curtisjg655

My system is running Windows XP Pro. I have a 8gb USB stick. Was wondering if this is enough to put my OS on it? If not what files should I back up from my OS so I can boot it up using the USB stick?

Also there is a problem with installing Windows Home Edition on my Emachine T1100. It loads all the files for the setup then when it shuts down and restarts it comes up with a screen saying that there is no keyboard connected to my computer or that there is something wrong with my computer. My keyboard is a 101/102 standard keyboard or a Microsoft natural PS/2 keyboard. Any suggestions or tips to get around this problem short of buying a new keyboard?

brainless_beginner

Wrong thread.

If you want a system on a usb stick you'd better switch to some linux distro. AFAIK neither XP nor any other MS OS are able to work from usb.

About keyboard. Is it a usb one? If yes, try some bios settings if any.

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Judas

if the computer can see and boot from usb flash drive.... windows should also be able to be installed to it provided that it's detectable as a fixed disk... just takes a little "fiddling"

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Tyrsonswood

I did that once...... and this was to a USB hard drive that was a bootable drive....... worked until XP install tried to load USB drivers and realized it was talking to a USB port. Install failed at that point.


Oops.


BTW, I have XP SP3 down to about 6.5 gig, running of an 8 gig SATA SSD, so a fully functional XP is around 6.5 - 7 gig.

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