(1) Windows XP Pro on a T43p will boot from a HDD in a USB connected
enclosure. While preparing a Western Digital WD3200BEVE 320GB 5400 RPM
2.5 ATA-6 hard drive in a Nippon Labs 2.5 IDE-USB External Enclosure to
replace the original Hitachi 80GB, I booted from the USB 2.0 connected
drive several times. I also booted that drive while it was connected with
a Vantec SATA-IDE to USB adapter.
(2) After checking, I found that a number of sites dedicated to bootable
images for USB connected Flash drives have disappeared. Here are some:
(a) Kevin's Blog
December 20, 2008
http://kmwoley.com/blog/?p=345#more-345
The article provides *step-by-step instructions*.
(b) Kevin's Blog article--(a) above--has also been updated to note
that:
"EDIT 2009/12/11: **Microsoft Provides a tool to do this for you
– *Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool* which is available for download
<
http://images2.store.microsoft.com/prod/clustera/framework/w7udt/1.0/en-us/Windows7-USB-DVD-tool.exe>.
If you need instructions on how to use the tool, see the Microsoft
Store Help on the ISO-Tool (http://store.microsoft.com/Help/ISO-Tool)."
(c) A-Bootable-USB (site not available)
Sat 10 July 2010
A bootable USB, Version: 0.9.5.471
http://mylittlesoft.blogspot.com/
Size: 0.9 MB
Date added: 1/21/2010 12:36 AM GMT
Date modified: 5/11/2010 12:47 PM GMT
Web address:
http://cid-f52381d9f2fd5fd8.office.live.com/self.aspx/ABUSB/ABUSB.exe
(Windows Live says this page is unavailable at present.)
*ABUSB0.9.5.471.exe 863KB* (If you want a copy, I can send you
the version I have.)
(d) DownloadDossier.com (site not available)
Custom USB Boot Disk (filesize: 971.67 KB) A Boot disk that
will allow you to boot off external USB drives.
*usbbootcust.exe 972KB* (Again, I can send you the version I
have.
(e) UNetBootin
http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/
http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/unetbootin-windows-latest.exe
(for Windows)
UNetbootin allows you to create bootable Live USB drives for
Ubuntu, Fedora, and other Linux distributions without burning a CD. It runs
on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. You can either let UNetbootin download one
of the many distributions supported out-of-the-box for you, or supply your
own Linux .iso file.
Requirements
* Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7, or Linux, or Mac OS X 10.5+.
Note that resulting USB drives are bootable only on PCs (not on Macs).
* Internet access for downloading a distro to install, or a
pre-downloaded ISO file
*unetbootin-windows-568.exe 4644KB*
(f) http://www.netbookfiles.com/search/process
*WinSetup-1-0-beta7.7z 6982KB* [GUI preparing USB disk/stick
with XP/200x setup files] Feb 19, 2011
http://www.netbookfiles.com/12593/winsetupfromusb-10-beta7/
WinSetupFromUSB 1.0 beta6 [GUI preparing USB disk/stick with
XP/200x setup files] Sep 02, 2010
http://www.netbookfiles.com/9845/winsetupfromusb-10-beta6/
*WinSetupFromUSB. 0.2.3 4326KB* [GUI preparing USB disk/stick
with XP/200x setup files] Jul 15, 2009
http://www.netbookfiles.com/1022/winsetupfromusb-023/
(g) WinToFlash
http://wintoflash.com/home/en/
WinToFlash starts a wizard that will help pull over the contents
of a windows installation CD or DVD and prep the USB drive to become a
bootable replacement for the optical drive. It can also do this with your
LiveCD.
*Novicorp WinToFlash 0.7.0034 beta.zip 9157KB*
Hope some of these help.
max danger
On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Dale H. Cook <[email protected]
> wrote:
> While doing some research I have found that XP will apparently not boot
> from a USB enclosure unless you edit the hive on that drive to make it
> work. Has anyone been through that process?
>
>
> Dale H. Cook, Market Chief Engineer, Centennial Broadcasting,
> Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA
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