ISO to USB issues...

[Selim873]

Hi everybody! I've been an Ubuntu user for a while and I found it difficult to just have Ubuntu as the only OS on my netbook, I have a Windows XP SP3 disk and I wanted to wipe out my current partition, install XP, then reinstall Ubuntu as a dual boot, but I can't find any way to easily convert a Windows XP SP3 ISO to USB... The ISO is about 600 or so MB, I'm using a 2GB USB key... WintoFlash is very incompatible with Wine, and Startup Disk Creator won't accept my Windows ISO, but I think SDC is only compatible with Linux ISOs.

Any ideas?

EDIT: Okay, I found a program called UNetBootin, I'll let you guys know how it works out. If you know anything though, don't hesitate to post it incase it fails!

EDIT2: It failed... I got something like this on my screen, I'll use a quote bar to pretend to be by screen.

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After that, anything could be typed in, like a terminal, but I hit enter when it was blank, then I got a loader type screen with a box that had "Default" highlighted, when I hit enter on that, the automatic boot timer would reset... So I just restarted my netbook then formatted my USB stick...


EDIT3: I'll just use a virtual machine. But if there is ANYONE who was where I was at, maybe answers could still be posted?

[C.S.Cameron]

I understand this will put the Windows 7 install disk on USB:

1. sudo apt-get install gparted
2. open gparted -> format stick to ntfs
-> put bootable flag (right click in gparted - manage flags)

3. extract win7.iso to usb stick or if you have live dvd just copy contents to usb stick.

From Amedac

[Selim873]

How did I miss that?! I'll give it a shot!

[oldfred]

Some more links if the above does not work.

Copy Windows XP to usb
http://www.aspireoneguide.com/xpinstallu3.html
Please note this tutorial works on all computers not just the Asus EEE PC.
http://www.eeeguides.com/2007/11/ins...usb-thumb.html
USB install of XP
http://komku.blogspot.com/2008/11/in...lash-disk.html
http://www.ngine.de/article/id/8
Windows In Your Pocket USB using BartPE
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...cket,1113.html

[Selim873]

I'm currently looking at the first link that you gave me, at this time, neither of my USB keys worked with C.S.Cameron's suggestion. I'm using an Aspire One and I'm trying a Sandisk Cruzer which is listed in the first link. On C.S.Cameron's idea, the Cruzer gave me an error saying "Error loading Operating System_" and on my old 2GB (what I installed Ubuntu with) just did nothing... it's light never blinked or anything, trying one of the links that oldfred handed to me. I also know that this XP iso works because I copied my own Disc to an ISO, then used a USB drive to put it on my netbook, I was able to install XP on VirtualBox with it, so it's not corrupted.

[C.S.Cameron]

I can also confirm that my above post only works with Windows Seven and not XP