Installing Windows 7 from a USB drive is easier as you can simply make the installer USB drive for it. But what if you want to install Windows XP from USB drive? It is not so easy as like as you did for the Windows Vista, 7 or Windows 8. Step 5: Launching Windows XP Setup from USB drive. With your drive all ready, you can now launch the Windows XP setup with a few custom parameters. Let's assume that the files are available at E:i386. Plugging in a device now won’t work. Remember that all USB devices will need to be plugged in right from the start while using the rescue drive.
maarcuswantstoknow,
I too want to dual boot XP on my Windows 10 machine. Difference is that my laptop came with Windows 8 and was recently upgraded to Windows 10. I have found that I can start the process by holding f9 when starting Windows 10 which gives me a boot option menu to boot from usb or cd. The process runs until Windows tries to start. At that point I get a BSOD with error 0x0000007b. Have searched for a work around. Have found several that claim to work with Windows 8, as yet nothing fits and works.
I need to run XP program that does not interact well with later versions of Windows. I do not need internet access so updates are not an issue. I have XP Pro SP2 with authentic key.
I tried the virtualization method, and cannot get usb ports to run correctly. I have been informed that this is an issue with virtualizing os.
Setup Windows Xp Internet Connection
My concern was that the newer hardware may not be compatible with XP, and that seems to be my issue.
Chrome Setup Windows Xp
Download All Windows Xp Updates
My 2 cents worth has been added. Should anyone find a way to accomplish this feat, please share :^)