Previous versions of the OS XP, 7 and 8. Creating a bootable Windows USB drive used to be a chore, but today, one solution can pretty-well suit most people. However, there are times when a flash drive has some quirk that prevents it from working with a particular solution, so for that reason, this article takes a look at five different methods. Even if the target desktop or notebook has an optical drive, there are a couple of reasons to consider first creating a USB-based installer.
Admittedly, the time and effort of creating the drive might make it best-suited for system builders, but for people like us, who juggle test machines, USB is a no-brainer.
To start, USB media is more durable than disc-based media. Discs can be easily scratched, while well-built USB flash drives can generally handle a bit of abuse. Ever walk around with a disc in your pocket? It looks a bit odd. To give an overview of what to expect from each solution, refer to this success table:.
For starters, modern UEFI-equipped machines are not designed to support such an old OS, so chances are that it will not even install, or even be detected in the first place. If the motherboard in question happens to support a legacy BIOS mode, then it might work.
Different version of Rufus explained later have better luck with the XP process than others. We strongly suggest you skip to the dedicated part of this article that explains the problems with Windows XP and USB support.
What about Windows Vista? But first…. Some solutions listed on this page require a Windows disc image. ISOs are available from a number of sources, but most people will acquire them after purchasing the OS online through Microsoft, or through some other related Microsoft service.
Only the ISOs directly supplied by Microsoft would have static hashes. How the image was captured as well will have an effect on how the final boot drive turns out, so stick to official sources where possible. Once the Advanced Boot Options menu has loaded, the keyboard must be used to select the boot option needed. If Windows ever fails to boot normally, I recommend using the Advanced Boot Options to try to resolve the issue before reinstalling Windows on the computer as some issues may be repaired using these options.
I have encountered several issues in which booting into Safe Mode, one of the Advanced Boot Options, and then rebooting into Windows normally was enough to fix the issues. Other times, I have had to troubleshoot the issue further using Safe Mode or one of the other advanced boot options.
If viruses infects the computer, sometimes they can prevent computers from booting into Windows or running correctly. We have had virus issues at work in which viruses start services that cannot be stopped in normal Windows and we were been unable to clean the viruses off the computer until the computer was booted into Safe Mode.
After it was booted into Safe Mode, we were able to run antivirus programs and clean the viruses from the computer. For some issues, outside help may be needed and if the computer will boot to Safe Mode, usually it will also boot into Safe Mode with Networking unless the issue with Windows involves the drivers for the networking device s.
In other instances, drivers or other software that were recently installed on the computer may prevent it from booting into Windows normally. When this happens, we use the Advanced Boot Options to resolve the issues. These options, along with the other Advanced Boot Options, will be described in the next section. There are five options common to all four operating systems.
The image below from Windows XP shows these five options. Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8 each have additional options. Three choices for Safe Mode are available. The first choice, Safe Mode, is a very basic boot up of Windows that uses generic Windows drivers from Microsoft instead of the drivers provided by the vendor.
This option does not allow access to a network or the Internet which can be beneficial if the PC has an issue requiring Internet or network access be disabled prior to resolving the problem.
The Safe Mode with Networking option also uses the same basic boot processes that Safe Mode uses but a generic network driver is added so that users can connect to their network or to the Internet.
This option is generally beneficial to use if access to the Internet is needed in order to allow remote access to the computer. An example of using the Safe Mode with Networking option would be allowing a technician to remote in to the computer to fix a problem such as a virus or corrupt files that are preventing Windows from starting normally.
This third Safe Mode option is more of an advanced function as knowledge of text-based commands is needed. The Last Known Good Configuration option is a good first option to try if changes to the operating system or drivers were recently performed and the computer is not booting normally after the changes were made.
The Last Known Good Configuration does exactly what it sounds like it does. Proceed with the installation. The setup program will then silently close, which might make you think that something went wrong. Don't worry though. Note: The above guide works with Windows XP only. Buy Now. Contact US. Insert the USB drive you intend to boot from.
Instructions for doing so vary wildly from system to system, but generally entail the following: Reboot the system. Go to the section that contains your boot devices. Exit from the BIOS configuration, saving all changes. Step 4: Prepping the Hard Disk You need to make sure that your hard drive is partitioned and formatted properly. To repartition and format This procedure will destroy any data on the hard drive : Click the icon on task bar to launch a command line Window.
Enter DiskPart to run the built-in disk management utility. For example, try the following: select disk 0 select the first disk. From the test steps and the information I have found, the cause of this error is in the Controller type. If you plug in USB 3. After enabling this option, you can boot into the Windows XP installation. Now the blue screen error is gone when using SATA ports.
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