How to Create a Windows xp usb boot disk

Bill detwiler of techrepublic creates a video tutorial. for how to create a USB boot disk under Windows XP, you need a boot USB disk. The bios of your computer must support USB boot. At the same time, you need to download a free program called PE builder. Finally, we need Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 to get two files from it. Of course, you also need to have a Windows XP installation CD.

The procedure is as follows:

1. Download and install PE builder, and create a srsp1 sub-folder under the installation directory of PE builder. This is the storage location of the two files extracted from Windows Server 2003 SP1.
2. The name of the Windows Server 2003 SP1 package you downloaded is generally a WindowsServer2003-KB889101-SP1-ENU.exe, and you can use the command to run the following command to unbind the files from the upgrade package to a Temporary Folder: WindowsServer2003-KB889101-SP1-ENU.exe-x
3. Then, copy the following two files to the srsp1 folder created in step 1 from the file of the Windows Server 2003 sp installation package you unwrapped:
   • Setupldr. Bin
   • Ramdisk. Sy _
4. Run PE builder to create a compressed version of Windows XP. You only need to provide the drive letter of your Windows XP disc in the running interface of PE builder, and press the default drive letter. Click "build" to start the creation process.
5. Finally, insert the U disk into the computer, enter the installation directory of PE builder in the command line, and run the following command: pe2usb-f e: (E: it is the drive letter allocated by your U disk in your system. If your U disk uses another drive letter, please make it another, such as G :)

Now, you have created a boot U disk. You can use it to start the system on a machine that supports USB boot.

Bill detwiler's video tutorial is easy to understand, you can watch at the following address: http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL? P = 8649
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