USB Win XP Portable

[AstaLaVista]

Has anybody make a successful Win XP Portable with a thumb drive?

I have read many websites and "How To's" but to no avail... it is one of those things that I tell myself I must learn to do as it would make my life easier for those times when the computer has a virus or help a friend with a problem, etc, etc.

I was able to get one going with bartPE but it takes a long time to load the iso file.

If any of you have, can you point me in the right direction?

 

[DeaconFrost]

Assuming you'd even getting it working, it wouldn't be usable. The USB interface doesn't work well booting a Windows OS. The performance would be bad, and some sites claim it drasticllay shortens the life of the drive.

I must learn to do as it would make my life easier for those times when the computer has a virus or help a friend with a problem, etc, etc.

I'm not sure how this would help (if it were possible) for either situation. If a computer has a virus, either fight it directly or pull the drive and connect it to a working computer and clean it.

 

[Bill2]

If you are worried about viruses, you can try making a bootable antivirus rescue flash drive. You can download the free rescue CDs a lot of AV vendors provide, then integrate them into a bootable usb using the Shardana utility.

FREE Bootable AntiVirus Rescue CDs Download List

Note: I believe all this stuff is legally free. If something to the contrary comes to someone's notice, please let me know.

 

[gregrocker]

In addition to bootable AV's Bill linked:

Use free Paragon Rescue CD: Rescue Kit Free Edition | PARAGON Software Group - free partition software, hard disk partitioning to recover Win7 partition if salvageable, or copy off files as last resort.

 

[WindowsStar]

Has anybody make a successful Win XP Portable with a thumb drive?

I have read many websites and "How To's" but to no avail... it is one of those things that I tell myself I must learn to do as it would make my life easier for those times when the computer has a virus or help a friend with a problem, etc, etc.

I was able to get one going with bartPE but it takes a long time to load the iso file.

If any of you have, can you point me in the right direction?

BartPE works great. Just make a USB BartPE it is an extremely fast boot.

 

[AstaLaVista]

BartPE works great. Just make a USB BartPE it is an extremely fast boot.

Can you point me in the right direction? the BartPE I made is extremely slow to boot. :shock:

Thanks

 

[gregrocker]

Bill, have you used any of the bootable AV Rescue Disks? I'm wondering if you can recommend a free one.

My inclination would be toward Malwarebytes based on reputation of the free solution.

 

[WindowsStar]

BartPE works great. Just make a USB BartPE it is an extremely fast boot.

Can you point me in the right direction? the BartPE I made is extremely slow to boot. :shock:

Thanks

Sure:
Bart's Preinstalled Environment (BartPE) bootable live windows CD/DVD
http://www.collewijn.info/xpe/page/pe2usb.php
Pe2usb: Installing Bartpe To Usb Flash Disk - The CD Forum
GoCoding.Com - PeToUSB - Boot BartPE From USB

 

[ultraplanet]

If a computer has a virus, either fight it directly or pull the drive and connect it to a working computer and clean it.

Indeed

 

[Vesko96]

Well, what I like to do is put a light-weight Linux distro on my pen drive. The smaller ones like Puppy Linux take up like 100 MB of space, and can be a real lifesaver when it comes to any Windows-related problem. Plus, Windows viruses are worthless against Linux, so no need to worry about getting your pen drive infected as well.

 

[DeaconFrost]

Bill, have you used any of the bootable AV Rescue Disks? I'm wondering if you can recommend a free one.

I can recommend one from Avira. It is updated daily. I keep one CD-RW handy to use anytime I need an updated disc.