Comments on: Installing Windows off USB https://dfarq.homeip.net/installing-windows-off-usb/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=installing-windows-off-usb David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Tue, 18 Apr 2017 03:34:28 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymous https://dfarq.homeip.net/installing-windows-off-usb/#comment-5905 Sun, 06 Sep 2009 22:45:50 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=1852#comment-5905 This works, but running Nlite against a USB flash installation of Windows caused me trouble. Your mileage may vary. It worked better for me to copy the XP disc to the computer (the i386 directories and the other individual files in the root), then run Nlite on them. I didn’t burn the CD; when Nlite finished, I just pointed WintoUSB at the modified installation files.

The initial text-based portion of the install was slow for some reason, but the GUI portion was fast.

I built up the computer I’m typing this on from a freshly formatted OCZ Vertex in a couple of hours, installing all the software from a USB flash drive. It might take a little longer with a conventional hard drive.

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