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Author Topic: Load OS using usb key/external harddrive?  (Read 2108 times)
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« on: March 24, 2010, 02:38:18 PM »
For various reasons I need to format my laptop hard drive and load XP pro OS. However my disc drive is intermittently not working right and I don't know if its hardware or driver either way I don't trust it, so I want to know if I can load XP using a usb method like a memory stick, or are the usb drivers not going to be loaded at that stage?

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« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2010, 11:18:25 PM »
Installing Windows XP vis USB definitely can be done. You just have to make sure your laptop supports booting off a USB device.

Here is a tutorial I found that will show you how to install Windows XP via USB
http://www.jcmiras.net/surge/p96.htm
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