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[iceangel89]

ops sorry... its from http://www.msfn.org/...o...st&p=647573
the link u gave, the 1st one

about the nLite part, its becos my XP is nLited and i thought that will not make a diff

actually i am also guessing that u would be frustrated, sorry abt that

[iceangel89]

can someone give me a reminder on how i can boot install XP from USB HDD? i forgot. i am using the

winnt32 /makelocalsource /noreboot method

i did the command as above the copy the folders $WIN_NT$.~BT & $WIN_NT$.~LS to my USB HDD then
add GRUB4DOS in the HDD
then i think the parts i am missing out are, what do i have to put in the menu.lst and i need to rename some files right? NTLDR to SETUPLDR or something like that...
i am using XP SP3 now and i seem to get a $LDR$ file too, whats that?

[was_jaclaz]

Go back to square #1

There is a brand new sub-forum at MSFN and new releases of the files by Wimb, the procedure is fully automated and works for both HD's and sticks:
http://www.msfn.org/...P-USB-f157.html

...or read the actions performed by the various batch files and re-do them one by one by hand

jaclaz

[iceangel89]

thats what i have been trying to do, find out which posts i got the info from. but some of the links to msfn forums is broken, it directs me to the forum index page... ok maybe i try looking around in that forum

[iceangel89]

i did the command as above the copy the folders $WIN_NT$.~BT & $WIN_NT$.~LS to my USB HDD then
add GRUB4DOS in the HDD
then i think the parts i am missing out are, what do i have to put in the menu.lst and i need to rename some files right? NTLDR to SETUPLDR or something like that...
i am using XP SP3 now and i seem to get a $LDR$ file too, whats that?

maybe some1 can help me with this method 1st? after using winnt32 /makelocalsource /noreboot, what do i do?

[dracula]

this is a very very bad idea! why do you want to do this? it will run extremely slow!!!!

[was_jaclaz]

this is a very very bad idea! why do you want to do this? it will run extremely slow!!!!

Dracula, take it easy, man .

Do read Board Rules:
http://www.boot-land...?act=boardrules
with a particular attention to point #12.

You are of course very welcome to express your opinion about anything, AS LONG as it substantiated by either:
- an alternative, BETTER way/tutorial/howto/link
- technical facts, reports or similar documentation
- description of a repeatable test
- description of the reasoning that led you to the one-line conclusion

jaclaz

[jazs]

Hi iceangel89, additional information maybe useful

http://www.murga-lin...e62e1d7a2512110

[jazs]

2) i've seen few forums on booting the USB on non supported BIOS. My question would be is there a way to make the USB HDD bootable when there is no BOOT from USB HDD option? is there any related threads to this? since the one i saw on 911cd is not what i wanted to search on.
Hi iceangel89, additional information maybe useful

Non support bios is not a problem under many OS linux distros.
You can boot the linux OS over cd or floppydisk, like wakepup etc.

Boot xp from USB/Firewire HD without BIOS support (Mar 15 2008)
http://www.911cd.net...mp;#entry144095

[jazs]

XP hardware independent
http://www.murga-lin...5d2717c3110031d