Help making a USB boot flash to install XP

Joeteck · Jan 27, 2009

I'm looking to make a USB install boot drive for systems that have a bad DVD/CD-ROM drive and hoping their BIOS supports Bootable USB device.

I've downloaded a program called PeToUSB ver 3.0.0.7, which seems to write everything I need, but fails at a point during bootup, with this error:

\$WIN~NTt$.~BT\biosinfo.inf
could not be loaded
Error code is 18

Has anyone used this program or know of a program that works?

RollingThunder · Jan 27, 2009

Joeteck said:
I'm looking to make a USB install boot drive for systems that have a bad DVD/CD-ROM drive and hoping their BIOS supports Bootable USB device.

I've downloaded a program called PeToUSB ver 3.0.0.7, which seems to write everything I need, but fails at a point during bootup, with this error:

\$WIN~NTt$.~BT\biosinfo.inf
could not be loaded
Error code is 18

Has anyone used this program or know of a program that works?

Joe,

Use this file from HP. I don't have the URL handy but the file is clean.

Joeteck · Jan 27, 2009

RollingThunder said:
Joe,

Use this file from HP. I don't have the URL handy but the file is clean.

Yeah, Have this. Not what I'm looking for... Looking to put XP on a USB drive.

Instead of installing XP from a CD, I want to boot and install from a USB drive instead...

RollingThunder · Jan 27, 2009

Joeteck said:
Yeah, Have this. Not what I'm looking for... Looking to put XP on a USB drive.

Instead of installing XP from a CD, I want to boot and install from a USB drive instead...

Joe,

OK, I used it for Vista and it's fine and assumed it's the same for XP. Sorry.

Joeteck · Jan 27, 2009

RollingThunder said:
Joe,

OK, I used it for Vista and it's fine and assumed it's the same for XP. Sorry.

But this makes a bootable USB floppy style...

How did you do it?

myndlessdayz · Jan 27, 2009

Use this guide. It says its for Asus eeepc but i've used the same method for several computers including my 2 desktops. I know it uses PeToUSB also but its the best method that has worked for me.
If you can't get the downloads to work PM me and i can email them to you. They seem to almost always eceed the limit for the downloads.

Joeteck · Jan 27, 2009

RollingThunder said:
Joe,

OK, I used it for Vista and it's fine and assumed it's the same for XP. Sorry.

Actually, I think this may work... It booted fine, to a command prompt.

Now, I'm copying the files from the CD to the drive.

Hopefully it will execute the setup in a CMD window...

Joeteck · Jan 27, 2009

Nope...does not work...

RollingThunder · Jan 27, 2009

Joeteck said:
Nope...does not work...

Joe,

It makes the USB flash drive appear as a floppy boot.

Copies the HP files plus

io.sys
msdos.sys
command.com

to the USB flash as long as you have the boot sequence in your BIOS.

Know Nuttin · Jan 27, 2009

did you try this?

http://komku.blogspot.com/2008/11/install-windows-xp-using-usb-flash-disk.html

Joeteck · Jan 28, 2009

Now this looks promising.... I'm in the process in preparing the USB drive. Very simple and verbose tutorial.

So many people think they got it, but fail mid-way.

I will report back, but I think this is the winner...

Joeteck · Jan 28, 2009

Yup...Worked great! Thanks!

Know Nuttin · Jan 28, 2009

Glad it worked, I used this method several times. You can load up an nlited xp as well but the one thing that you need to keep are the manual install files or else it will not see a valid XP source to load onto USB key.

interskynet · Oct 18, 2011

hi guys....i m new here...
well can u guys help me out here....i realy need the password for komku....just to fix this eror 18....

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