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= PROGRAM UPDATE - U_XP_SET Package - Install XP from USB In Make_USB.exe program: Added : Install of Grub4dos MBR BootCode Selectable, which allows to make Bootable USB-sticks without the need of having XP Setup Source. B) In this case Grub4dos grldr BootLoader can e.g. direct Boot CD ISO or floppy images or chainload BOOTMGR of Vista or Windows 7 Setup Source. Changed : Value of Calculated CopyTime as displayed in statusbar. Changed : Size of Dummy Second Partition in Format Stick procedure was reduced to 1 Cylinder corresponding to 8 MB Changed : Disconnect not needed anymore for FAT32 and FAT in Format Stick procedure by making use of touchdrv.exe General Changes: Changed : Reduced the need of selecting Windows XP Setup source folder by making use of XP Bootfiles in makebt\Boot_XP folder. Changed : Grub4dos Updated to version grub4dos-0.4.4-2009-05-13 Changed : Graphical User Interface improved to allow display of long filepath. = =

Yes, there is a solution in which you don't need NTLDR and NTDETECT.COM of the XP Source. You can Install GRUB4DOS as BootLoader on your USB-stick by using grubinst_gui.exe Download and Run U_XP_SET.exe to get folder U_XP_SET in root of your Local Harddisk Run PStart.exe from folder U_XP_SET Run Make_USB.exe Select Target USB Drive and use Format Stick with NTFS Filesystem After format is Ready then close Make_USB.exe with Exit Open folder U_XP_SET\USB_XP_Setup\makebt in Windows Explorer Run grubinst_gui.exe and Select with Disk your USB-stick Be sure your small size USB-stick is selected and Press Install Close grubinst_gui.exe with Quit Copy files grldr and menu.lst from U_XP_SET\USB_XP_Setup\makebt folder to your USB-stick Open menu.lst on USB-stick and Edit menu.lst by removing leading # of preconfigured pe21.iso entry Copy file pe21.iso to USB-stick Make folder VISTA on USB-stick and Copy the Content of your Vista DVD to folder VISTA on stick Boot from USB-stick and Select pe21.iso to Boot from Ramdisk X: Run Vista Setup from folder on USB-stick by using e.g. Free Commander in PE 2.1 Environment Select and Format your Install Drive e.g. C:\ Proceed with Install of Vista from USB (Copy + Extract) Disconnect USB-stick precisely at First Reboot (just at the BIOS Beep when the screen is black). Without Removal there is 10 min Extra Install time. Proceed with Install of Vista - Totally in about 18 min menu.lst title Boot pe21.iso - ISO into RAMDISK find --set-root --ignore-floppies /pe21.iso map /pe21.iso (0xff) map --hook root (0xff) chainloader /BOOTMGR Good Luck Instead of using pe21.iso to boot first into RAMDISK X: you can also boot directly with Vista Setup from USB-stick. In this case Copy the content of your Vista DVD direct to the root of your USB-stick and use in menu.lst title Launch Vista Setup from USB-stick find --set-root --ignore-floppies /bootmgr chainloader /bootmgr

= PROGRAM UPDATE - U_XP_SET Package - Install XP from USB Fixed - Indicated Copy Time in Make_USB.exe was too small and wrong by factor 2.5 Fixed - MBR_Backup.cmd could not run when DATE contained forward slash instead of - sign Thanks to amalux for reporting problem when running MBR_Backup.cmd

= PROGRAM UPDATE - U_XP_SET Package - Install XP from USB Make_USB.exe was updated. The Format Stick procedure includes now all patches found useful by cdob and online for making bootable USB-sticks. Thanks for testing CHS Knock-out Patches and Make Second Dummy Partition are user Selectable and involve: Apply HP Patch to USB-stick MBR Code for CHS Knock-out Apply 4x NOP Patch to FAT32 and NTFS BootSector for CHS Knock-out Make Second Partition - 40 MB FAT32 as Dummy Please try and report about bootability of USB-sticks made with the Format Stick procedure of Make_USB.exe So forget about Make_USB_2.exe since now everything is included in Make_USB.exe

First you need to get a fast USB-stick of at least 4GB e.g. Corsair Flash Voyager Follow 5. Install Vista from USB in http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=5306 You can try to prepare your Clean Harddisk so that it is able to boot with pe21.iso from RAMDISK. Attach the Clean HDD as second HD to working system where you install pe21.iso as boot option on the clean HD using BOOT_ISO.exe Otherwise you can try to boot with pe21.iso from USB-stick and proceed with Install of Vista.

Try to follow: Install XP from USB AFTER Booting with PE from HDD or USB http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=5306 which is in my opinion less complicated and better then USB_MultiBoot_10 e.g. it is not sensitive to the hal.dll error. At best you use LiveXP BootSDI.img loaded from HDD to boot in 30 sec from RAMDISK and then use USB_XP_Setup.exe to prepare your Harddisk for Install of XP. So in this case you never boot from USB-stick, which makes the procedure much more reliable. This is: Install from USB without Booting from USB

= PROGRAM UPDATE - U_XP_SET Package - Install XP from USB Make_USB.exe and Make_USB_2.exe were updated. The procedure of Format Stick Button will now make Bootable FAT and FAT32 USB-sticks. For NTFS Format the procedure was already OK, but FAT32 and FAT sticks were NOT bootable. After many experiments, I hope to have realized now a reliable procedure for all cases to make really bootable USB-sticks. The procedure for FAT32 and FAT includes an essential Disconnect pop-up. Please try and report about the new procedure.

= PROGRAM UPDATE - U_XP_SET Package - Install XP from USB - Removed bug in Make_USB.exe and Make_USB-2.exe which would give a pop-up Invalid FileSystem Return Error when clicking the GO Button. This could take place for FAT and FAT32 formatted USB-sticks. Sorry for the inconvenience, wll you please re-download U_XP_SET Thanks to amalux for reporting this program bug.

= PROGRAM UPDATE - U_XP_SET Package - Install XP from USB Added MBRWiz64.exe for 64-bit Windows Support Improved error handling =

= PROGRAM UPDATE - U_XP_SET Package - Install XP from USB An AutoIt3 Routine was created to Format USB-sticks with a Harddisk like structure and NTFS/FAT32/FAT FileSystem. It can be used in Make_USB.exe with the Format Stick Button instead of using the HP Format Tool. First 100 Sectors of USB-stick are erased quickly using dsfi.exe and file Erase_100.bin MBR BootCode is obtained from XP file dmadmin.exe just as in MBRBatch.cmd made by jaclaz http://www.boot-land.net/forums/?showtopic=3191 The HP Patch can be applied to MBR BootCode to improve bootability. Partition Table entry is constructed from the USB-stick CHS geometry as derived from MBRWiz.exe /list Partition is ending on Cylinder boundary to improve bootability as compared to HP Format Tool, which would give a CHS-LBA unbalanced partition. USB-sticks with Second Partition of about 40 MB (using 5 Cyl in case of n/255/63 geometry) can be generated to further improve bootability as described by online http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=7512 For testing purpose one needs to use in this case Make_USB_2.exe from U_XP_SET\USB_XP_Setup folder. = Thanks to jaclaz for stimulating me to write this format routine in AutoIt3. = =

See: How to install XP from USB http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=111406

= PROGRAM UPDATE - U_XP_SET Package - Install XP from USB Update : GRUB4DOS Updated to latest Version grub4dos-0.4.4 Changed : (0xff) is used in GRUB4DOS menu.lst entries for mapping of ISO images instead of (hd32) Changed : BOOT_ISO.exe - In case of Removable Device, the --mem option is NOT used for CD-ISO GRUB4DOS entries in order to gain speed in Booting e.g. ubcd50b12.iso from USB-stick ( thanks to ktp ) Update : The Tutorial of post #1 was improved and updated =

Read the procedure of Install XP from USB AFTER Booting with PE from HDD or USB http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=5306 Use Make_USB.exe of U_XP_SET Package to prepare your USB-stick and use HP Format Tool to format your stick with NTFS Filesystem. Direct Download - U-XP-SET Browse Folder Downloads - http://wimb.winbuilder.net/downloads/ Make_USB.exe has Support for all your needs You have to run USB-MultiBoot_10.cmd or WinSetupFromUSB.exe several times to Add more XP Setup Sources.

================================================================================ From Tutorial at Boot Land Forum http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=4900 ================================================================================ ***** USB_MultiBoot.cmd - Install XP from USB ***** 1. Introduction The Batch Program USB_MultiBoot.cmd can prepare a Bootable USB-Stick, which can be used to Install XP from USB. Install from USB-Drive is of general use, it's convenient and faster than installing from CD or DVD, but is limited to computers that are able to boot from USB, as determined by BIOS and Motherboard. Updating and Changing an USB-stick is also easier than preparing a new Bootable CD or DVD. Install XP from USB is very useful when the computer does not have a optical drive, like e.g. ASUS Eee subnotebook. Preparing a Bootable USB-Drive with USB_MultiBoot.cmd Involves: Format USB-stick like a Bootable Harddisk Drive with NTLDR BootSector using PeToUSB or HP USB Format Tool Select from the Main Menu of USB_MultiBoot.cmd 1 - Give XP Setup Source Folder and give UserData for XP Setup 2 - Give USB-Drive Target 3 - Make Bootable USB-Drive with XP Setup Folders Installing XP from USB requires a Reboot from USB-Drive and Select from Boot Menu: 1. Begin TXT Mode Setup Windows XP - Download Direct from CD Forum: USB_MultiBoot_10.zip Or from BootLand Forum: USB_MultiBoot_10.zip Or from Mirror (Thanks to Siginet) - USB_MultiBoot_10.zip - Unpack USB_MultiBoot.zip to your Harddisk in a simple Path without SPACES. USB_MultiBoot.cmd is Vista Compatible, but requires User Account Control OFF. In this case a BOOTMGR type BootSector is made when Formatting the USB-Drive. Such Bootsector is Detected and Auto Converted by BootSect.exe to NTLDR type Bootsector required for booting with boot.ini Menu XP as OS is Preferred for Speed of FileCopy to USB ( 10 min instead of 30 minutes for Vista OS ) The procedure for installing Windows XP from a bootable USB-stick was developed by ilko_t , jaclaz , cdob, porear and wimb at MSFN Forum - Install XP from USB at MSFN Forum /157-install-windows-from-usb/ - List of FAQs - More Info See Guide with ScreenShots - More Help with Bookmarks is available in the Help_Info Folder in USB_MultiBoot.zip - Use of MultiBoot.cmd and everything in this Guide is COMPLETELY use at your own risk. 2. XP-Source Preparation - *** BEFORE YOU START *** Make sure that your XPSOURCE Folder is located on your Harddisk in a simple Path without SPACES. Copy the Contents of your Windows XP Setup CD to your XPSOURCE Folder on Harddisk. Siginet's RyanVM Integrator or nLite can be used to Integrate Windows UpdatePacks in the XP-Source. http://integrator.siginetsoftware.com/index.php?download http://www.nliteos.com/ Windows XP UpdatePacks and Addons: http://www.ryanvm.net/msfn/ http://www.ryanvm.net/msfn/updatepack-sp2.html http://integrator.siginetsoftware.com/index.php?addons http://www.ryanvm.net/forum/ Supports the use of BTS DriverPacks located in OEM Folder on USB-Drive http://driverpacks.net/DriverPacks/ For installing XP on modern systems with SATA Drives it is needed to use DPsBase.exe for Integrating in your XPSOURCE BTS DriverPack Massstorage with TXT Mode Enabled. In that case a lot of Extra RAID SCSI and SATA Drivers (about 120 extra) are Integrated and will appear in the XP Setup BootFolder $WIN_NT$.~BT on USB-Drive and can prevent a lot of XP Installation Boot Problems. First use RyanVM Integrator and then use DPsBase to Improve your XP-Source. The program supplies a Customized presetup.cmd and changes the winnt.sif file for use of DriverPacks. The Complete XP-Source is Copied by USB_MultiBoot.cmd to XP LocalSource Folder $WIN_NT$.~LS on USB-Drive Computation of Estimated XP Folder Size is used to prevent USB-stick overflow and includes $WIN_NT$.~BT + cmpnents + I386 + AMD64 + $OEM$ + OEM Folders. Excluding LANG and WIN98X Folders from Copying to USB can be Selected from USB_MultiBoot.cmd Main Menu, which can reduce the XP-Source on USB-Drive by 135 MB. Reduction of the XP WINDOWS Folder can be achieved with nLite but do NOT select Operating System Options-->Manual Install and Upgrade for removal. If you do you will get BSOD, error 0x0000006F during Text mode Setup of Windows XP. ========================================================================= 3. Making a Bootable USB-Drive with USB_MultiBoot.cmd - Remove all other Removable Drives, like USB Backup Harddisks and Memory Cards - Use USB-sticks with High Read/Write Speeds of about 15 MB/sec - Unpack USB_MultiBoot.zip to your Harddisk in a simple Path without SPACES. - Launch USB_MultiBoot.cmd and Display the Format Menu - Format the USB-Drive with FAT or NTFS. Note: FAT32 is very SLOW for installing XP P) - PeToUSB - FAT Format - Max 2 GB To Format USB-Drive : Enable Disk Format with LBA FAT16X Do NOT Select "Enable File Copy" of BartPE File Copy Options. FAT Format Supports Direct Booting with MS-DOS using MULTI_CONTENT Installing XP from USB takes 30 minutes - Buffalo FireStix 2 GB H) - HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool V2.0.6 - NTFS Format - use X_CONTENT NTFS Format Supports DOS Boot Floppy Images via GRUB4DOS Menu Installing XP from USB takes 16 minutes - Corsair Flash Voyager 4 GB Do NOT use the HP Tool for USB-Harddisks having more than 1 Partition WARNING - HP Tool Formats whole Disk - Second Partition is Lost N) - No Format - Use USB-Drive with FAT or NTFS formatted by Windows XP Or Update Existing Bootable USB-Drive having NTLDR Bootsector - For USB-Harddisk use Main Menu Option 0) to Change from USB-stick to USB-Harddisk. Because this makes use of rdummy.sys and is essential for using USB-Harddisk. rdummy.sys makes Fixed USB-Harddisk seen in XP Setup as Removable Device. - Select from the Main Menu of USB_MultiBoot.cmd 1 - Give XP Setup Source Folder and give UserData for XP Setup 2 - Give USB-Drive Target 3 - Make Bootable USB-Drive with XP Setup Folders 4. XP Setup Parameters in winnt.sif file and $OEM$ folder Display and Edit of the 8 required parameters for Unattended Setup allows you to give your ProductKey and TimeZone used in the Current_winnt.sif and copies your winnt.sif file. The Current_winnt.sif file is auto adjusted for the Installation of XP from USB and then copied by USB_MultiBoot.cmd to $WIN_NT$.~BT folder on USB-Drive. The file useraccounts.cmd with UserName is made in the $OEM$ Folder copied to $WIN_NT$.~LS folder on USB-Drive. CMDLINES.TXT is used for making UserAccounts and install of Registry Tweaks at T-12 Info see: http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/ For the Option Edit UserData for XP Setup we have: A. Unattended Install - UserName = YourName in winnt.sif file - unattendswitch="Yes" - UserName is used Automatically useraccounts.cmd with UserName is created in $OEM$ Folder copied to USB-drive B. Semi-Unattended Install - UserName = None in winnt.sif file - unattendswitch="No" - UserNames are given Manually at Windows Welcome Screens useraccounts.cmd is Renamed to Inactive txt file in $OEM$ Folder copied to USB-drive C. Undefined Install - UserName = Unknown No Changes are made in winnt.sif file or $OEM$ folder In all cases Selecting Cancel keeps given Settings for winnt.sif file and $OEM$ folder Unchanged Selecting Unattended Install in the Editor instead of Cancel will enable to skip the Welcome Screens by automatic adding the unattendswitch="Yes" Setting to the [Data] Section of the Current_winnt.sif file. The UserName given at Edit Screen 8 will not be used in the case of XPSOURCE made by nLite. OEM or nLite winnt.sif file is detected in XPSOURCE and Auto Changed for the Installation of XP from USB. In that case All Setup Parameters come from XPSOURCE and therefore Empty $OEM$_X Folder is Selected. Windows XP file SETUPLDR.BIN is Renamed to XPSTP according to the 5-letter limit requirement for making NTFS BootSector Files using MakeBS3.cmd of jaclaz http://www.boot-land.net/forums/?showtopic=2362 In the Attended Install all Setup Parameters are given Manually during the GUI Mode of Setup Windows XP. For each XP Source the Program Supports to launch Unattended or Attended Setup. For Attended Setup a second SetupLoader XATSP is made , where winnt.sif is Patched as winat.sif using gsar.exe So the extra Setup Option does not take extra space from the USB-stick. Attended Install is always available as Extra Option in the boot.ini Menu. 5. Installing XP from USB Remove all other Removable Drives, like USB Backup Harddisks and Memory Cards This will enable that your Computer Harddisk in XP Setup gets DriveLetter C Boot with the USB-Drive plugged in and Press [Delete] key or F2 to Enter BIOS Setup Your BIOS may use a different key for starting BIOS Setup. Change BIOS Boot Priority Settings: (your USB device is listed as Harddisk) Make First Boot Device Type is Harddisk and give your USB device the First Priority of Harddisks Boot from USB-Drive and Select 1. Begin TXT Mode Setup Windows XP Use Only C: Drive of Computer Harddisk as Partition for Installing Windows XP and then Select Quick Format with NTFS FileSystem, XP Install is Automatic ***** NEVER UNPLUG USB-Drive ***** Until After First Logon of Windows XP New Harddisk and Creating Partitions after Booting from USB-Drive: Direct after Deleting and Creating New partitions, Quit XP Setup with F3 OR Switch OFF your Computer and Boot in any case from USB-Drive again and Run 1. TXT Mode Setup again so that DriveLetters get their Correct Value So in this case one Boots ** TWICE ** in the TXT-mode Setup XP USB_MultiBoot.cmd can make USB-stick to be seen in XP Setup as Boot Drive U: In this preferred case the driveletters of Harddisk Partitions and Optical Drives will get there desired normal value. Otherwise the USB-stick will get Drive Letter D: and other drives will get shifted drive letters. The same shifting of drive letters occurs for Installing from USB-Harddisk, for which it is not possible to make it seen as Boot Drive U: by changing migrate.inf After First Logon there is only 1 USB-Harddisk partition visible as a Removable Drive. After Reboot for Second Logon then all partitions of USB-Harddisk will become visible as Fixed Local Drives and the highest partition number of USB-Harddisk will get DriveLetter D: This reversal and use of DriveLetters might be unwanted and consequently the use of USB-stick for XP Setup is Preferred NON-STANDARD INSTALLS OF WINDOWS XP AND INSTALL OF WIN2003 Install of Windows XP from bootable USB-Drive next to WINDOWS on the same or on a different partition of the harddisk, is possible by proper manually adjustment in advance of the BOOT.INI file on the USB-Drive. Adjust BOOT.INI on USB-Drive: ( Or Select Correct boot.ini Using Option B in Menu Screen ) For Install on the Second Partition, change partition(1) in partition(2) For Install Next to WINDOWS, change WINDOWS to what will be used as Install FolderName, e.g. WINDOWS.51 Windows Install Folder Name required according to MS-DOS 8.3 format So these non-standard installs are still possible, but require only small changes in the BOOT.INI on the USB-Drive in advance. Otherwise an ERROR Message for Setup of WINDOWS XP: WINDOWS\system32\hal.dll file missing will orccur on Reboot for GUI Mode. hal.dll ERROR for Install of XP from USB ========================================================================= In case of hal.dll Error on Reboot for GUI-mode of XP Setup: The Error means only that in GUI mode the Windows folder is NOT found on the default location which is normally partition(1) of your internal harddisk and would need in boot.ini Menu to Select rdisk(1)partition(1) The error can be due to a Hidden First Partition (case of HP Computer) so that you Install on partition(2) For your Netbook it can be that you Install on partition(3) In that case you Select in GUI-mode and on Start of XP the line in boot.ini Menu with HD 1 - Part 3 It is also recommended to remove any Additional USB-drive like USB Backup Harddisk or External Cardreader since these extra USB-drives may interfere in Harddisk numbering and can cause then also the hal.dll Error. In TXT-mode of XP Setup, where you Select the partition on which you are going to Install, you must count the partition number and use this in your boot.ini Menu on your USB-stick on Reboot for GUI-mode of XP Setup and for Start of XP. To solve your hal.dll Error you need to Change the boot.ini file on your USB-stick. It can be handy to make a boot.ini with multiple entries like this: [Boot Loader] Timeout=20 Default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS [Operating Systems] C:\btsec\XPSTP.bs="1. Begin TXT Mode Setup Windows XP, Never unplug USB-Drive Until Logon" multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Continue GUI Setup + Start XP from HD 0 - Part 1" /FASTDETECT multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Continue GUI Setup + Start XP from HD 1 - Part 1" /FASTDETECT multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Continue GUI Setup + Start XP from HD 1 - Part 2" /FASTDETECT multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Continue GUI Setup + Start XP from HD 1 - Part 3" /FASTDETECT multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(2)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Continue GUI Setup + Start XP from HD 2 - Part 1" /FASTDETECT Partition Numbering starts with 1 Harddisk Numbering starts with 0 On booting from USB-stick it will count in the arcpath as rdisk(0) and your Internal Harddisk will then normally be rdisk(1) As alternative you can try: Install XP from USB AFTER Booting with PE from HDD or USB http://www.boot-land.net/forums/?showtopic=5306 In this way you are insensitive to the hal.dll Error Moreover, after booting with LiveXP into PE environment you are able to use Disk Manager and can see what is the partitioning of your harddisk and see which is the Active Partition e.g. the partition from which the computer will try to boot. Also you can make then appropriate changes using Disk Manager or Acronis Disk Director available in LiveXP ========================================================================= 6. Post-Install of Drivers and Programs The Folder usb_cfg_extra provides a script for Windows Post-Install Wizard (WPI) - http://wpiw.net/ WPI is very handy for the Automatic Install of Programs after Install of XP from USB. In WPI script there is the option to run SFC /purgecache which deletes the dll cache by deleting the files in Folder C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllcache This is a very simple way to reduce the WINDOWS Folder Size by 360 MB The Result is a XP WINDOWS Folder Size on Harddisk of only 785 MB inclusive all Updates. ================================================================================ Advanced Use of USB_MultiBoot.cmd for making MultiBoot USB-Drives 7. Adding Extra Sources for Booting with BartPE, UBCD4WIN, Windows PE 2.0 and Vista Setup BartPE - http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/ or UBCD4Win - http://www.ubcd4win.com/index.htm can be added to USB-Drive by Selecting BartPE Source Folder in the Main Menu. Remove with Cancel. The Folder usb_cfg_extra provides scripts for BartPE Menu Install of Vista from USB is supported and launched via GRUB4DOS Menu http://www.msfn.org/board/vista-t114092.html&st=6 http://www.msfn.org/board/Install-Vista-fr...6.html&st=2 For Vista Install from USB, Remove on first Restart your USB-stick. Overflow Control is used by measuring DiskSize, FreeSize, XP-Source and Extra Source Folders using ASP Drive Object and Visual Basic Scripting. http://www.w3schools.com/asp/asp_ref_drive.asp http://www.robvanderwoude.com/index.html 8. Multiple XP Install from USB and Multiple PE (BartPE and UBCD4Win) Booting from USB Multiple XP Install from USB is Supported (max 9 sources) http://www.msfn.org/board/SOLVED-Install-M...SB-t114543.html Run USB_MultiBoot.cmd again using New XP Source and Empty XX_CONTENT Source Folder Multiple PE (BartPE and UBCD4Win) from USB is supported using Multi_Partition USB-Drives. Multi-Partition an USB-stick after using INSTALL_DUMMY.cmd from makebt Folder. When dummy.sys is Installed in your OS, then USB-sticks are seen as Fixed Local Harddisks. In that case you can make Multiple Partition USB-sticks with NTFS format, allowing to combine BartPE and UBCD4WIN or different Vista Versions x86 and x64 http://www.msfn.org/board/Multiple-PE-from....html&st=11 http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?sho...20089&st=24 Run USB_MultiBoot.cmd again using New BartPE Source and using Empty XX_CONTENT Source Folder and No Copy of XP Source. ================================================================================

You should NOT select I386 folder, but instead Select the folder which contains I386 folder

Make_USB.exe of U_XP_SET package can make MultiBoot USB-stick including XP Recovery Console. http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=5306 You can Uncheck the Copy Checkbox of the Windows XP Setup Source Folder Selection, if you don't need the XP Setup Source Folder on your USB-stick (saves 10 min time for copy to USB). The Recovery Console is Launched from GRUB4DOS menu.lst Menu, which you obtain by selecting GRUB4DOS in boot.ini USB-stick Boot Menu.

Just Format your USB-stick with HP Format Tool and use NTFS FileSystem. So do NOT select to Create a DOS startup disk.

Unfortunately, the procedure of USB_MultiBoot_10.cmd does NOT allow to make use of [unattended] Section. However, there are two very good solutions which can handle the [unattended] Section as you wish: WinSetupFromUSB of ilko_t http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=120444 Install XP from USB AFTER Booting with PE from HDD or USB http://www.boot-land.net/forums/?showtopic=5306 ilko_t indicated already that your USB-stick Make is may be NOT willing for getting Drive letter U: during XP Setup ....

Assigning Drive Letter U: using migrate.inf only works for Removable Devices. Is your USB-stick in My Computer presented in the List of Fixed Local Drives ? What Drive Type (Option 0 in USB_MultiBoot_10.cmd) did you use: USB-stick or USB-Harddisk ? Can you give your migrate.inf as produced by USB_MultiBoot_10.cmd in the $WIN_NT$.~BT folder on USB-stick ?

In USB_MultiBoot_10.cmd the value of 100 was used, but this value was already present in the very first program. I think 100 is used for SP1 and 1 for Original files. It will be better to change the program so that the value is 1 for the added txtsetup.sif entries. Surprising that after more than 500.000 downloads we receive the first reported problem with these txtsetup.sif entries

But If you place them just like me in XPLS\I386 folder, then you should say: Move migrate.inf and winnt.sif to XPLS\I386 Anyway we treat these files the same

Did you tried with a "malformed" directory name? Does XP Setup delete the folder anywway? jaclaz I tried only renaming $WIN_NT$.~LS folder to XPLS folder.After finishing XP Setup, the XPLS folder on USB-stick was gone .....

Sure, as well as the old WINNT.EXE from DOS, but what would be the fun if we don't look and hopefully find new ways? That's very true, so we keep on looking for NEW ways for Install of XP from USB.But I think the present approach of victor888 can be used, but it does not give the desired improvement (yet ...). And I thought it would be useful to make him aware of the advantage of First Booting with LiveXP BootSDI.img file loaded from Harddisk into RAMDISK.

I have tested your original idea of omitting $WIN_NT$.~BT and using a single folder named XPLS instead of $WIN_NT$.~LS folder. The idea is useful and in this way I could succesfully Install XP from USB-stick. But the advantage in doing it this way is rather limited, and the renaming does NOT solve any problem. The XPLS folder was Deleted by XP Setup, so XPLS must be treated in the same way as the original $WIN_NT$.~LS folder, e.g. Renaming at T-9 and Undoing Renaming at GuiRunOnce. A disadvantage of your proposal is that foldername e.g. XPLS is hardcoded in files setupldr.bin and setupdd.sys which makes it not very flexible in use. migrate.inf and winnt.sif must be in XPLS\I386 folder and not in root of XPLS folder (typo error ?) Changing setupldr.bin and setupdd.sys is easier if number of chars equal to 12 of $WIN_NT$.~BT This is due to the fact there is sometimes a trailing backslash connected to $WIN_NT$.~BT So you might use XPCD_01 folder instead of $WIN_NT$.~LS and replace $WIN_NT$.~BT by XPCD_01\I386 so that the number of chars remains equal to 12 Install of XP from USB-stick which can make use of folder on USB-stick with the Unchanged Content of XP Setup CD does Exist already. http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=5306 In this way you can simply Select your XP Setup folder on USB-stick at Run Time without the need to change, hardcode or rename anything. NOT booting from USB-stick is a big advantage, No change of BIOS Setting is needed. Booting all the time from the Drive on which you plan to Install XP assures that the XP BootFiles are produced by XP Setup on the Install Drive and NOT on e.g. another Harddisk.

= PROGRAM UPDATE - U_XP_SET Package - Install XP from USB Changed : GRUB4DOS Updated to latest Version grub4dos-0.4.4-2009-03-07 GRUB4DOS Boot Problem was possible with previous version grub4dos-0.4.4-2009-03-04 when Installed in Vista bootmgr Menu.