On 2013-07-08 08:13, Dave Woyciesjes wrote:
On 07/07/2013 08:02 PM, Fred Cisin wrote:
What is the easiest and simplest way to make a
bootable XP flash
drive.
Not Linux, although that does have a valid place of its own.
Not several dozen steps that require downloading half a dozen
programs
from broken links (such as "HP USB disk format")
Sounds like what you want is a "Windows PE" environment. Intended for
just this sort of thing.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766093%28v=WS.10%29.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms940812%28v=WinEmbedded.5%29.aspx
We use WinPE a lot, and it's a great tool.
One thing you want to remember in this context is that a PE
environment will run programs built ONLY for the PE envioronments
"bitness". A 32-bit program will not run in a 64-bit PE environment,
and a 16-bit program or command will not run in WinPE at all. Ever.
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