Booting window XP using usb drive

Here are the files you can find inside the ZIP folder:

Before you begin, extract your XP install files to a folder. I recommend using C:\XP_SRC or something similarly named. Don't put any spaces in the folder name, and try to use as short a path as possible. When that's done, run USB_Multiboot5.cmd.

Introduction screen - just press any key to continue.

By now, if you haven't plugged in your thumbdrive, plug it in! Press H to use the HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool. That way, you can format your thumbdrive in NTFS and reduce the time taken for the installation.

Select your thumbdrive in the first drop-down box, choose NTFS as your file system, and optionally label your thumbdrive. Once done, click Start. A scary warning pops up about how ALL DATA WILL BE LOST, just click OK . A short summary screen appears once the format is done, click OK, and then click Close to go back to the command window.

Now you're presented with a text menu where you can change some options. Leave Option 0 as [USB-stick] since we're installing from a thumbdrive. Enter 1, and select the folder where your XP install files are stored. Next, enter 3 and select the drive letter of your thumbdrive. Check that your final screen looks something like this (your Source Path and USB-Drive Target may vary):

Press Yes to continue! You're now one step closer to getting your XP installation onto your thumbdrive Let it run until you see the next dialog box:

Press Yes - this makes the thumbdrive always take the drive letter U: so as to avoid conflicts later on during the install process. Finally, we see the end screen:

Press any key to continue, and you're done! Your thumbdrive is now ready for use!

Plug in your thumbdrive into your Eee PC (or any other desktop/laptop), and press Esc while booting to enter the Boot Menu. Boot from your thumbdrive.

This text menu should appear with 2 options:
Step 1 - TEXT MODE SETUP
Step 2 - GUI MODE SETUP + BOOT WINDOWS XP

Select Step 1. Continue with the Text Mode Setup - you will be selecting a drive to install XP to.

Once it's done, it will automatically reboot. Remember to press Esc again! Boot from your thumbdrive once again. This time select Step 2, and continue with the GUI Mode Setup - you will be selecting another bunch of options, as well as entering your CD-Key.

There'll be another reboot, press Esc again to enter the Boot Menu! Boot from your thumbdrive for the last time, and select Step 2 once again.

Windows XP will start loading, and once it's done you'll be at your desktop