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* IMPORTANT : EVEN THOUGH THIS CAN BE INSTALLED TO FLASH DRIVES IT IS  *
* NOT INTENDED FOR SUCH USE --- THIS IS DESIGNED FOR EXTERNAL/PORTABLE *
* HARD DRIVES ONLY --- THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL eXPerience RELEASE BUT  *
* MODIFIED BY Protocol22 TO ENABLE INSTALLATION TO USB DRIVES.         *
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*  Thanks To:                                                          *
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*    eXPerience For Fantastic XP-Release Upon Which This Is Built.     *
*                                                                      *
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This is Tiny_XP SP2 by eXPerience modified so it can be installed
to an External Hard Drive, (USB External/Portable Drive)
Why ? You may ask...

Personally I run Linux on my laptop and when I need to use XP I simply
plug my External (HDD) Drive into a USB port and Boot it up.

But if you use Linux why don't you just install XP on VMWare or something ...
Wouldn't that be a lot more practical ? ...(You may ask)


I did it because Microsoft designed it Not to be done like this...
What more can I say ?



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Files Modified in Tiny XP ISO (I386 Folder)

DOSNET.INF
TXTSETUP.SIF
USB.IN_
USBPORT.IN_
USBSTOR.IN_

ADDED: USBBOOT.INF


These modifications allow this version of Tiny XP to
be installed on an external hard drive or usb flash disk.



Also included are two utilities to "properly" format your target
partition on an external hard drive or USB Flash Key.

1) lexar_usb_format which contains bootit.exe - This is useful for
   "flipping" a USB Flash Drive so that Windows will see it as a 
 fixed drive and not a removable drive anymore - This works with
about 50% of the Flash drives on the market.
When using bootit.exe make sure to tick the checkbox not to copy 
system files.

2) SP27608.exe which is the HP USB Drive Format Utility to format
your external drive or USB Flash device.


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            INSTRUCTIONS
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Burn TinyXP_4_USB_Drive.iso to a blank CD or DVD.


Prepare your External Drive (USB Drive) :

Format it as an NTFS partition - Installations on Flash Drives (NOT RECOMMENDED) are noticeably
slower than on external USB Pata or Sata drives - You may be able to
install onto a FAT32 partition on external HDD's but it is advisable to
use NTFS for formatting - Flash drives have to be formatted as NTFS to 
take this installation. (They are usually FAT32 originally) 


Disconnect all your hard-drives on your computer - This will ensure the Master
Boot Record is not overwritten on these drives - If you leave your hard drive
connected the installation may well write the BOOT.INI file to the main HD - You
need everything written to the USB Drive to enable it to be Bootable afterwards.

Boot your computer from CD and install as normal - when Windows Installation reaches
the partition stage you should see only your USB drives partition and choose this as
target for installation.
Once you pick the partition and start installation the rest is unattended - This is
because this version is based on Tiny_XP by eXPerience (without driverpacks) 

When Windows starts for the first time you will get a Message stating that the PageFile
does not exist or is too small - This is no problem - Simply go to Control Panel - System 
and than to Advanced where you can set the size in MB's for your PageFile - You should set
this as recommended or 150% - 200% of your RAM - i.e. If you have 1GB Ram, set it for 
1536MB-2048MB - If using a small USB Flash you can also opt not to use any PageFile system -
It should run smoothly once the option is set.

That's it ... When you wish to run XP simply plug your External HD or Flash into a USB port
and set your computers BIOS to boot from the USB drive (Most Bios have option of USB-Zip and/or
USB-HDD in advanced BIOS settings.)


GOOD LUCK !


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These are the MD5 and SHA1 Sums of TinyXP_4_USB_Drive.iso Image file.


MD5SUM :    c8ba3acfaf9a71c9c8bdf36da5a3af5



SHA1SUM :    417bfcaf56afbc64acf6e56b441b631f21fe7f89