How to install Xp operating system with ISO image file tutorial

This article will bring you the method of installing Windows XP operating system directly with ISO image file as follows:

Step 1: Prepare

First, we will system ISO The CD image file is saved to the non-system installation disk. Suppose you want to install the system on the C drive. The ISO image file path is H:\\XP.ISO.

Step 2: Boot into DOS

We need to boot into DOS and install the ISO CD image file. If you have a Windows system installed, you can directly download the "MaxDOS v5.8 hard disk version" installer and double-click to open the installation wizard dialog box. In the password setting item, you can set the password to enter the DOS system. The default is “max”, you can set it to empty, and then follow the wizard prompts to continue the installation.

Tip: If there is no other system installed in the current hard disk, you can directly download "MaxDOS v5.8U disk version" (the software download http://dl.pconline.com.cn/html_2/1/58 /id=10304& pn=0.html), make a boot U disk, the specific steps are very simple, you can refer to the software description.

After installing MaxDOS v5.8 hard disk version, the "MaxDOS v5.8s" boot menu will appear when booting the system, select and press Enter, and then select "Run MaxDOS v5.8s" → "A MaxDOS Tools" Box", you can enter the DOS environment. The U disk version of the MaxDOS v5.8 boot method is the same.

Step 3: Load the virtual CD-ROM drive

After entering DOS, you can see the tooltip "LoadISO ISO image reading tool", execute the command: "LoadISO /?", you can see the The format of the tool is: "LoadISO ISO image file path". Execute the command directly.

LoadISO H:\\XP.ISO

After the execution, you can load the virtual CD-ROM drive and load the ISO image file. From the prompt, the loaded virtual CD-ROM drive letter is “I:”.

Tip:

Here is the virtual optical drive loaded with LoadOS in MaxDOS. LoadISO is a virtual optical drive software under DOS. We can also download the decompressed LoadISO tool and copy it to other systems. In the boot disk, boot to DOS and run it. The command format is the same as above.

Step 4: Install the system

After going to the I disk under DOS, you can read the files in the ISO image and install the system.