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Comment on Installing Windows XP from USB by Cadu

Cadu — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:07:47 +0000

—– for DUAL BOOT USERS —-
i’m installing Windows XP in a MSI Wind (subnotebook without cdrom drive) and i wanted to have a dual-boot setup

this is what i did : i created a 10G partition for my windows xp install and did this tutorial …at the end it didn’t wanted to boot windows xp install (the bootloader wasn’t written, and i was still seeing GRUB)…so BOOT into your linux and add an entry for windows xp MANUALLY to boot the install…after the first text-mode install it’ll rewrite your bootloader (no grub) and you’ll be able to go on with your install as normal…

in the end you’ll have to boot some mini linux distro from usb or something to restore your grub boot (with both entries in it)….

Comment on Installing Windows XP from USB by Milt

Milt — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:34:59 +0000

Great guide. If you have problems, it is a good chance you skipped a step. Thanks for the guide! Diskpart does work.

Comment on Installing Windows XP from USB by Steven

Steven — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:45:59 +0000

I get the error “MBR Error 1. Press any key to boot from floppy…”

Can anyone tell me what’s wrong? I’m completely lost, I did everything correctly.

Comment on About by SAMBU

SAMBU — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:59:38 +0000

I am ending always in “INF file txtsetup.sif corrupt or missing”. Cana any one give help. I am trying with SP2

Comment on About by SAMBU

SAMBU — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:55:27 +0000

I am hunted with ’setup.sif corrup or missing while booting.Can any one help. I tried it hundreth tim. Please

Comment on Installing Windows XP from USB by MetalGman

MetalGman — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 01:48:03 +0000

MORE INFO!!!

Regarding HD prep. diskpart will NOT function in bartpe, this is normal.
You need to download something like ultimate boot disk and use the cute partition manager to clear your drive (especially for an asus eee pc!)
Ultimate boot cd

Comment on Installing Windows XP from USB by MetalGman

MetalGman — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:57:15 +0000

Great guide! Majorly handy when trying to install XP from USB onto an asus eee pc.
Note: More information/instruction is needed on how to format a drive from a usb dongle if for some reason a user cannot get diskpart to work in bartpe (Which apparently is standard) using an HP usb disk drive utility and fdisk I was able to format a partition big enough to get XP onto the machine and format everything else.
Thanks though!

Comment on Installing Windows XP from USB by Glenn

Glenn — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:45:31 +0000

I guess it’s not working with my flash drive. Can someone let me know what flash drives work for them? I don’t want to keep buying flash drives as a hit and miss.

Thanks,

Comment on Installing Windows XP from USB by Rinku

Rinku — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:04:16 +0000

This guide is awesome…used it a year back and using it now again. Thanks a lot.

Comment on Installing Windows XP from USB by Glenn

Glenn — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:42:27 +0000

On step 2, Item #5: I followed the instruction:
Copy C:\server2003sp1\i386\setupldr.bin to C:\pebuilder\srsp1.

However, there was no setupldr.bin in the i386 folder from the server2003sp1. There was a setupldr.ex_ file instead.

What do I do? Please help me.