Hemant Bahirat

Make USB or PENDRIVE bootable.

Install Windows XP from Pendrive


Windows xp from Pendrive

I will give full direction to make Bootable Pen Drive.
Directions are follows :

1. One or Two GB Pen Drive / Flash Drive
2. Windows XP Disk
3. N-Lite software
4. Win-to flash software.


You can download the N-lite and Win-to-flash software from here.


After downloading this zip file extract the folder and you will see folder like below picture
Make an un-attended bootable pen drive / flash drive Windows XP installation
 Make an Unattended Windows XP 
First install the N-Lite software which one downloaded before and start the program. See below picture

Click on Next. After that Computer will ask you to locate the Windows XP files. You can locate the windows xp file from your CD Rom or from HDD. If you locate the windows xp file from CD Rom, Computer will ask you to choose the location to save the windows xp file. See Below picture
Make an un-attended bootable pen drive / flash drive Windows XP installation
Now computer start copy windows xp file from cd to HDD. See below picture
Make an un-attended bootable pen drive / flash drive Windows XP installation
Click Next twice and then computer will give you option to make your xp Unattended istallation. Choose the Unattended option and click next. See below picture
Make an un-attended bootable pen drive / flash drive Windows XP installation
In Next option, from Unattended Mode choose fully automated and provide your XP serial Key. See below picture

Make an un-attended bootable pen drive / flash drive Windows XP installation

Then click on Owner and Network ID option and give your — Computer Name — Workgroup Name — Full Name — Organization name. After that click on Next. see below picture
Make an un-attended bootable pen drive / flash drive Windows XP installation
Computer will ask you for confirmation and click yes. Now computer will start making your xp unattended installation process and after the processing, computer will give you confirmation  msg and click finish.
Make an un-attended bootable pen drive / flash drive Windows XP installation
Come to make Unattended XP installation to Bootable Pen drive / flash drive
The file you downloaded and extracted before, go to the Win to Flash folder and open WinToFlash.exe file. Then choose the “Transfer Windows XP setup to USB Drive” and click on RUN. See below picture
Make an un-attended bootable pen drive / flash drive Windows XP installation
Now plug-in your Flash Drive / Pen drive to your computer. In Windows source path locate the folder which one we use to make unattended windows xp installation and in USB drive option locate your flash drive path. Then click run and after completing this process your flash drive / pen drive will be ready to install XP. See below picture.
Make an un-attended bootable pen drive / flash drive Windows XP installation
FAQ : How to configure the computer bios to boot from Pen drive /flash drive ?
Ans : Before you start installing your XP from your USB make sure that your computer support USB to install XP. But most of the recent computer bios support bootable pendrive.

To boot from your USB just plug-in your bootable pendrive to computer and restart your computer. Then Press F9 or F12 key from your keyboard and you will get the option to choose boot from your USB Flash Drive / Pen Drive