How To Install Windows XP From USB Pen Drive [Step By Step]

Windows XP Operating System has aged now the reason behind that is MICROSOFT has stopped updating, maintaining, and providing service related to all Windows XP-related issues.

So I suggest that if you are using this OS please upgrade to Windows 7, 8, or 10.

To install Windows XP using a USB pen drive you first have to create a bootable pen drive that contains all system files and executable files needed for Windows XP Installation.

Now to create a bootable USB pen drive you can use a number of free software which helps us to create or make a bootable or startup USB flash drive.

Below I have mentioned some of the popular free software::

Novicorp Win To Flash
Rufus
Win To Bootic
RmperpUSB
And many more

System Requirements to install windows XP from USB pen drive ::

Bootable Pen drive.
Bios that support 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)

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Table of Contents

How To Install Windows XP from USB Pen Drive- Flash Drive

Step 1:: Plug Your Pen Drive in One Of the USB Slots That are Present In the Computer Case | Cabinet …Your Pen Drive Must Be Bootable. Click Here to Make Bootable Pen drive

Step 2 :: Go to CMOS Setup / Bios Configuration By continuously pressing the DEL Key From the Keyboard Some common Keys are F1, F2, F10, F12

Tip:: Go To Your motherboard Manual And Find Which key to Hit to Go to CMOS | BIOS Setup …Sometimes It can be seen while the Computer starts at the Bottom of The Screen)

Step 3 :: Go To Advanced Setup And Press Enter…..

**Install Windows XP from USB Pen Drive**

Step 4:: Select 1st Drive With Your USB flash drive Here In The Below Picture I Have Used HP pen drive.. You Can Choose Yours…And Select the 2nd Device As Hard Disk.

How To Install Windows XP From USB Pen Drive — **Install Windows XP from USB Pen Drive**

Step 5 :: Save The Changes Made In CMOS / BIOS …By Just Pressing F10 From Keyboard ….Your Computer Will Restart After You Press Y And Enter…. You can also change the setting by page up and page down key or + – keys from keyboard…

Step 6 :: Select 1st, Text mode Setup (Boot From Flash Again After finished) And Press Enter..

Step 7 :: Press Enter So That Setup Will Start the WINDOWS XP Installation Process

Step 8 :: Read The Windows License Agreement Carefully…Press F8 From the Keyboard If You accept all the Terms Conditions and Policies of Microsoft..

Step 9 :: In The Below Picture I am Using an 80 GB Hard disk While Installation W Is My Pen drive ….Un partition Space Is my hard disk
Press C to Create Partition of Your Choice

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Step 10 :: After Creating Your Own Partition Select The Drive Where You Want To Install Windows XP…And Press Enter Key From Keyboard…

Step 11 :: In The Below Picture Setup is Prompting Us To Format Select :: Format The Partition using NTFS File System (Quick) You can Also Format Your Hard disk Without quick Format …I Strongly Recommend You To Format Hard disk Without Quick Format so that …It will check hard disk For any error’s Such as Bad sector.Damaged MBR Etc….

Step 12:: Windows XP Setup Is Formatting Your Partition …The Time Consumed While Formatting Your Drive Depends Upon, the size Of Hard disk You are using and The System configuration of your computer mainly depends upon the capacity of RAM, PROCESSOR, and MOTHERBOARD