Original post : Bootable Windows USB Drive: Guide for Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8.
A Windows XP Home CD will not work.
C:\
C:\PEBuilder
SRSP1
C:\PEBuilder\SRSP1
MS-WS-SP1.exe
cmd
cd
cd c:\downloads
c:\downloads
MS-WS-SP1.exe -x
cd i386
cd c:\downloads\Extract
copy setupldr.bin c:\PEBuilder\SRSP1
c:\PEBuilder\
expand -r ramdisk.sy_ c:\PEBuilder\SRSP1
cd c:\PEBuilder
pe2usb -f d:
d:
YES
While the name is "Windows 7", you can use the tool for Windows Vista systems too.
cd c:\windows\system32
c:\
diskpart
list disk
select disk X
X
Disk 1 is now the selected disk.
clean
create partition primary
select partition 1
active
format fs=ntfs
format fs=ntfs quick
assign
exit
d: cd boot
D:
cd boot
bootsect.exe /nt60 f:
f:
While the name is "Windows 7", you can use this tool on a Windows 8 or 8.1 system too.
While the name is "Windows 7", you can use this tool on a Windows 10 system too.
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