We already blogged the method to, besides, few readers want the same with Windows XP too. We tried to find out the solution but didn’t get simple and straight forward way to make this.

Well now we have solution, to make bootable USB stick to install Windows XP. Requires: • USB stick (Pen Drive) at least 1GB • Windows 2000/XP/2003 CD or Installation Source • – A tool from How To: • First of all, plug your USB stick and Open (My) Computer. Right click on USB stick and choose Format to prepare it. Automation File Upload on this page. • Download and extract WinSetupFromUSB. Now run the utility.

• Mark checkbox corresponding to Windows 2000/XP/2003 Setup and locate installation source or CD that contains I386 or AMD64 folders. • Now click on Go button to start copying installation source to USB stick and finalizing all sort of things.

36 related questions. When you need to install (or reinstall) Windows then normally you’ll. Need to install Windows from a USB. (Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8 and Server 2003/ 2008 are. How to Install Windows from a USB Flash Drive. Windows 7, XP, Vista, Server 2003 and Server 2008 can be installed from a USB. A Windows installation disc. In this post, we explain how to create bootable USB for Windows Server 2003 operating system with CloudBerry Backup!

• Once its Done! You can restart your PC and boot from USB stick. You need to follow 3-Steps installation, viz: • Text mode setup • GUI mode setup • Start Windows for first time Start with First part of Windows installation; When the first step (Text mode setup) completes and system reboots, boot with USB stick again and select Second part of 2000/XP/2003 Setup and complete GUI mode setup. Now instead of boot with HDD, boot with USB stick one more time and choose Second part setup again and keep USB stick plugged-in until you see Windows desktop. Applies To: • Windows 2000 • Windows XP • Windows Server 2003 – UPDATED.

Control Inventory Software Wip. Hi, Install Windows Server 2012 via USB is possible, I have tried it many times, it works great on my side. Before booting from USB, you need to use diskpart.exe command line tool to set the USB device is bootable and active, some basic commands have been listed below: diskpart.exelist disk (Find USB device)select disk 1 (careful!

Select USB drive)cleancreate partition primaryselect partition 1activeformat quick fs=fat32 (UEFI can only USB boot to FAT32, not NTFS)assign (In this example, USB mount point become F: when assigned.)exit Then you need to copy the file to the USB device (Note: not ISO, folders such as boot,sources). After that you just need press F9 to select boot from USB the installation will continue. Regards, James James Xiong TechNet Community Support. Quote: 'Generally speaking, no one would like to install Windows Server 2012 on the USB device. I want!:) Take a look at the new devices like HP ProLiant Micro server or even most modern new blade or rack servers from Tier1 manufacturers. These servers have internal USB slot and increasingly micro SD card slot and these slots are designed to boot hypervisors or OSes, so that external hot plug disk bays can be all used just for user data and can be easily swapped.

The aluminium based USB keys like Kingston DataTraveler SE9 series are so light and fit so good that it looks mechanically as reliable as SATA plug on HDD drives, drive will not pop-out even if the system is under vibration. Good USB key works FASTER than mechanical SATA drive, boot is faster due to fast seek. I think it would be good decision to allow to install Windows 2012 essentials onto USB drive for home server users.

If its OK for hypervisors shall be OK just for OS boot. The separation of OS on flash card or key and large hot swap data HDD is superb feature. This works on Linux. I spent several hours trying to find the solution but no success, so at the end I attached the extra mechanical SATA drive. The problem is that on install screen Windows 2012 setup does not allow to select USB based storage even if I set 'HDD emulation' in BIOS for that USB key. If anyone found how to workaround this setup limitation and force Windows 2012 to use USB as a boot/OS drive please post. AlmantasK is correct.