Put Windows XP On Your Thumb Drive
 

USB drive that can boot from DOS probably can be made to boot from XP. But a USB drive that won't even boot from DOS probably will be very difficult, at best, to get to work with XP. Thus, running a quick test with the DOS-boot tools can help you decide if it's worthwhile to try the longer, more complex XP boot method we'll now describe.

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