Solve : Booting XP from USB drive?

1.	Solve : Booting XP from USB drive?
Answer» I have Windows 7 x64 on a laptop and I also have an 8GB flash drive (USB 2.0). I want to put XP (32bit) on the flash drive, plug it into the laptop, and boot up XP (just like it was installed on the HDD) and also be able to install programs while in XP onto the flash drive. Is this possible, how do I do it? Thanks!Not easy. XP wants a real HDD to boot. Here is a good alternative. Less work. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspxWindows is designed by default to be installed on a fixed, internal drive. Like Geek says, you could store a virtual PC image on a USB drive and run it with virtual PC software installed in Windows 7 on the laptop. In any case, even if you could install XP on a flash drive, unless you disabled virtual memory, the XP swap activity would kill the flash drive pretty soon. And if you have no virtual memory at all, XP acts really weird. But you can't do it, so that is just theoretical. Thanks. I THINK I will try to multiboot with XP instead. When I put the XP install disc in the laptop, and it starts loading files, it eventually shows me a blue screen, with STOP CODE 0x0000007B. Can I put another hard drive in the laptop, install XP on it, and then put that same HDD in an external enclosure, and boot up with it in the internal enclosure (with USB)? Quote from: ARK on January 21, 2011, 03:40:21 PM Thanks. I think I will try to multiboot with XP instead. When I put the XP install disc in the laptop, and it starts loading files, it eventually shows me a blue screen, with STOP code 0x0000007B. Can I put another hard drive in the laptop, install XP on it, and then put that same HDD in an external enclosure, and boot up with it in the internal enclosure (with USB)? No. I just wan't to run some XP programs on this laptop, they don't work on Windows 7.Why ? ? I havent found an App that does not run on Win7. What apps are we talkin about here ? ?I'm not sure exactly what the programs are, it's for my DAD, but the programs won't run. I'm looking at XP mode for Windows 7, but I have home premium, so I can't GET it? Quote from: ARK on January 22, 2011, 08:55:38 AM I'm not sure exactly what the programs are, it's for my dad, but the programs won't run. I'm looking at XP mode for Windows 7, but I have home premium, so I can't get it? You can use VMWare Player which is free. Thanks, when I try to download, I always get "Service Temporarily Unavailable". So hopefully it will become available pretty soon. I found this, seems like it would work. http://www.mydigitallife.info/2010/05/13/how-to-setup-and-get-xp-mode-on-windows-7-home-premium-and-basic/It looks a bit like hacking to get around Windows licence restrictions, which we don't do here. Also, I just downloaded VMware Player 3.1.3 for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows from vmware.com (about 2 minutes ago) I don't understand, I visited this page: https://www.vmware.com/tryvmware/?p=player&lp=1 Put in my first name, last name, email address and clicked "Continue" and then it brought me to a page with the service unavailable message... Quote from: ARK on January 22, 2011, 09:39:30 AM I don't understand, I visited this page: Salmon Trout was undoubtedly referring to the "how-to-setup-and-get-xp-mode-on-windows-7-home-premium-and-basic" link; I'm fairly certain that you only get the extra XP license for use with XP mode on those versions of Windows 7 that allow for it. Personally, I think jumping for XP Mode is a bit preemptive; have you tried the various compatibility settings? Any chance of you determining what these particular programs are? The programs are: MapObjects Orthophoto I found this: http://www.vmlite.com/index.php/products

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I have Windows 7 x64 on a laptop and I also have an 8GB flash drive (USB 2.0). I want to put XP (32bit) on the flash drive, plug it into the laptop, and boot up XP (just like it was installed on the HDD) and also be able to install programs while in XP onto the flash drive. Is this possible, how do I do it? Thanks!Not easy. XP wants a real HDD to boot.
Here is a good alternative. Less work.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspxWindows is designed by default to be installed on a fixed, internal drive. Like Geek says, you could store a virtual PC image on a USB drive and run it with virtual PC software installed in Windows 7 on the laptop. In any case, even if you could install XP on a flash drive, unless you disabled virtual memory, the XP swap activity would kill the flash drive pretty soon. And if you have no virtual memory at all, XP acts really weird. But you can't do it, so that is just theoretical.

Thanks. I THINK I will try to multiboot with XP instead. When I put the XP install disc in the laptop, and it starts loading files, it eventually shows me a blue screen, with STOP CODE 0x0000007B.

Can I put another hard drive in the laptop, install XP on it, and then put that same HDD in an external enclosure, and boot up with it in the internal enclosure (with USB)? Quote from: ARK on January 21, 2011, 03:40:21 PM

Thanks. I think I will try to multiboot with XP instead. When I put the XP install disc in the laptop, and it starts loading files, it eventually shows me a blue screen, with STOP code 0x0000007B.

Can I put another hard drive in the laptop, install XP on it, and then put that same HDD in an external enclosure, and boot up with it in the internal enclosure (with USB)?

No.

I just wan't to run some XP programs on this laptop, they don't work on Windows 7.Why ? ?
I havent found an App that does not run on Win7.
What apps are we talkin about here ? ?I'm not sure exactly what the programs are, it's for my DAD, but the programs won't run. I'm looking at XP mode for Windows 7, but I have home premium, so I can't GET it? Quote from: ARK on January 22, 2011, 08:55:38 AM

I'm not sure exactly what the programs are, it's for my dad, but the programs won't run. I'm looking at XP mode for Windows 7, but I have home premium, so I can't get it?

You can use VMWare Player which is free.
Thanks, when I try to download, I always get "Service Temporarily Unavailable". So hopefully it will become available pretty soon.

I found this, seems like it would work.
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2010/05/13/how-to-setup-and-get-xp-mode-on-windows-7-home-premium-and-basic/It looks a bit like hacking to get around Windows licence restrictions, which we don't do here. Also, I just downloaded VMware Player 3.1.3 for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows from vmware.com (about 2 minutes ago)

I don't understand, I visited this page:
https://www.vmware.com/tryvmware/?p=player&lp=1
Put in my first name, last name, email address and clicked "Continue" and then it brought me to a page with the service unavailable message... Quote from: ARK on January 22, 2011, 09:39:30 AM

I don't understand, I visited this page:

Salmon Trout was undoubtedly referring to the "how-to-setup-and-get-xp-mode-on-windows-7-home-premium-and-basic" link; I'm fairly certain that you only get the extra XP license for use with XP mode on those versions of Windows 7 that allow for it.

Personally, I think jumping for XP Mode is a bit preemptive; have you tried the various compatibility settings? Any chance of you determining what these particular programs are?

The programs are:
MapObjects
Orthophoto

I found this:
http://www.vmlite.com/index.php/products

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