[BCDEdit Incompatible with XP?]

No problems with bcdedit here, are you using XP Home or Professional? I'm also assuming you installed it from WAIK and not copied it from a Vista install...

[Can't boot WinPE 2.0 from USB-Stick]

Problem solved partly...

replace all "partition=c:" entries through "partition=boot".

That's wrong!

You have to replace "partition=c:" through "boot".

After that BCDEdit commands will run fine.

Thank's MS for some further wasted days!!!

However USB-Stick is still not booting WinPE. But I guess that has something to do with combination of BIOS and Stick.

Martin

Can you elaborate on the exact commands you are running to create the new BCD file? I'm having a hard time translating:

You have to replace "partition=c:" through "boot".

... into the actual BCD commands.

The verbiage in readme.rtf states:

Booting Windows PE directly from CD-ROM or USB flash drive

You can boot Windows PE directly from a CD-ROM or USB flash drive (UFD), not into memory (RAM). To do so, refer to step 4 in the "Walkthrough: Boot Windows PE from Hard Disk" topic, replacing the references to "partition=c:" with "partition=boot". For CD-ROM, you must still create an .iso file and then burn the image onto a CD-ROM. For UFD, you can copy the source files directly to a UFD device.

Thanks!