My own XP op sys on USB FlashDrive

AaLF · 15. Sep 2011, 04:44 AM

Now that we have large Flash Drives can I put my own existing XP OS onto a FlashDrive so I can carry it with me & plug it into other PCs & boot from the USB so I can have my familiar XP setup including my existing full setup of MS office, photoshop etc etc?

crank · 15. Sep 2011, 02:39 PM

Yes, you should, whether you can or not, I wouldn't take bets. I can't remember if XP has a thing against flash drives or not. You will have the license issue to worry about, or maybe not. That is something I was planning on experimenting with soon, but with 7 and a USB3.0. I think booting to a 3.0 won't work with most systems that currently have it, of the three PCsI have with built-in USB3.0, none are seen at boot. Maybe the newer motherboards with native support for it [in the chipset, not an add-on controller] can do this.

J_L · 16. Sep 2011, 01:18 AM

I know there's Windows PE and BartPE, but as for your current system, I don't think so.

v.laurie · 16. Sep 2011, 02:45 AM

There are several approaches. One that uses BartPE is described at TechRepublic and also at Tom's Hardware. I haven't tried it so I don't know how well it works.

There is also something called MojoPac. It looked very promising and I tried it once but it was very slow. However, that was several versions ago. Dedoimedo has described it here.

15. Sep 2011, 04:44 AM	#1 (permalink)
AaLF Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 1	My own XP op sys on USB FlashDrive Now that we have large Flash Drives can I put my own existing XP OS onto a FlashDrive so I can carry it with me & plug it into other PCs & boot from the USB so I can have my familiar XP setup including my existing full setup of MS office, photoshop etc etc?

15. Sep 2011, 02:39 PM	#2 (permalink)
crank Editor Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Central Texas aka Hell Posts: 150	Yes, you should, whether you can or not, I wouldn't take bets. I can't remember if XP has a thing against flash drives or not. You will have the license issue to worry about, or maybe not. That is something I was planning on experimenting with soon, but with 7 and a USB3.0. I think booting to a 3.0 won't work with most systems that currently have it, of the three PCsI have with built-in USB3.0, none are seen at boot. Maybe the newer motherboards with native support for it [in the chipset, not an add-on controller] can do this. __________________ you must be joking, oh man you must be joking

16. Sep 2011, 02:45 AM	#4 (permalink)
v.laurie Editor Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 202	There are several approaches. One that uses BartPE is described at TechRepublic and also at Tom's Hardware. I haven't tried it so I don't know how well it works. There is also something called MojoPac. It looked very promising and I tried it once but it was very slow. However, that was several versions ago. Dedoimedo has described it here. __________________ Vic

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16. Sep 2011, 01:18 AM	#3 (permalink)
J_L Co-Author, Best Free Security List Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,475	I know there's Windows PE and BartPE, but as for your current system, I don't think so.