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Installing WINXP on USB Pendrive
Name: ravimodi Date: April 7, 2008 at 21:17:18 Pacific OS: winxp CPU/Ram: 256 Product: Assembled
Comment:
I am going to implement a touch screen based system which is going to be used non-stop continously 24x7. For this system I want to use USB Pendrive to install & run Win-XP instead of Hard Disk and want stable system. I have few queries : 1) Will WIN-XP be installed & booted from USB Pen drive 2) Will the system be stable ? Will there be any issues of hanging, rebooting or Pen Drive not detecting if I use Pen Drive as boot device.
But like Bakers said your BIOS has to allow you to boot from USB media.
Hope this article helps!
kerry
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Response Number 3
Name: ravimodi Date: April 8, 2008 at 00:37:28 Pacific
Reply:
Hi, Bakers & Kwlakey
Thanks for the reply. Yes I do understand that BIOS should allow booting from USB Drive. Apart from that my main query is stability. As I want to run the system 24x7 will there be any issues of hanging, rebooting or slow response.
BTW what is the difference between USB Pen Drive & Solid State Disk ?
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