Open the command prompt and navigate to the folder with your changed files.
Open usbstore.inf and change lines in the section to look like this:Ĭreate a new file called USBBOOT.INF in the same directory as the other modified files, and paste the following content into it: ĭelete your original extracted. Open usbport.inf and change lines in the, , and sections to look like this: Open USB.INF and change lines in the and sections to look like this: Open DOSNET.INF and change the second section to look like this: d1,usbboot.inf d1, default.pif d1,12520437.cpx d1,12520850.cpx Insert the following commands into the section: Insert the following in the section: AddReg = hivedef.inf,AddReg AddReg = hivesys.inf,AddReg AddReg = hivesft.inf,AddReg AddReg = hivecls.inf,AddReg AddReg = hiveusd.inf,AddReg AddReg = dmreg.inf,DM.AddReg AddReg = usbboot.inf,usbservices Move the following entries from to : usbehci = "Erweiterter Hostcontroller",behci,usbehci usbohci = "Open Hostcontroller",bohci,usbohci usbuhci = "Universeller Hostcontroller",buhci,usbuhci usbhub = "Standard-USB-Hubtreiber",bhub,usbhub usbstor = "USB-Speicherklassentreiber",bstor,usbstor Open TXTSETUP.SIF and move the following entries from to the : usbehci = usbehci.sys usbohci = usbohci.sys usbuhci = usbuhci.sys usbhub = usbhub.sys usbstor = usbstor.sys When asked, choose the external USB hard drive to install WIndows XP. Most computers will do this automatically, but if not, hit F8 on startup to choose boot options. Insert the CD you created and restart the computer. Save the ISO files and burn them to a CD using the burning software of your choice. Replace them with the newly modified files. Open the previously created ISO file and delete the files you extracted earlier. Edit them according to the section below titled "Editing Files."
Open the files using a simple text editor such as Notepad. You should end up with three new files in the folder, called USB.inf, usbport.inf and usbstor.inf. An example command line would be: "cabarc x USBSTOR.IN_". IN_ files Cab SDK is a Microsoft compression and decompression program available as an. Open a command prompt and use Cab SDK to extract the contents of the. Extract the files and put them into a folder to work with. Navigate to the I386 folder, and select the following files: TXTSETUP.SIF, DOSNET.INF, USB.IN_, USBPORT.IN_, and USBSTOR.IN_. iso file is an archive disk image of an optical disk) from the Windows XP CD-ROM using your preferred software. (Your BIOS must support boot from USB.) Connect the USB external hard drive directly to your computer. Set your BIOS so that USB booting is enabled. Updated FebruCreating the Windows XP Boot Image #