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There are some problems: $WIN_NT$.~BT\BOOTSECT.DAT is not made correct for NTFS formatted USB-stick, so that TXT-mode will not start. OEM folder with BTS DriverPacks is not copied to root of USB-stick (you can correct for it by manual copy of OEM folder). still testing .... - winnt.sif errors with InputLocale and InputLocale_DefaultUser entries which get closed with 2 doublequote's - original entry of [setupParams] section of winnt.sif gets lost - [unattended] section of winnt.sif not removed At list of partitions in TXT-mode setup an error occurs. USB-stick (1GB) too small for XP Install. Error due to wrongly proposing USB-stick as Install partition.

You should have used in DPsBASE the slipstream method2 (default) and only DriverPack Massstorage with TXT Mode Enabled as first approach. Later you can add more DriverPacks. Another approach if you have specific MassStorage Driver: From http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=5306

You have got to improve first your XP Setup Source with DriverPack Massstorage with TXT Mode Enabled using DPsBase.exe If you have XP SP2 CD then first Slipstream with SP3. Take care that your XPSOURCE Folder is located on your Harddisk in a simple Path without SPACES. Copy the Content of your Windows XP Setup CD to your XPSOURCE Folder on Harddisk Slipstream ServicePack SP3 First Manually in your XP-SP2 Source (don't use here nLite). http://www.helpwithwindows.com/WindowsXP/S...ice_Pack_3.html Integrate in your XPSOURCE BTS DriverPack Massstorage with TXT Mode Enabled using DPsBase.exe http://driverpacks.net/downloads Then prepare bootable USB-stick with USB_MultiBoot_10.cmd From: http://www.msfn.org/board/install-xp-usb-t111406.html As alternative you can use Make_USB.exe and the Install procedure described in: http://www.msfn.org/board/install-xp-usb-a...sb-t121446.html

Thanks for mentioning to set Vista UAC off. The instruction was in the Tutorial: http://www.msfn.org/board/install-xp-usb-t111406.html

= PROGRAM UPDATE - U_XP_SET Package - Install XP from USB Update - BOOT_IMG.exe - Make_IMG.exe - Make_USB.exe - USB_XP_Setup.exe All programs contain now code to identify the type of valid Boot Image files as previously developed in Make_IMG.exe The above allowed to integrate BOOT_ISO.exe in BOOT_IMG.exe so that BOOT_ISO.exe no longer exists. BootSDI.img is not a valid selection if a separate folder WinBuilder\ISO\Ram\WIMs is detected originating from using WimPack in WinBuilder. Use then instead as Boot Image file WinBuilder\ISO\LiveXP_RAM.iso which contains the WIMs folder, thus keeping things together. Solved the problem of missing NTDETECT.COM which could occur for BartPE and Recovery Console, when selecting Grub4dos MBR BootCode in Make_USB.exe without ever having selected XP Setup Source folder. For "WinPE - ISO" type Boot Image files then in grub4dos menu.lst is used: chainloader (0xff)/BOOTMGR VistaPE-Core.iso and pe21.iso were bootable, but Windows PE 2.1 - winpe.iso file was not bootable with the old entry: chainloader (0xff) Download - U_XP_SET =

Edit boot.ini to Set timeout=0 Right click on My Computer, select Properties > Advanced > Startup and Recovery group - Settings and press Edit Set timeout 0 seconds (or Uncheck List of OS time display)

(10); Command-line tools is in any case essential find.exe, findstr.exe and xcopy.exe are needed for USB_MultiBoot_10.cmd May be there is even more missing .....

Yes, you can use WinPE 2.0 and use XP Setup source folder on USB-stick. Extract U_XP_SET package to USB-drive. After booting with WinPE 2.0 from USB you can run USB_XP_Setup.exe to prepare your harddisk for Install of XP. The Format button of USB_XP_Setup.exe will produce an NTLDR type Bootsector on your Harddisk needed for Install of XP, whereas normal Format of WinPE 2.0 would result in BOOTMGR type BootSector which would NOT work. More Info: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=21883 More Info on how to use U_XP_SET programs After booting with WinPE 2.0 http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?...=6800&st=28 Download - U_XP_SET = =

In Section 3 of your reference I read: This means you certainly need to Format with NTFS for Install of XP from USB, otherwise FileCopy in TXT-mode XP Setup will take an hour or so ....

= PROGRAM UPDATE - U_XP_SET Package - Install XP from USB Make_USB.exe The Format Stick procedure available for Removable USB-stick was changed as follows: - Size of 2nd Partition is now Selectable (MIN - 25% - 50% - 75% - MAX) 2nd Partition MIN is the default and corresponds to 1 Cylinder = 8 MB used as Dummy 2nd Partition. 2nd Partition MAX is determined by the lower limit of 2 GB for the Size of the 1st partition. The 2nd partition is defined as FAT32 but remains unformatted (format of 2nd partition only available for Fixed drives). In this way one can limit and Set the Size of the 1st Partition, which is especially useful for large capacity USB-sticks > 8 GB. In order to format and make use of the 2nd partition in Windows you need afterwards to Install Hitachi Microdrive Filter (cfadisk.sys) to make the specific USB-stick seen as a local Fixed drive. Therfore Open Device manager and check for your USB drive in "Disk Drives". Right click on the entry for your drive and select option to update driver. Don't use windows update Install from a list or specific location Don't search. I will choose the driver to install Browse to location of cfadisk.inf for GenDisk in U_XP_SET\USB_XP_Setup\makebt\Multi_Partition_USB\cfadisk folder Partitioning and Formatting of Fixed USB-sticks is always done with XP Disk Management, but the Format Stick procedure for Removables provides the CHS Knockout Patches (see Tutorial) for better bootability of USB-sticks. NTFS format of the 1st partition is desired for Install of XP from USB-stick because of high FileCopy speed. FAT32 format of USB-stick 2nd partition is useful as Data partition compatible with Mac OS and Linux. Download - U_XP_SET = =

= PROGRAM UPDATE - U_XP_SET Package - Install XP from USB Make_USB.exe - Better testing for valid MBR BootCode in making Bootable USB-stick - Added PLoP BootManager running from grub4dos menu to PreLoad USB 2.0 driver This provides faster booting from USB e.g. LiveXP BootSDI.img booting 5x faster from USB-stick. http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?...=8605&st=42 Download - U_XP_SET

Hi Siginet, There is no need to make multiple partitions on your USB-stick. Vista Setup Source can be located in a folder on USB-stick so that it does not interfere with other Setup Sources like folders with Vista x64 or Windows 7 Setup Source. Booting in 40 sec with pe21.iso loaded by GRUB4DOS from HD into RAMDISK X: allows then to Launch Vista or Windows 7 Setup.exe from folder on USB-stick. http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=5306

Thanks for your reply. Succes with Install of XP from USB

What is the path of USB_MultiBoot_10 folder ? Try to unzip as USB_MultiBoot_10 folder in root of Harddisk Data partition. Otherwise try GUI program of ilko_t http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?&showtopic=120444 Or try New approach: Install of XP from USB without booting from USB using U_XP_SET with GUI programs http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=5306

In that case, Copy first the content of drive I: to folder e.g. XPRO in root of your Harddisk Data partition. Then run USB_MultiBoot_10.cmd

What is your OS , Vista or XP ? What is the path of your XP Setup Source folder that you want to select ? After you enter 1 there should appear a folder browser window launched by .vbs routine. It might be that VBS is not installed on your computer. Check if you have C:\WINDOWS\system32\cscript.exe and file wscript.exe In folder USB_MultiBoot_10\u_script you can double-click on file FolderSel.vbs to see if folder browser window appears.

= PROGRAM UPDATE - U_XP_SET Package - Install XP from USB Make_IMG.exe - Make and Install Boot Image File - Type IMG or ISO - Changed: Support for 64-bits XP by making proper use of Func SystemFileRedirect($Wow64Number) to find imdisk.exe Function given by Lancelot and blue_life for support of x64 Windows Download - U_XP_SET

= PROGRAM UPDATE - U_XP_SET Package - Install XP from USB Make_IMG.exe - Make and Install Boot Image File - Type IMG or ISO - ImDisk of Olof Lagerkvist is used now as Virtual disk driver instead of VDK ImDisk virtual disk driver for Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008 http://www.ltr-data.se/opencode.html Make_IMG.exe runs now with Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/Windows7 Operating System, but it needs to install previously the ImDisk Driver using U_XP_SET\USB_XP_Setup\makebt\imdiskinst.exe Download - U_XP_SET

The Format Stick procedure of Make_USB.exe can make use of CHS Knockout Patches for the MBR and the BootSector to overcome your troubles with nx240x63 geometry. Use Format Stick with NTFS FileSystem. More Info: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?...5306&st=215 http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=5306

= PROGRAM UPDATE - U_XP_SET Package - Install XP from USB A new program was added to U_XP_SET package: Make_IMG.exe - Make and Install Boot Image File - Type IMG or ISO Make_IMG.exe runs only with 32-bits Windows XP as Operating System. Supported are: Make and Install 15 MB FreeDOS FAT12 Superfloppy IMG file from Source Folder containing kernel.sys Make and Install 25 MB MS-DOS FAT16 Superfloppy IMG file from Source Folder containing IO.SYS Make and Install 15 MB XP Recovery Console FAT12 IMG file Booting from RAMDISK and made from Windows XP Setup Source Make and Install LiveXP / BartPE / UBCD4Win ISO or NTFS Compressed IMG Files Booting from RAMDISK (max 500 MB) Install WinPE 2.1 or VistaPE ISO files Booting from RAMDISK Install CD-ISO file e.g. ubcd50b12.iso or pmagic-4.0.iso or LiveXP_RAM.iso as boot option in GRUB4DOS menu.lst Menu Images are made from a Virtual Drive by using Virtual Disk Driver (VDK) of Ken Kato. http://chitchat.at.infoseek.co.jp/vmware/vdk.html You will find the Image files in U_XP_SET\USB_XP_Setup\makebt\make_image folder. For the XP Recovery Console a 15 MB FAT12 Superfloppy Image file is made, where the cmdcons folder is generated by parsing dosnet.inf of the Windows XP Setup Source. Then cmdcons folder is renamed as i386 and ramdisk.sys of win2k3 is added instead of the original one. In root of bootdrive we have setupldr.bin of win2k3 renamed as the bootloader RMLDR, which is patched for using rcons.sif as setup information instead of winnt.sif to allow MultiBoot Environment. More Info: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?...=5316&st=60 I would like to thank jaclaz for making use of his CATCH22 folder. Adding the CATCH22 folder to the root of any HD-like device allows to use Recovery Console Superfloppy Boot Image without using admin password and to get unlimited access to any folder by connecting to CATCH22 instead of to WINDOWS folder. http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?sho...20983&st=25 For the LiveXP / BartPE / UBCD4Win ISO or NTFS Compressed IMG Files Booting from RAMDISK, it is possible to migrate USB-stick to DriveLetter U: so that Shifting of other Drive Letters is prevented. Install of Boot Image files is possble on Harddisk Boot Drive C: or on Bootable USB-stick made e.g. with Make_USB.exe by making boot entries in GRUB4DOS menu.lst Menu and in some cases in XP boot.ini Menu as well. The program will recognize the type of image and will generate the corresponding GRUB4DOS entry in menu.lst The DOS Superfloppy Images including DOS-Apps are booting from RAM, which allows to boot with DOS from a NTFS Harddisk. GRUB4DOS is updated to the latest version grub4dos-0.4.4-2009-06-11 which is also essential for booting the DOS Superfloppy Images using the generated menu.lst entries. More Info on GRUB4DOS Menu entries for various types of Image files: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=5041 http://diddy.boot-land.net/grub4dos/Grub4dos.htm Download - U_XP_SET = =

Most likely your XP Setup Source is missing MassStorage Drivers needed to see your laptop Harddisk. http://www.msfn.org/board/install-XP-USB-t111406.html

Use Make_USB.exe of U_XP_SET package http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=5306

= PROGRAM UPDATE - U_XP_SET Package - Install XP from USB Make_USB.exe and USB_XP_Setup.exe Update so that Network Shared Folders can also be used as Source Folders. Download - U_XP_SET In LiveXP you can Connect to Network Drive using PENetwork Manager with Path: \\ComputerName\ShareName User: ComputerName\UserName Pass: PassWord It might be necessary to switch off the Firewall of the Network computer.

= PROGRAM UPDATE - U_XP_SET Package - Install XP from USB USB_XP_Setup.exe has Changed: For Install of XP from any Harddisk folder or from CD / DVD disk, the XP Source is always Copied to $WIN_NT$.~LS folder on Target Install-drive, which enables to make use of TEXTMODE Drivers defined in winnt.sif and located in $OEM$\TEXTMODE folder of the XP Source. USB-Harddisk with XP source can be removed after running USB_XP_Setup.exe so that it does not give unwanted DriveLetter shifting in XP Setup. Also using rdummy.sys for USB-Harddisk is no longer needed this way. Using $WIN_NT$.~LS as XP source folder on Target Install-drive, makes the procedure more looking like using winnt32.exe but it does NOT have the usual errors occurring when using winnt32.exe on SP3 XP Sources integrated with UpdatePacks. Copy is NOT necessary when XP Source is on USB-stick and without using TEXTMODE Drivers, thus saving some copytime. In this case SetupSourcePath and SetupSourceDevice are specified in txtsetup.sif to find XP Setup Source Folder on USB-stick. General Changes for using Windows PE 2 ISO images: The Grub4dos menu.lst Menu entries for Windows PE 2.1 or VistaPE ISO images has been modified by using chainloader (0xff) instead of chainloader /BOOTMGR It works quite well this way and allows to use the FileSelector also for other CD ISO images without BOOTMGR file. Download - U_XP_SET = =

= PROGRAM UPDATE - U_XP_SET Package - Install XP from USB Make_USB.exe program is now compatible with x64 versions of Windows. : Thanks to Lancelot and blue_life for giving Function SystemFileRedirect for x64 Support and for testing Make_USB.exe with x64 version of Windows XP. Download - U_XP_SET.exe Thanks for all and Cheers B)