IT Dojo: Create your own bootable USB flash drive for Windows XP
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00:09:38 | Mar 16, 2009
Booting Windows XP from a USB Flash drive gives you great IT support tool. For example, you can make a troubleshooting toolkit for booting and analyzing seemingly dead PCs. Or you could always have your favorite support applications at your fingertips.
In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler, TechRepublic’s Head Technology Editor, explains the process and pitfalls of creating a bootable Windows XP USB flash drive. You’ll learn how to configure a computer’s BIOS to boot from a USB drive, how to download and use the free software to create a bootable drive, and how to installed Windows XP on the drive.
Once you’ve watched this IT Dojo video, you can read the original TechRepublic article, walk through the process in a screenshot gallery, and download a PDF version of the tip from our IT Dojo blog.
