Hello everyone I´m new to this forum and to the "unattended windows" installation world & desperately need to know how to install Windows XP from an external drive. Allow me to give details Not too long ago, I got myself a copy of Windows XP Black Edition USA retail edition, used it & think its the best thing since sliced bread. Its basically an unattended XP install LOADED with programs - a 4.4Gig dvd. I also own an 20Gig (FAT32) MP3 player that plugs in via USB & is recognized immediately as an external HDD. Now considering that I´m never about to put 20 Gigs of MP3s on the player, what I want to do is make the player bootable with the black edition image, so that I can install XP from the disk & not have to bother with the DVD anymore I realise there are many many MANY threads with similar questions & all the replies seem to mention like 5 OTHER reference threads. I´ve been "trying" to keep a level head & go through these, but I only end up with 10 windows open, with no clue where I started & realise I´m reading about how to boot a preinstalled version of windows from a flash drive; this is NOT what I want & I dont know why the references made by people who ask something similar to what I did get sent to that.... I finally saw a message saying that there isnt a guide out there because there isnt a one size fits all solution. My question is - can anyone let me know how I may go about burning an Unattended Windows XP black edition bootable DVD image to a USB external drive so that I boot from the drive & the installation process begins just like it does with the DVD (& yes my BIOS supports boot via external device...) I would be indebted to you if someone can help me with details in this thread itself or a pre-existing thread that gives me the solution & not 20 other links. I´ve been going dizzy trying to get to the bottom of this..... Thanks in advance
