windows-7.html

By: Maestrogoberan

Maestrogoberan — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 07:20:00 +0000

nice info

By: Vishalsinghgaur

Vishalsinghgaur — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 07:25:00 +0000

hey it is showing me me error file 18 how can i solve it .

By: Targetchip

Targetchip — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 08:29:00 +0000

Alternatively download the latest ubuntu iso and usb install utility from the ubuntu homepage. Then change your boot order in bios to boot from usb. Answer some very simple on screen questions and there you go.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:27:00 +0000

It’s a shame the process is this long, in the end I installed Ubuntu instead.

By: Mlafond

Mlafond — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 04:18:00 +0000

Hey, i just used this process to install Windows on my netbook and it worked great!

Also if you are having troubles with the final step of telling your computer to boot off the Harddrive and not the flash drive, i had some troubles. The steps i followed were this:

1) Remove the USB Flash Drive, Open start, run, type “cmd”, in the command prompt type “msconfig”

2) Select the boot.ini tab

3) Click the option “Check all boot paths” (This was suggested above in the walkthrough)

4) The NEW step i tried was the button NEXT to the above mentioned one, called “Set as default”, when i clicked it, i noticed it modified some of the information in the little window above that shows the boot.ini info.

5) Then when you say ok, it will ask to restart, say yes. At this point it booted up for me properly!

I hope that helped you guys out!!!

Thanks for the walkthrough!!

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 04:05:00 +0000

Hey, i just used this process to install Windows on my netbook and it worked great!

Also if you are having troubles with the final step of telling your computer to boot off the Harddrive and not the flash drive, i had some troubles. The steps i followed were this:

1) Remove the USB Flash Drive, Open start, run, type “cmd”, in the command prompt type “msconfig”

2) Select the boot.ini tab

3) Click the option “Check all boot paths” (This was suggested above in the walkthrough)

5) Then when you say ok, it will ask to restart, say yes. At this point it booted up for me properly!

I hope that helped you guys out!!!

Thanks for the walkthrough!!

By: Claudia

Claudia — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 19:28:00 +0000

Everything went perfect! thanks you so much for sharing this info!! Love!

By: AKlife

AKlife — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 08:51:00 +0000

Man, this is total hard work bullshit, just download a windows pack from torrents and put it in the usb , voila

By: Reradath

Reradath — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 08:56:00 +0000

i have a netbook (samsung) with MeeGO. i want to install XP also. will i have to remove Meego to install XP?

By: George

George — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 16:57:00 +0000

Thanks a ton. This really helped me in the crisis when my CD/DVD drive was not functioning.

By: Bamcanales

Bamcanales — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 06:37:00 +0000

format your usb to FAT. dont use FAT32… possibly a 2GB usb drive

By: Andreas

Andreas — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:55:00 +0000

I’ve succeded to find windows XP. but i cant delete the partition C: to build a new one with my new xp. how do i delete the “recovery” disk? caus now when i got xp on USB it wont be needed.

By: Dude Sidhu4u

Dude Sidhu4u — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:40:00 +0000

yup same problem i am facing.if anybody have solution please fwd me at dude.sidhu4u@gmai.com