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daryllsilorio

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    bootable flash drive
    « on: September 06, 2008, 02:43:58 AM »
    helo.. I just wanna ask.. is there a software that could me a flash drive bootable?
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    Re: bootable flash drive
    « Reply #1 on: September 06, 2008, 03:31:24 AM »
    yes
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    Re: bootable flash drive
    « Reply #2 on: September 06, 2008, 04:02:34 AM »
    Quote from: JJ 3000 on September 06, 2008, 03:31:24 AM
    yes

    Ask yourself.... What help was this? I know the OP just asked "is there software" and you did answer the question, but it didn't help in the slightest.

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    Re: bootable flash drive
    « Reply #3 on: September 06, 2008, 04:03:18 AM »
    Quote from: JJ 3000 on September 06, 2008, 03:31:24 AM
    yes
    Lol, I see you're done here. :P

    Quote from: daryllsilorio on September 06, 2008, 02:43:58 AM
    helo.. I just wanna ask.. is there a software that could me a flash drive bootable?
    The only way I know about making a flash drive bootable is to install Portable Linux on it.
    www.pendrivelinux.com

    There are many different distributions of Linux and off the top of my head, I know I have tried this one successfully:
    http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2006/09/20/all-in-one-usb-slaxzip/

    Remember, to boot from the flash drive, you must select it as first in the BIOS Boot Order.
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    Re: bootable flash drive
    « Reply #4 on: September 06, 2008, 04:04:19 AM »
    Ah Kpac, you posted before me.

    Quote from: kpac on September 06, 2008, 04:02:34 AM
    Are you looking for freeware or payed software?

    Pendrive Linux is Free by the way.
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    Re: bootable flash drive
    « Reply #5 on: September 06, 2008, 04:29:59 AM »
    Quote from: kpac on September 06, 2008, 04:02:34 AM
    Quote from: JJ 3000 on September 06, 2008, 03:31:24 AM
    yes

    Ask yourself.... What help was this? I know the OP just asked "is there software" and you did answer the question, but it didn't help in the slightest.

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    Forgive me.
    The question was just so vague. There was no information about what he wanted to boot or the computer that he was using. He didn't even say what he was trying to do other than boot to a flash drive.
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    Re: bootable flash drive
    « Reply #6 on: September 06, 2008, 04:32:08 AM »
    Quote from: JJ 3000 on September 06, 2008, 04:29:59 AM
    Quote from: kpac on September 06, 2008, 04:02:34 AM
    Quote from: JJ 3000 on September 06, 2008, 03:31:24 AM
    yes

    Ask yourself.... What help was this? I know the OP just asked "is there software" and you did answer the question, but it didn't help in the slightest.


    Forgive me.
    The question was just so vague. There was no information about what he wanted to boot or the computer that he was using. He didn't even say what he was trying to do other than boot to a flash drive.

    No worries, I would have done the same thing.
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      « Reply #7 on: September 09, 2008, 10:14:30 PM »
      im sorry if make all of confuse...  I was planning to install windows xp pro using a flash drive. It's possible to install windows using a flash drive?
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      Re: bootable flash drive
      « Reply #8 on: September 10, 2008, 02:43:05 AM »
      Quote from: daryllsilorio on September 09, 2008, 10:14:30 PM
      im sorry if make all of confuse...  I was planning to install windows xp pro using a flash drive. It's possible to install windows using a flash drive?

      Install Windows XP onto a Flash Drive? It doesn't quite work like that....
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        « Reply #9 on: September 10, 2008, 04:07:08 AM »
        Why is that so?
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        Re: bootable flash drive
        « Reply #10 on: September 10, 2008, 04:14:11 AM »
        Well for starters, you cannot install it on a Flash Drive to begin with.
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          « Reply #11 on: September 11, 2008, 06:56:34 AM »
          So how could I make it possible?
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            « Reply #12 on: September 11, 2008, 07:23:21 AM »
            Quote from: daryllsilorio on September 11, 2008, 06:56:34 AM
            So how could I make it possible?

            You cant...I thought we had that covered already?
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            Re: bootable flash drive
            « Reply #13 on: September 11, 2008, 07:36:33 AM »
            Why do you want to?
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              « Reply #14 on: September 11, 2008, 10:20:55 PM »
              Its my project.
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              Re: bootable flash drive
              « Reply #15 on: September 11, 2008, 10:57:53 PM »
              Project from who?

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                Re: bootable flash drive
                « Reply #16 on: September 13, 2008, 07:49:07 PM »
                yes there is a program out just google and you will find severl sites that show it
                i have a copy and it works just fine for me
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                « Reply #17 on: September 14, 2008, 05:21:58 AM »
                You can make a PE bootable flash drive, but not regular Windows XP, so I think that xpuser is being either too vague or deliberately misleading.
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                  « Reply #18 on: September 15, 2008, 06:20:13 AM »
                  Here’s a windows in your pocket from Tom’s Hardware that explains how to install XP on a flash drive that is made bootable using Bart PE Builder.

                  And another article using a lot of editing, file swapping, etc, using a direct comprehensive approach with the XP disc (need ISO editor). Seems a bit full on though…
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                  « Reply #19 on: September 15, 2008, 08:11:25 AM »
                  From that site that psourcepoint linked to

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                  PE Builder condenses the original setup data for Windows XP into a slender operating system that is ready to run from a CD or a USB flash drive. This compact, portable version of Windows includes all the important system tools for dealing with a PC emergency.

                  Not a true Windows install (which cannot be done), but rather, as I said, a setup using Windows PE (Preinstallation Environment) that gives an emergency rescue facility, like a DOS boot disk but with a GUI.
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                  Re: bootable flash drive
                  « Reply #20 on: September 15, 2008, 08:25:21 AM »
                  The 2nd source shows how it can be done but is not for the faint of heart....i failed miserably on my first 2 attempts and finally got it the third time...
                  Be prepared to spend an entire weekend on it though.

                  If you do not have a better than average understanding of how file systems operate i suggest not even attempting this...
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                  « Reply #21 on: September 15, 2008, 08:32:01 AM »
                  no page file... I had heard that a German guy had attempted this... seems like that is the result. Not for fainthearted, and as I read somewhere, more a "proof it can be done" than a practical idea, and what is the point, since you are stuck with using the flash or external HDD with the same PC you installed it with?

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                  Re: bootable flash drive
                  « Reply #22 on: September 15, 2008, 08:35:39 AM »
                  It's not really practical you're correct...i wanted to do it to say it could be done.
                  I was able to use the stick on about 5 systems tops...the rest would not even boot it properly.
                  There is a way to fake out the pagefile as well but that took even more work and was so long ago i don't have details...maybe i'll look up my Project links and find it...
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                  « Reply #23 on: September 15, 2008, 08:51:36 AM »
                  Motherboard / chipset hardware on a different machine would have to be pretty similar to those on the original.
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                  Re: bootable flash drive
                  « Reply #24 on: September 15, 2008, 09:07:37 AM »
                  What sometimes would work is removing them in Device Manager prior to shutdown...
                  Then on the next machine you booted to they would be replaced by Windows Generics...enough to run most times.
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