installing xp on netbook

**Yojimbo** · May 17, 2011, 12:39 PM

hey guys Ive been trying for ages to install a nlited version of xp on my eee pc,. i have a 8gb patriot XT usb and nothing i have tired works. I used bootsect to make the usb bootable and it wont boot fom it despite it showing in the boot menu I used diskpart, but kept getting invalid syntax errors. I tired copying the files directly, nothing works and im absolutely fed up. Anyone have a full proof, always works, 100%, non bs of getting it to actually install?

Thanks machine is a eee pc 701sd.

**Top-Tier-Tech** · May 17, 2011, 12:54 PM

To install an OS on a netbook I just use an external USB powered CD/DVD drive...

**Yojimbo** · May 17, 2011, 12:59 PM

Originally Posted by ChaobSiroc

To install an OS on a netbook I just use an external USB powered CD/DVD drive...

Geez really? I hadn't thought of that!</sarcasm> I don't have one. Ill probably get one sometime but i cant just now.

**Top-Tier-Tech** · May 17, 2011, 04:53 PM

Originally Posted by Yojimbo

Anyone have a full proof, always works, 100%, non bs of getting it to actually install?

Originally Posted by ChaobSiroc

To install an OS on a netbook I just use an external USB powered CD/DVD drive...

Originally Posted by Yojimbo

Geez really? I hadn't thought of that!</sarcasm>

Well excuse me for reading what you wrote and answering the question.

**Crazyeyesreaper** · May 17, 2011, 03:27 PM

last time i checked you couldnt install windows XP via usb thumb drive it has to be CD/ DVD as far as im aware. only Vista and Windows 7 allow installation via USB thumb drives.

**karamazovmm** · May 17, 2011, 03:45 PM

install linux.

there was aproblem with the way that xp reads the installation files, leading to only possible solution of altering the iso or installing something better

**Yojimbo** · May 17, 2011, 09:26 PM

Originally Posted by Mr MM

install linux.

there was aproblem with the way that xp reads the installation files, leading to only possible solution of altering the iso or installing something better

Thanks but id like my netbook to be useful rather than a crappy PC running a poser os.

**Top-Tier-Tech** · May 17, 2011, 09:30 PM

Originally Posted by Yojimbo

This really is a sad excuse for a tech forum. Thanks but id like my netbook to be useful rather than a crappy PC running a poser os. Anyway i found the answer on another forum.

You are probably the rudest person to grace the basement in some time...

Have a cookie cupcake sir

**Yojimbo** · May 17, 2011, 10:58 PM

Originally Posted by ChaobSiroc

You are probably the rudest person to grace the basement in some time...

Have a cookie cupcake sir

Sorry that wasn't directed at you Thanks for trying to help me i should have made it a bit clearer that i was trying to do it via usb. For those who wonder about this in the future the guide here works well.

I just hate the "duh install linux" answer, as its the most elitist, idiotic comment ever. That cupcake is so cute <3

**ROFL Copter** · May 17, 2011, 11:56 PM

Originally Posted by Yojimbo

I just hate the "duh install linux" answer, as its the most elitist, idiotic comment ever. That cupcake is so cute <3

Please my good sir, I ask you kindly; leave and never return. Hatred of Linux is not tolerated here.

**karamazovmm** · May 17, 2011, 11:08 PM

why is it elitist? have you installed and played with it? its quite easy to get the hag, and in netbooks, linux is going to offer snappy performance, unless you like the old garbage named xp