Howdy all.....:-)

Looking for any information on prefered method for installing XP and/or
Vista *to* a USB (8 gig) memory stick. The stick is to be used for
troubleshooting purposes (ie booting up and scanning inoperative systems).

Any pointers, url's etc would be most appreciated....thanks!

Hello Propman,

This can show you how to create one with Vista. You can use a Vista ISO
or XP ISO file to create one using OPTION ONE.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/18...umb-drive.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn

propman;1042649 Wrote:
Howdy all.....:-)

Looking for any information on prefered method for installing XP and/or
Vista *to* a USB (8 gig) memory stick. The stick is to be used for
troubleshooting purposes (ie booting up and scanning inoperative
systems).

Any pointers, url's etc would be most appreciated....thanks!


--
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'*MS MVP - Windows Desktop Experience*'
(https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...5-AD617AF3D511)
*There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask
them.*
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*Please post feedback to help others.*

That is NOT installing Vista on a USB memory stick - at all! All you're
doing is placing the install files on a memory stick.

Note to OP. You can not install Vista on a memory stick, or any other USB
connected drive and have a bootable operating system.

Vista must be installed to an internal hard drive.

--

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience


"Brink" wrote in message
...

Hello Propman,

This can show you how to create one with Vista. You can use a Vista ISO
or XP ISO file to create one using OPTION ONE.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/18...umb-drive.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn

propman;1042649 Wrote:
Howdy all.....:-)

Looking for any information on prefered method for installing XP and/or
Vista *to* a USB (8 gig) memory stick. The stick is to be used for
troubleshooting purposes (ie booting up and scanning inoperative
systems).

Any pointers, url's etc would be most appreciated....thanks!


--
Brink

'*MS MVP - Windows Desktop Experience*'
(https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...5-AD617AF3D511)
*There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask
them.*
'*::Windows 7 Forums::*' (http://www.sevenforums.com/) *and*
'*::Vista Forums::*' (http://www.vistax64.com/)
*Please post feedback to help others.*

AFAIK if you have a HDD or equivalent that your MOBO bios will recognize at
boot time over a USB interface as a bootable device then you should be able
to install on it,
The problem is that very few MOBO BIOS have this support,

"Richard Urban" wrote in message
...
That is NOT installing Vista on a USB memory stick - at all! All you're
doing is placing the install files on a memory stick.

Note to OP. You can not install Vista on a memory stick, or any other USB
connected drive and have a bootable operating system.

Vista must be installed to an internal hard drive.

--

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience


"Brink" wrote in message
...

Hello Propman,

This can show you how to create one with Vista. You can use a Vista ISO
or XP ISO file to create one using OPTION ONE.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/18...umb-drive.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn

propman;1042649 Wrote:
Howdy all.....:-)

Looking for any information on prefered method for installing XP and/or
Vista *to* a USB (8 gig) memory stick. The stick is to be used for
troubleshooting purposes (ie booting up and scanning inoperative
systems).

Any pointers, url's etc would be most appreciated....thanks!


--
Brink

'*MS MVP - Windows Desktop Experience*'
(https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...5-AD617AF3D511)
*There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask
them.*
'*::Windows 7 Forums::*' (http://www.sevenforums.com/) *and*
'*::Vista Forums::*' (http://www.vistax64.com/)
*Please post feedback to help others.*

"Curious" wrote in message
...
AFAIK if you have a HDD or equivalent that your MOBO bios will recognize
at boot time over a USB interface as a bootable device then you should be
able to install on it,
The problem is that very few MOBO BIOS have this support,


Most modern BIOS's have the facility to boot from USB.
That's not the point - Windows will not install on an external USB anything.

--
Asking a question?
Please tell us the version of the application you are asking about,
your OS, Service Pack level
and the FULL contents of any error message(s)

Windows will not install on a USB device. Many have said that they have done
so, but when you press them for evidence of such - they disappear!

--

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience


"Curious" wrote in message
...
AFAIK if you have a HDD or equivalent that your MOBO bios will recognize
at boot time over a USB interface as a bootable device then you should be
able to install on it,
The problem is that very few MOBO BIOS have this support,

"Richard Urban" wrote in message
...
That is NOT installing Vista on a USB memory stick - at all! All you're
doing is placing the install files on a memory stick.

Note to OP. You can not install Vista on a memory stick, or any other
USB connected drive and have a bootable operating system.

Vista must be installed to an internal hard drive.

--

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience


"Brink" wrote in message
...

Hello Propman,

This can show you how to create one with Vista. You can use a Vista ISO
or XP ISO file to create one using OPTION ONE.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/18...umb-drive.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn

propman;1042649 Wrote:
Howdy all.....:-)

Looking for any information on prefered method for installing XP and/or
Vista *to* a USB (8 gig) memory stick. The stick is to be used for
troubleshooting purposes (ie booting up and scanning inoperative
systems).

Any pointers, url's etc would be most appreciated....thanks!


--
Brink

'*MS MVP - Windows Desktop Experience*'
(https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...5-AD617AF3D511)
*There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask
them.*
'*::Windows 7 Forums::*' (http://www.sevenforums.com/) *and*
'*::Vista Forums::*' (http://www.vistax64.com/)
*Please post feedback to help others.*

You cannot boot from a USB device. Period

--
Peter

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"Curious" wrote in message
...
AFAIK if you have a HDD or equivalent that your MOBO bios will recognize at boot
time over a USB interface as a bootable device then you should be able to install
on it,
The problem is that very few MOBO BIOS have this support,

"Richard Urban" wrote in message
...
That is NOT installing Vista on a USB memory stick - at all! All you're doing is
placing the install files on a memory stick.

Note to OP. You can not install Vista on a memory stick, or any other USB
connected drive and have a bootable operating system.

Vista must be installed to an internal hard drive.

--

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience


"Brink" wrote in message
...

Hello Propman,

This can show you how to create one with Vista. You can use a Vista ISO
or XP ISO file to create one using OPTION ONE.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/18...umb-drive.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn

propman;1042649 Wrote:
Howdy all.....:-)

Looking for any information on prefered method for installing XP and/or
Vista *to* a USB (8 gig) memory stick. The stick is to be used for
troubleshooting purposes (ie booting up and scanning inoperative
systems).

Any pointers, url's etc would be most appreciated....thanks!


--
Brink

'*MS MVP - Windows Desktop Experience*'
(https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...5-AD617AF3D511)
*There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask
them.*
'*::Windows 7 Forums::*' (http://www.sevenforums.com/) *and*
'*::Vista Forums::*' (http://www.vistax64.com/)
*Please post feedback to help others.*

Thank you Richard for the correction. I missed the "TO" part some how.

I agree. I do not believe that you can install a OS to an external USB
drive and have it is has a bootable OS on the computer.

Shawn


Richard Urban;1042717 Wrote:
That is NOT installing Vista on a USB memory stick - at all! All you're
doing is placing the install files on a memory stick.

Note to OP. You can not install Vista on a memory stick, or any other
USB
connected drive and have a bootable operating system.

Vista must be installed to an internal hard drive.

--

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience


"Brink" wrote in message
...

Hello Propman,

This can show you how to create one with Vista. You can use a Vista
ISO
or XP ISO file to create one using OPTION ONE.


http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/18...umb-drive.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn

propman;1042649 Wrote:
Howdy all.....:-)

Looking for any information on prefered method for installing XP
and/or
Vista *to* a USB (8 gig) memory stick. The stick is to be used for
troubleshooting purposes (ie booting up and scanning inoperative
systems).

Any pointers, url's etc would be most appreciated....thanks!


--
Brink

'*MS MVP - Windows Desktop Experience*'

(https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...5-AD617AF3D511)
*There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask
them.*
'*::Windows 7 Forums::*' ('Windows 7 Forums'
(http://www.sevenforums.com/)) *and*
'*::Vista Forums::*' (http://www.vistax64.com/)
*Please post feedback to help others.*


--
Brink

'*MS MVP - Windows Desktop Experience*'
(https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...5-AD617AF3D511)
*There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask
them.*
'*::Windows 7 Forums::*' (http://www.sevenforums.com/) *and*
'*::Vista Forums::*' (http://www.vistax64.com/)
*Please post feedback to help others.*

Brink wrote:
Thank you Richard for the correction. I missed the "TO" part some how.

I agree. I do not believe that you can install a OS to an external USB
drive and have it is has a bootable OS on the computer.


Not quite correct. You cannot install WINDOWS on a USB device and boot
from it. There are other Operating Systems "freely" ;-) available with
which you CAN do such a thing.


--
Asking a question?
Please tell us the version of the application you are asking about,
your OS, Service Pack level
and the FULL contents of any error message(s)

WRONG, Peter Foldes!

Most "new" mobos have that capability, although no Windows version will
install to or boot fromone, as they all reset the USB controllers during the
bootup process (kludges do exist, invoking adding files from WServ2k3
ResKit) . The nearest you can get is installing to an (e)SATA connected
external HD

For example, most Linux distros can be installed and booted from a USB
device, be it a memory stick, USB HD or a memory card in a card reader...

--
Thomas Wendell
Helsinki, Finland
Translations to/from FI not always accurate



"Peter Foldes" kirjoitti
...
You cannot boot from a USB device. Period

--
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"Curious" wrote in message
...
AFAIK if you have a HDD or equivalent that your MOBO bios will recognize
at boot time over a USB interface as a bootable device then you should be
able to install on it,
The problem is that very few MOBO BIOS have this support,

"Richard Urban" wrote in message
...
That is NOT installing Vista on a USB memory stick - at all! All you're
doing is placing the install files on a memory stick.

Note to OP. You can not install Vista on a memory stick, or any other
USB connected drive and have a bootable operating system.

Vista must be installed to an internal hard drive.

--

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience


"Brink" wrote in message
...

Hello Propman,

This can show you how to create one with Vista. You can use a Vista ISO
or XP ISO file to create one using OPTION ONE.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/18...umb-drive.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn

propman;1042649 Wrote:
Howdy all.....:-)

Looking for any information on prefered method for installing XP
and/or
Vista *to* a USB (8 gig) memory stick. The stick is to be used for
troubleshooting purposes (ie booting up and scanning inoperative
systems).

Any pointers, url's etc would be most appreciated....thanks!


--
Brink

'*MS MVP - Windows Desktop Experience*'
(https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...5-AD617AF3D511)
*There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask
them.*
'*::Windows 7 Forums::*' (http://www.sevenforums.com/) *and*
'*::Vista Forums::*' (http://www.vistax64.com/)
*Please post feedback to help others.*