cromas Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Hello everyone,I have an ultraportable laptop which does not have an integrated optical drive. Is there a way to extract an nLite-generated ISO and somehow load it onto a USB thumb drive for installing Windows? I'd like to have "windows installation on a stick" as a backup for emergency situations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 yes,there are a few ways, some established, some yet to be finalized.Here are the main threads about them:http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=61384http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=81537http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=81788Start from here:http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=81788&st=6And see which method might better suit you.jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cromas Posted February 8, 2007 Author Share Posted February 8, 2007 Thanks! I tried the search feature, but it's pretty much worthless, so thank you for your quick and very informative reply. =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 You're welcome. jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyperl1t3 Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 *FOUND ONE THAT MIGHT WORK*takes some work, but from where i've gotten it's possible.<a href=http://www.ngine.de/index.jsp?pageid=4176> try this </a>so far i've gotten to the set up screen but my 1 gig stick wasn't big enough. attempting to disable the size limitations as we speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 (edited) *FOUND ONE THAT MIGHT WORK*Actually that one, like all the other ways generated from this thread:http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=14181DO work, tested and confirmed.A list of the methods is in this post of mine:http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?sho...181&st=1988If I may, do start with the fully automated one you can find here:http://www.usboot.org/tiki-index.phpHowever, the whole thread and methods are for install and run XP on a USB stick, not for installing from it, which was the OP question.jaclaz Edited March 4, 2007 by jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetskiDude911 Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 This is pretty cool, I'm going to have to give it a try. I've tried things like MoJo Pac and just wasn't impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 This is pretty cool, I'm going to have to give it a try. I've tried things like MoJo Pac and just wasn't impressed.Well, Mojopac is nice, but it is an alltogether different thing, it is just a way to make your desktop "portable" between systems that already run XP.See here:http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=86954http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=85569Also, the "XP on usb stick" is NOT necessarily "portable" between different systems, if you need something that is "guaranteed" as portable, you will need something more like BartPE/Reatogo/UBCD4WIN/Winbuilder, i.e. a PE based system on the stick.jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckr Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 Hello everyone,I have an ultraportable laptop which does not have an integrated optical drive. Is there a way to extract an nLite-generated ISO and somehow load it onto a USB thumb drive for installing Windows? I'd like to have "windows installation on a stick" as a backup for emergency situations.http://kurtsh.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!...!1665.entry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 Hello everyone,I have an ultraportable laptop which does not have an integrated optical drive. Is there a way to extract an nLite-generated ISO and somehow load it onto a USB thumb drive for installing Windows? I'd like to have "windows installation on a stick" as a backup for emergency situations.http://kurtsh.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!...!1665.entryYep , though that is for VISTA, not for XP.jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikesw Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 A USB Guide document needed.Since this question appears alot here, and there are multiple links to various solutions, it would be nice if someone wrote a "USB OS BOOT Install Guide" in pdf format and provideda link at the top of this websites home page for easy access. See the "Unattended Guide"link that is already provided.The guide should include various solutions and for various OS' such as 98,XP, Vistawhich would be specified in various chapters of the Guide.Just some thoughts here.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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