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How can I make a pendrive bootable for XP?

How can I make a pendrive bootable for XP?

How to Create a Bootable Windows XP USB Drive

  1. Go to the Windows XP SP3 ISO download page.
  2. Select the language from the drop-down menu and click the big red Download button.
  3. Download a free programme such as ISOtoUSB to burn the image to a pen drive.
  4. Install ISOtoUSB on your computer and open it.

How to boot Windows XP from a pen drive?

Go to the BIOS settings and set to boot from USB flash drive. Some systems may detect your pen Removable Disk. It depends on your system. Or simply set higher boot priority for all USB options (USB Flash Drive, USB Hard Disk, etc.) than the Hard Disk. 16. If everything goes well you will boot into a mini version of Windows XP from your pen drive.

How to create a bootable pen drive using CMD?

1 First of all, connect the USB drive to the computer. 2 Press the Windows+R shortcut key to open the Run box. 3 Type “Diskpart” in the Run box, and then hit the enter button. 4 It will open the Diskpart.exe in the command prompt. 5 Now type the following command and hit the enter button.

How do I create a bootable USB drive for Windows XP?

Press ‘Build’ to create ‘pebuilder.iso’ file. At first, make sure that the file is properly created. Create a bootable USB drive for Windows XP: Insert the USB drive to proper port and launch ‘Power ISO’. From the menu, navigate to Tools >> create bootable USB drive. The dialogue with “Create bootable USB Drive” appears as a pop-up.

Why do I need a bootable pen drive?

If you have just set up your new PC build or updating your old PC to a newer Windows version, you may need a bootable Pendrive which has got the Windows Operating System on it. A USB boot is a process in which computer hardware can be enabled to get all essential system booting information and files instead of a hard disk or a CD drive.