studguy1 Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 I have ben trying to get WinXP to install from a USB stick but it keeps giving the "Insert Windows XP Professional SP2 CD" error during the text mode setup. I am using a 1GB Sandisk Cruzer and started from scratch. Formatted using PEtoUSB and used USB_MultiBoot4.cmd to build the entire thing. I have searched through the forum and tried multiple things but to no avail.Some of the things i have tried.1. Put the WIN51 WIN51P WIN51IP.sp2 in the root of USB stick2. Delete migrate.inf3. Delete winnt.sifand many others voodoo tricks which i can't rememberI have even tried some other guides by manually creating and moving the $WIN_NT$.~BT folders but the same error keeps showing up. Any help would be really appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimb Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Did you use the winnt.sif file supplied with USB_MultiBoot4.zip ?Setup is looking for a CD which occurs when MsDosInitiated="0"The Correct value for Setup from USB-Drive is MsDosInitiated="1"Check your winnt.sif file in $WIN_NT$.~BT folder.Also See Help_USB_MultiBoot4.txt fileRemove Any Floppy Disk / CD / DVD A:\winnt.sif file with MsDosInitiated="0" might ask Unwanted for Install from CDwimb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studguy1 Posted February 25, 2008 Author Share Posted February 25, 2008 Wow Thanks That worked!!i did put in my personal winnt.sif which i have now edited based on the default which comes with the usb_multiboot4 package.However there are still few problems.1. At around T-35 min setup starts asking confirmation about drivers "This software has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with WindowsXP.....blah blah" and i have to hit yes for each one of them. I thought the setting UseSignatures="no" in winnt.sif should have taken care of it.2. $OEM$ thing worked only partly. The user accounts got created but none of the software/tweaks runonce stuff worked. Also none of the drivers installed. I think the $1 folder never got copied to the C:\.thanks again for the help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimb Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Supports the use of BTS DriverPacks, especially handy is Adding Mass Storage with text mode enabled.http://driverpacks.net/DriverPacks/overview.phpThis might solve your Driver problems.$OEM$ Folders are Not Copied - This is Normal for Install of XP from USBFiles in $OEM\$1 and $OEM\$$ folders are NOT copied in this case.For copying files/folders a quick way is just to amend ren_fold.cmd,which is started by SetupParams in winnt.sif.http://www.msfn.org/board/install-XP-USB-t...6.html&st=6http://www.msfn.org/board/FIXEDUsing-USB-M...ot-t112784.htmlI will change ren_fold.cmd such that $OEM$ Folders will be copied as normally expected.Next release will have these changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilko_t Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 Setup is looking for a CD which occurs when MsDosInitiated="0"The Correct value for Setup from USB-Drive is MsDosInitiated="1"Wimb, since winnt32.exe, which is making MsDosInitiated="1" and floppyless="1" is no longer used, it would be good idea to check for these 2 lines and amend/add if necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimb Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 Wimb, since winnt32.exe, which is making MsDosInitiated="1" and floppyless="1" is no longer used, it would be good idea to check for these 2 lines and amend/add if necessary.Hi ilko,That is a very good idea. I will add this to the program.In using and editing winnt.sif of different source these essential lines are probably too easily changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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