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    Want to boot and install Windows xp (maybe other versions ) from a 4 gb usb stick.

    Is it easy? and how do you do it? i presume just copy and pasting over a iso of a copy of windows over to a partition on your usb but does it work like that?

    Please help.

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    Default Re: creating a bootable usb stick

    Thanks to stevo25

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    Default Re: creating a bootable usb stick

    Quote Originally Posted by stevo25 View Post

    cant see the guide on how to boot xp from a usb stick pal?

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    Default Re: creating a bootable usb stick

    Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool - Free software downloads and software reviews - CNET Download.com

    Just download that and it'll create the bootable USB stick for you with a few clicks.
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    Default Re: creating a bootable usb stick

    ^^ Yep, this works very well.

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    Default Re: creating a bootable usb stick

    Unetbootin is good, open it, select a bootable CD/DVD image and it will turn your USB into the boot device. You can load the XP CD image to it.

    Thanks to evilsatan

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