Hello, I'm trying to install XP from a USB Flash Drive. I am a system
builder and we load XP all the time from CDs. I think it would be much
faster from a flash drive. Does Microsoft offer anything like this for
system builders? Is it even possible? I tried for a few hours to get

I was able to make a set of four floppy disks for "windows 2000
setup," but so far i can't seem to do the same thing with windows XP.
Windows XP did let me make an MS-DOS boot disk. Is that good enough to
use to reinstall windows XP if my hard drive crashes?

I am having trouble with my PC and may have to reinstall XP Pro for the
second time. Is there a limit to the number of times I can do this? Is there
a way to repair the current installation?

I hope someone can help me!  I put my Windows 98 SE CD in a different
computer (not in my computer at all), entered in the CD key and got a new box
saying the key is invalid!  I tried many different ways to put the key in,
but get the same result.   My ultimate goal is to start ...

i have an asus A6 notebook with came with win xp home installed in it but the
i didnt get the windows cd with my notebook, buti have the product key behind
my notebook,now i want to reinstall win xp home hw can i do it, can i use any
win xp home cd and my product key. is it ...

I'm planning on doing a reinstall of Windows XP on one of my home computers.  
When I purchased the computer, it shipped with Windows XP Home Edition,
Service Pack 1.  I am ready to do a clean reinstall of XP SP1 and then using
an upgrade CD I ordered from Microsoft, upgrade to XP ...

What dictates which files are copied into the $WIN_NT$.~BT folder
during an unattended setup?
Basically, I need to force it to copy iaStor.Sys into $WIN_NT$.~BT so
that the textmode part of the install can complete, but can't find

Put together a brand new rig: M2N32 SLI MoBo, AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core
5000+ CPU, GeForce 8800 GTS Video card,  2 Gigs Corsair RAM, Western Digital
250 Gig Sata 300 HD. Partitioned and Installed from XP CD. (used default NTFS
file system.)                                        ...

Hi, I own a fully legitimate copy of windows XP Professional service pack 2
edition and have come across a problem... during my recent move of home my
windows disk has become cracked. I would like to know how to replace this
disk using my same product key so as not to end up ...

The Question:
If I install a retail box version of XP on a box that I did not register or
activate
neither by internet or telephone, can a reinstall that version of XP on

For some reason I cannot boot my XP install cd.  So I booted with a Win98
Boot floppy and tried to run "winnt" from the i386 dir. on the XP CD  but
when I do I get this error message: "An internal Setup error has occurred.
Could not find a place for a swap file. Setup cannot ...

I had to install a new HD since WinXPpro would not start up on old HD (sys32
file corrupted and a new reinstall would NOT TAKE soooo I moved my old C
harddisk to a slave drive).  Then I installed XPpro on the new HD.  Now, I
cannot find the old Outlook Express emails anywhere on ...

Does anyone know if Windows XP Home Upgrade can be installed on 2 different
computers? We have 2 computers that we would like to install it on, but we
don't want to spend $100 if we can't use it on both pc's.
Thanks!

I am trying to help this young couple get their Acer 3630 (1 yr old) laptop
working,
When they gave it to me no matter what you chose from the boot menue safe
mode, start normally safemode with command prompt, it would immeditaly reset

I keep getting the above error pop up window with following details;
The instruction at "0x024538ae" referenced memory at "0x025409a4". The
memory could not be "read".
Click on OK t terminate the program