ilko_t Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Next there is a error message: partition T: is corrupt. Yes error message is about T:, not U:Was the USB write protected? I guess at that stage windows attempts to write on it, and since it's protected dumps the error message.Thus I went in catch 22- need to write protect USB for the text mode stage, but can't because it's seen as a hard disk now, and Windows will try to place the boot files on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimb Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 (edited) Does XP setup itself read MBR again and seek files at MBR partition 01BE only?Surprising and Related to your observation:I observed that when the sequence of the entries in the partition table is reversed as comparedto the real sequence of partitions on the Install Drive that XP Setup refuses to continue.Surprisingly on Reboot XP Setup had REPAIRED the partition table and then could CONTINUE.I have used TinyHexer to observe what is going on in the partition table.So XP Setup reads MBR and Repairs MBR partition table so that sequence of entries correspond toreal sequence of partitions on Harddisk. Edited February 23, 2009 by wimb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Confirmed. The approach here:http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?...ic=7138&hl=works, thanks to the new features tinybit added to latest grub4dos.@wimbCheck the idea from cdob, it seems like a very suitable way to install XP from USB.jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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