I asked about the OS b/c I've used the following procedure to install Win7 on a Dell Mini 9, but it might work for XP also. You do need a Vista or above PC to prepare the USB drive.
http://kmwoley.com/blog/?p=345 Here is a similar link if all you have is XP for the preparation station. http://www.bwana.org/2009/01/11/how-to-install-windows-7-beta-from-a-usb -drive-to-an-hp-mini-1000-without-vista/ I haven't tried the second method, but the source is the same Lifehacker article - http://gizmodo.com/5257386/how-to-install-windows-7-on-almost-any-netboo k?skyline=true&s=x Good luck, RS From: Steve Kelsay [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 11:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: USB Boot drive Frustration They are using it to reimage XP Pro machines now, but will be doing windows 7 eventually. From: Richard Stovall [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 11:21 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: USB Boot drive Frustration What OS for the new image? From: Steve Kelsay [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 11:18 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: USB Boot drive Frustration Our desktop group has asked me to help them create a USB drive to boot from in order to install their images. They have one I did for them last year, and they need to have several more for a roll out. I had a disk crash a month ago and have not reinstalled the software I used to create one. I am now so frustrated, that I cannot think straight! Last year, I believe I just used the HP storage disk format utility, and put an XP disk in the CD drive for the boot files, and it worked. This year, I have tried several different methods I found online to no avail. The first question is whether anyone knows a method that actually works, and the second is, does anyone know a diskcopy utility that will duplicate the working USB to the others? The ones I found do not support USB drives. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
