Simply create a USB boot disk under XP system

The article briefly introduces how to make a USB boot disk for Windows XP, in case of need, interested users can also open the video address to watch the video process

TechRepublic's Bill Detwiler made a Video tutorial, about how to make a USB boot disk under Windows XP, you need a bootable USB flash drive, your computer's BIOS needs to support USB boot, and you need to download a free program called PE Builder. Finally, we need Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 to take two files from it, of course, you also need to have the installation CD for Windows XP.

The following is a brief step

Download PE Builder and install it, build an SRSP1 subfolder in the PE Builder installation directory, which is the two files extracted from Windows Server 2003 SP1 storage location.

The name of the Windows Server 2003 SP1 package you downloaded is generally WindowsServer2003-KB889101-SP1-ENU.exe. Use the command to run the following command to unpack the files in the upgrade package to a temporary folder: WindowsServer2003-KB889101-SP1-ENU.exe -x

Then copy the following two files from the file of the Windows Server 2003 SP installation package that you unpacked to the SRSP1 folder created in the first step:

setupldr.bin

ramdisk.sy_

To run PE Builder to create a compressed version of Windows XP, you only need to provide your Windows XP in the PE Builder runtime interface. The drive letter of the disc, other press the default. Press "Build" to start the creation process.

Finally, insert the USB flash drive into your computer and enter the PE Builder installation directory in the command prompt. Run the following command: pe2usb -fe: (e: is the drive letter assigned to your system by your USB flash drive. If your U disk uses a different drive letter, please do something else, such as g:)

At this point, you have successfully created a bootable U disk, you can use it to support The system is booted on the USB booted machine.