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Old 04-19-2009, 04:10 AM
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Hi,

MY combo drive is not working , i want to re-install xp after re-partition of my hard drive. How can i boot my machine with usb drive and how can install xp though usb. Please provide me whole process in details and oblige me.

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First thing first.....you must know whether your computer can boot to USB device. Some can and others are not able to.
Second thing...Not all flash drives are bootable. Are you sure that your pen drive is bootable?



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