(1) Select your USB Drive Letter from the dropdown list. (2) Select Windows XP Installer towards the bottom of the list of distributions. (3) Browse to and select the ISO file you created earlier. (4) Click Create. Once the process is complete, reboot your PC, set your BIOS or UEFI Boot Menu to boot from USB, and then proceed to boot your computer. Materials: The ultimate guide for installing and running Windows XP from a USB stick / HDD drive. Original Cabinet SDK download page: www.pixelsplasher.com/_downloads/software/Microsoft-Cabinet-SDK. Requirements: An existing Windows install for carrying out the steps in this tutorial. Step 1 - Download and extract Easy2Boot. First download and extract Easy2Boot+DPMS. This is a special version of Easy2Boot with the mass storage drivers required for Windows XP install: With the files extracted, run MAKE_E2B_USB_DRIVE.cmd as Administrator: Step 2 - Prepare USB drive. Rufus. Win To Bootic. RmperpUSB. And many more. System Requirements to install windows XP from USB pen drive :: Bootable Pen drive. Bios Which Support's USB Boot. 400 MHz CPU or Equivalent . 128 Mb Ram. Hard disk More Than 10 GB (Windows XP Needs 5 GB Free Space Approx for Installation) Also Read :: What is Operating System and its Different Types. Opened Parts Manage. Formatted the partition in FAT32 (important! When formatting in NTFS, BIOS don't see the USB) Left Parts Manage, Bootice. Selected Windows 2000/XP/2003. Selected my CD-diskdrive as the resource. Clicked GO. Waited until the end and removed the USB. Inserted into the laptop (DIGMA) 2 Answers. Sorted by: 3. How to install Windows XP using a USB flash drive. Share. Improve this answer. Follow. answered Aug 21, 2009 at 19:44. Molly7244. Add a comment. 1. I have Windows 7 installed on my laptop, instead of it I want to install Windows XP. I have created bootable USB using Rufus from Windows XP iso file (GetIntoPC website). My first boot device is set to my USB which is recognized by BIOS. However, the USB just skips and BIOS boots Windows 7. How to Setup Windows XP from USB drive? How to Setup Windows XP from USB drive? You are here: Tutorials > How to setup Windows XP from USB drive? Step1: Creating Rescue USB Drive. First, we need create a rescue USB drive which can boot the computer. Please follow the steps, Run PowerISO rescue media utility. You can download it here . TjGXbpM.