If you are looking for a way to make your USB drive or memory card a Windows XP installer source you are at the right location. This is article is not about running the full version of Windows XP on flash drive or memory card as a destination. Also this should closely apply to any Netbook e.g. HP Mini 1000, Lenovo IdeaPad S10, Asus EEE PC, Acer Aspire One, MSI Wind, Dell Inspiron Mini 9, Samsung NC10 just to name the most common ones.
0. To work with the provided CD, you need a computer with a CD drive. If you do not, get an iso file and mount it with MagicDisc for example. 1. Install WinSetupFromUSB, the program should be started automatically 2. Click the Browse button on the Windows 2000/XP/2003 Source, select your CD and click OK 3. Underneath select your USB Device (Hit the Refresh button if it is not in the list) 4. Optional but highly recommended. Click the HP format tool button and format with the NTFS File system. Amazingly this made file transferts over 4x faster with the exact same memory card!! 5. Just click GO and wait for the procedure to complete. This takes a while, it took me around 30 minutes on my NTFS formatted card and over 2 hours on the card FAT formatted.
