USB not showing on boot menu

[zino0001]

Hello,
I decide to install windows xp into my PC via USB device just install WinXP ISO image to USB with the help of refus software but I can't find USB device in boot menu how can I fix this issue ...?

I have P4 old mechine FUJITSU SIEMENS running currently Windows 7 ... waiting for your response.

 

[rawmess]

same problem

i ' m having the same problem on my p3 pc as well . it ' s a very old machine and has award BIOS . the board has no usb ports . need some help in the same issue too ...

 

[zino0001]

still waiting for response,,, anybody here for help?

 

[jumanji]

Hello,
I decide to install windows xp into my PC via USB device just install WinXP ISO image to USB with the help of refus software but I can't find USB device in boot menu how can I fix this issue ...?

I have P4 old mechine FUJITSU SIEMENS running currently Windows 7 ... waiting for your response.

1. Can you get into BIOS setup and enumerate the boot priorities available?

2. What prevents you from installing the OS from an optical drive? ( I presume your m/c has one.)

i ' m having the same problem on my p3 pc as well . it ' s a very old machine and has award BIOS . the board has no usb ports . need some help in the same issue too ...

It is quite obvious that if you have no USB ports, you cannot use any USB device. Install from the optical drive.

 

[patio]

If it's not listed on the Menu the MBoard doesn't support booting to USB...

 

[zino0001]

If it's not listed on the Menu the MBoard doesn't support booting to USB...

so there is no solution ...?

 

[jumanji]

zino0001, you still haven't answered my query in post #4.

2. What prevents you from installing the OS from an optical drive? ( I presume your m/c has one.)

And that's the way we did it those days.

 

[zino0001]

MY BIOS didn't detect optical drive in boot menu thats the problem!

 

[carwiz]

Check to see if there's a BIOS update for your board.

 

[zino0001]

but i heard BIOS update quit risky ... can u guide me how to update please?

 

[zino0001]

here is screen shot of BIOS Boot menu sorry for bad result hope u seen clearly

 

[TVeblen]

I am not aware of any Pentium 4 era machines that could boot from USB. So USB is not a solution in your case.

Your BIOS shot shows that the CD-Drive (optical drive) is set to boot first. Can you describe what is happening when you try to boot from the CD?

• With computer on > load the Windows XP CD into the optical drive > close any autorun windows that open (If there is a Windows installation)
• Now restart the PC, or press the RESET button on your computer case
• Watch the screen as the system boots. Look for the text that says "press any key to boot from CD" > press any key

If the process does not happen as above, please try and describe exactly what does or does not happen.

 

[zino0001]

boot from CD working fine but I wanna boot USB please help

 

[TVeblen]

I am not aware of any Pentium 4 era machines that could boot from USB. So USB is not a solution in your case.

Your machine will boot from a floppy disk. If you want to burn up some time and experiment with it, you can set up a USB stick to emulate a floppy disk drive. See here:
How to create and use a bootable USB memory stick as a floppy drive replacement

How you get from there (booting the USB floppy disk with core commands) to installing Windows on a USB stick is going to be a trick.
Windows XP was not designed to install from floppy disk as far as I know.
Perhaps you can start at the "floppy disk", find the USB stick with Windows on it, navigate to setup.exe, and run it.
If you get this to work please tell us the story!