This guide will show you, how to use WinSetupFromUSB to create a
bootable USB Flash Drive including all Windows source files, plus the
following installation of Windows XP. Compare to the different
USB_Multiboot versions, WinSetupFromUSB comes with a Graphical User
Interface (GUI) and is in my opinion easier to use.

Prerequisites:


All you need is:

• a USB Flash Drive with at least 1GB of storage
  
• the original Windows XP Setup CD
  
• WinSetupFromUSB
  

If you use nLite to slim down your version of Windows XP, please keep
the following in mind:1. Preparations


Download and install WinSetupFromUSB. Default installation path is C:\WinSetupFromUSB.
Create a new folder with the name WINXPCD in the
root directory of drive C:\ and copy all files from
your Windows XP Setup CD into this folder. Depending on your version of
Windows XP, the content of C:\WINXPCD should look
approximately like this:

The following files will show you, which Service Pack is already
integrated into your CD:

• WIN51IC.SP1, Sevice Pack 1
  
• WIN51IC.SP2, Sevice Pack 2
  
• WIN51IC.SP3, Sevice Pack 3
  

2. Start WinSetupFromUSB


Connect the USB Flash Drive to your PC and start WinSetupFromUSB. It
should show up under USB Disk Selection :

3. Select your Source Path


Click on Browse under Windows 2000/XP/2003
Source and navigate to the folder with your Windows XP Source
Files. It should be C:\WINXPCD:


Click OK and C:\WINXPCD should show
up under Windows 2000/XP/2003 Source :

4. Format USB Flash Drive


PeToUSB or HP Format Tool are used
to format the USB Flash Drive. There is no need to download these
programs seperately as they are already included in WinSetupFromUSB.
USB Flash Drives up to 2GB should be formatted with PeToUSB
in FAT16, USB Flash Drives with 4GB or more with HP Format Tool
in FAT32.
I will use PeToUSB to format my Kingston Data Traveler with 2GB.
In the main window of WinSetupFromUSB click PeToUSB
under Format target using to start the program. The USB Flash
Drive should show up under Destination Drive. Check USB
Removable, Enable Disk Format and Quick
Format. Uncheck Enable File Copy under File
Copy Options :


Click Start and answer the following two questions
“Continue?” with Yes.
If everything goes well, the message “Operation Completed
Successfully!” should appear. Click OK and close
PeToUSB.
The process with HP Format Tool is similar.
5. Copy Windows XP Source Files


To start the process of copying the Windows XP source files to the
USB Flash Drive, click GO in the main window of
WinSetupFromUSB. Depending on the write speed of your USB Flash drive it
may take a while to copy all files.

At the end the following notice about the Windows installation
process should be displayed:

Click OK and close WinSetupFromUSB with EXIT.
6. Windows Installation – Part 1


Connect the USB Flash Drive to your PC and turn on the computer.
Press ESC at the boot screen and you will be able to
select the USB Flash Drive as your boot device from the boot menu.
After booting from USB Flash Drive, the following menu should be
displayed:

• Windows XP/2000/2003 Setup – First and Second parts
  

Press Enter or wait 10 seconds to get to the next
menu:

• First part of Windows XP Home Edition setup
  
• Second part of XP Home Edition setup+Start Windows for first time
  

First part of Windows XP Home Edition setup is
already selected. Press Enter or wait 10 seconds to
start the Text mode part of setup. During this part you
can create, delete and format partitions and finally the setup files
are copied to your hard disk. At the end the system will restart
automatically.
7. Windows Installation – Part 2


After restart, boot the PC
again from your USB Flash Drive. The same menu should be
displayed:

• Windows XP/2000/2003 Setup – First and Second parts
  

Press Enter or wait 10 seconds to get to the next
menu:

• First part of Windows XP Home Edition setup
  
• Second part of XP Home Edition setup+Start Windows for first time
  

Second part of XP Home Edition setup+Start Windows for first
time is already selected. Press Enter or wait
10 seconds to start the GUI mode part of setup. During
this part you will be asked for your product key, timezone, usernames
and other necessary informations. At the end the system will restart
automatically.
8. Windows Installation – Part 3


After restart, boot the PC
again from your USB Flash Drive. The same menu should be
displayed:

• Windows XP/2000/2003 Setup – First and Second parts
  

Press Enter or wait 10 seconds to get to the next
menu:

• First part of Windows XP Home Edition setup
  
• Second part of XP Home Edition setup+Start Windows for first time
  

Second part of XP Home Edition setup+Start Windows for first
time is already selected. Press Enter or wait
10 seconds to Start Windows for the first time. The
Windows installation process will be finished and finally the Windows
Desktop will appear.
At next startup you can boot into Windows from your hard disk.
Notes:


After successsful installation, the following boot menu will always
be displayed during startup:Please select the
operating system to start:

• Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
  
• USB Repair NOT to Start Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
  

If you don’t plan to use the repair option and want to boot directly
into windows, you have to do the following:
Open the file boot.ini in the root directory of
drive C:\ with Notepad:[Boot
Loader]timeout=30
Default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)WINDOWS
[Operating Systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)WINDOWS=”Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition” /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)WINDOWS=”USB Repair NOT to Start
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition” /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

Delete the following line:multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)WINDOWS=”USB
Repair NOT to Start Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition” /noexecute=optin
/fastdetect

Save changes to the file.
At next startup the boot menu will not be displayed.
If you want to keep the repair option, you can reduce the time to
display the operating system options from 30 to 5 seconds:[Boot Loader]
timeout=5

Save changes to the file.
At next startup the boot menu will be displayed only 5 seconds.