XP installation

Discussion in 'Windows XP / Older OS' started by Jerry2017, Oct 19, 2017.

  1. vanelle

    vanelle MDL Expert

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    a extern USB Hard Disk
    1. partition format to use for UEFI (FAT32..) - use RUFUS to prepare / format
     
  2. Jerry2017

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    Thanks. I understand the part on using Rufus. Are you saying I should first do some sort of partition on the USB to make it a hard disk or something? Sorry that I have very limited knowledge on this, please forgive my dumbness.
     
  3. vanelle

    vanelle MDL Expert

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    no,
    you shold not use a USB-Stick
    you shold use a external USB-Hard-Disk
    bacause not all USB-Sticks works well with PC Hardware

    if you use a external USB-Hard-Disk it is much more easyer to setup your BIOS first

    BTW. why you want boot in UEFI mode - legacy boot is much more easy for old OS
     
  4. GOD666

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    If you read the thread, you would know we have already established that and that @Jerry2017 has already disabled UEFI and is using legacy boot. ;)
    Well, that is nonsense. I install Windows XP using a USB drive all the time and honestly, XP Setup is not going to tell the difference between a USB drive from a USB hard disk, as they'll both register as a drive.

    The problem faced is we're unsure why his computer is not booting as it should.
     
  5. Jerry2017

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    By any chance can you upload the ISO file you used so that I can download it and use the same file? Thanks a lot.
     
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  7. Jerry2017

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    Thanks a lot. I am downloading it.
     
  8. Jerry2017

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    One more piece of information, I do see the usb stick in the boot menu in the bios. In attached image, you can see the usb at the bottom of the boot menu. Theoretically, I can just click it to boot from it. But it gives the error message I mentioned before. Not sure if this information is useful.
     

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  9. GOD666

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    Either something is preventing you from correctly making a bootable USB or you have some unknown hardware failure. -- Everything you have done, should have worked.
     
  10. GOD666

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  12. GOD666

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    You must have a slow connection since my torrent even has a direct URL download backing it up. The file is also less than 600 MB big too.
    upload_2017-10-29_21-34-3.png
     
  13. GOD666

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    I would love your thoughts on what is possibly being overlooked.
     
  14. Jerry2017

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    As expected, the download was not done. My internet speed is actually pretty fast. They are 679 Mbps for download and 129 Mbps for upload. Maybe my download method is not correct? Attached is a image of my download in bittorrent.
     

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  15. Jerry2017

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    Wait, it started to downloading, 27% done.
     
  16. Jerry2017

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    I think I found the reason. It is probably because the USB stick was not successfully created. The ISOtoUSB software give an error message in the status box after the it is done. See attached image.
     

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  17. GOD666

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    You did not select your USB in your screenshot. --- The notice also tells you that your USB (which I do not see you select), must have only 1 partition on your USB. If you have more than 1, delete them all, and start fresh.
     
  18. Jerry2017

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    That is the screen after the burning was done. Not sure why it does not show the USB I selected. I reformatted the USB in CMD using these following commands and will try it again.

    diskpart
    list disk
    select disk #
    clean
    create partition primary
    select partition 1
    active
    format quick fs=fat32
    assign
    exit