The program will alert you before writing the USB drive. Click 'OK' to continue. When it's done, copy the Windows XP setup files to the USB drive. Please note that you'll only need the i386 folder. If no errors occurred in the above process, you should now be all set to setup Windows XP from USB drive! Step 2: Configuring the BIOS.

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• Installing Windows 7 from a USB drive is easier as you can simply make the installer USB drive for it. But what if you want to install Windows XP from USB drive? It is not so easy as like as you did for the Windows Vista, 7 or Windows 8.

Earlier we have shown you how to install Windows 7 using bootable USB/flash/pen drive and also how to create only a bootable USB.

As many users are asking us an easier way to create bootable USB to reduce the task that we have covered in install windows 7 from USB guide (which uses command prompt), we have compiled a list of utilities that help you create a bootable USB in a few minutes.

There might be some paid tools that help to create a bootable USB, but these tools are really helpful as one can create a bootable USB in a few steps. All these utilities are absolutely free to download and use.

UNetbootin

This is the best and the ultimate tool to create a bootable USB to install Windows 7, Vista, or XP. With this tool one can create a bootable USB pen drive with a single-click. You can follow our how to create bootable Windows 7, Vista, XP USB flash drive with single-click guide to know more.

Rufus

Making a bootable USB is very easy with Rufus when compared to the long command prompt approach. In addition to creating bootable USB, it also lets you create Windows To Go drives as well. According to the developer of this software, this is the fastest tool out there for job.

WinToFlash

WinToFlash is another fantastic freeware to install Windows 7, Vista and XP from USB flash drive. Even WinToFlash also consumes very less time to make a bootable Windows USB drive.

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Passcafe ISO Burner

Unlike its competitors, Passcafe ISO Burner lets create bootable USB not just from ISO file but also from Windows DVD or installation files. The program is simple and easy to use. The only catch is that it isn’t portable.

Installing Windows from a bootable USB flash drive is one the safest and fastest installation methods available to install Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, and as well as Windows 8/8.1. We already have a guide to install Windows 8 from USB flash drive, but the guide requires the basic knowledge of Command Prompt.

As we already have a detailed guide to create a bootable USB to install Windows 8 from USB flash drive using Command Prompt method, we are going to use a third-party tool named WinToFlash (free) in this guide. This guide is for novice Windows users who are not familiar with Command Prompt.

If you don’t want to use third-party tool to create a bootable USB, just follow our step-by-step and 100% working how to install Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 from USB flash drive guide to create a bootable drive using Command Prompt.

Required items:

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# Windows 8 DVD or ISO

# A 4 GB+ USB flash drive

# WinToFlash

Preparting Windows 8/8.1 bootable USB

Step 1: Start the procedure by connecting your USB flash drive to your Vista or Windows 7 machine and backup all data from the flash drive as the drive will be formatted in step 6.

Step 2: Next step is to download and run WinToFlash program. It’s a portable utility, which means that it doesn’t require an installation. The program is packed in a zip file. So extract the downloaded zip file to a folder to get WinToFlash.exe and other files.

Step 3: Run WinToFlash.exe file to start the actual procedure. On the first run, you will see First start wizard box. Click Next button, accept the program license agreement and then click Next button. Please note that a paid version of WinToFlash is also available with additional features. But the free version is more than enough to create Windows 8 bootable flash drive.

Step 4: In the main screen, click the check button next to Windows Setup transfer wizard to start WinToFlash wizard. Click Next button to continue.

Step 5: In this step, you need to select Windows 8/8.1 installation files folder and USB drive which you want to make as bootable. Click on Select button next to Windows file path and browse to the folder containing Windows 8 installation files.

Note: If you have Windows 8/8.1 ISO file, please use 7-Zip (free) software to extract the installation files to a folder. Then browse to the new folder to select it as Windows files path.

Then click the Select button next to USB drive box to select the USB flash drive.

Step 6: Once you have selected Windows 8 installation files path and USB drive letter, click Next button to begin transferring installation files on to USB. Clicking the Next button will launch Windows License Agreement box. Select I accepted the terms of the license agreement and click Continue button.

You will see the Format Warning message. As we have mentioned in step 1, the software will erase all contents on your USB flash drive. So, move all data from USB drive to a safe location before starting the procedure.

Click Ok button to begin transferring Windows 8.1 installation files onto USB drive. You can relax now as you won’t have to do anything for the next 25-30 minutes. Once the moving process is done, you will see Finished message. Click Next button to complete the procedure.

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You have just created a bootable Windows 8/8.1 USB flash drive. Reboot your machine, enable USB boot in BIOS, and start installing Windows 8 on your machine. Good luck!