Creating your bootable USB key:

First of all, you will need:

* A USB key (capacity:1 or 2 GB
* A Windows XP CD ( official version )
* A PC with a CD player and a USB key
* And this software WinSetupFromUSB : Click This Link




It will also require that:

* Your USB key is bootable;
* Your machine accepts the boot on your USB key (see in the BIOS);
* Your key is fast enough to avoid delays during installation of the OS;


Installing XP

Once downloaded, run the installation software and follow the installation wizard. At the end of the installation, the software will launch.

* Step 1: Insert your Windows XP CD into the CD ROM drive and click Browse
* Step 2: Enter the destination path on the PC
* Step 3: Select your CD ROM drive where your CD is Windows XP and click OK
* Step 4: Click Refresh and then go on the small arrow just to the left and select the USB key that you used to boot XP
* Step 5: Select Fixed
* Step 6: That everything is ready you can just click on the GO
* Wait for the copying procedure. Then close the software (you are informed when the copy is complete)
* Installing Windows XP
* In a first time you connect the USB to your netBook and go into the BIOS
* Then set your BIOS to boot your PC on USB key;
* Once done, save and restart your PC;
* Here, you'll have two lines in the GRUB menu;
* The first is to select the startup of the installation procedure
* The second line will be for the rest of the installation and the first boot of Windows XP;
* Therefore boot on the USB key until Windows XP is fully installed.
* Follow the installation instructions as for a normal installation
* Now your Windows XP is installed with your USB key!