my attempts to boot from usb stick failed help needed

satheeshdharan · Post by **satheeshdharan** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 3:27 am

i had tried many ways to boot from usb stick instead of hard disk, but failed and some times os crashes, give me most reliable and confirmed and easy way to boot from usb stick at least os xp

theycallmebruce · Post by **theycallmebruce** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 8:03 am

XP Pro, you can forget about it.

It might just be possible with a customised XP Embedded image, but I don't know how.

If you want to boot XP from flash, you could use one of these:

- A real SSD with a SATA or IDE interface (a litttle thin on the ground where I live)
- A CompactFlash module with a CompactFlash to IDE or SATA adapter

sjoukew · Post by **sjoukew** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 12:46 pm

Linux will work better

AuraAllan · Post by **AuraAllan** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 12:49 pm

sjoukew wrote:Linux will work better

It sure will.
I got Puppy up and running on my pendrive in less then 5 mins.
First time i've ever used Linux

DaveLessnau · Post by **DaveLessnau** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 1:02 pm

This is not precisely booting XP, but take a look here:

http://www.ubcd4win.com/

With that, you use your XP image to make a bootable recovery CD. With the newer versions, you can put that image onto a usb flash drive. Take a look at their forums in the USB Booting Support area.

Dave Lessnau

andyb · Post by **andyb** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 2:33 pm

DaveLessnau wrote:This is not precisely booting XP, but take a look here:

http://www.ubcd4win.com/

With that, you use your XP image to make a bootable recovery CD. With the newer versions, you can put that image onto a usb flash drive. Take a look at their forums in the USB Booting Support area.

Any chance of a link to a how to: I looked into this a few times and it wasnt anything like as easy as it should have been - Linux is so easy a child could do it.

As far a Embedded XP is concerned, I looked into and played around with that on and off for a week and gave up. Its not impossible, but its quicker and easier to use Bart PE (as quoted above)

DaveLessnau · Post by **DaveLessnau** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 5:47 pm

andyb wrote:Any chance of a link to a how to: I looked into this a few times and it wasnt anything like as easy as it should have been

I've built the UBCD4Win several times on CD/DVD without problem. Never on USB, though.

Here's a link to their How to Build the Ultimate Boot CD for Windows FAQ and here are a few links to threads about getting the build onto a USB flash drive:

- Utility to copy your ubcd4win to a usb-stick/drive (greek to me)
- HOWTO: Installing UBCD4Win to a Flash Drive, Includes a boot menu
- How To: Boot BartPE from a FAT32 formatted USB drive (Easy)

Dave Lessnau