Boot partition xp setup

Is the USB device listed and does it have top priority? Have you correctly prepared the USB drive in step one?

Restart the procedure. Does your USB drive properly support being booted from? Try another one! Step 4: Prepping the Hard Disk. You need to make sure that your hard drive is partitioned and formatted properly. Especially if you've had Linux or some other operating system on it, you'll need to repartition and format it. The rescue drive contain file manager and command line utility. You can launch DiskPart for disk partitioning and formatting from the command utility. If you are sure that your hard drive is set up properly i.

If your hard drive is partitioned in GPT mode, you also need repartition and format the disc. Enter the commands needed to repartition and format your drive. For example, try the following:. When the text-based part of Setup begins, follow the prompts. Select the repair or recover option by pressing R. If you have a dual-boot or multiboot system, select the installation that you want to access from the Recovery Console.

When you are prompted, type the Administrator password. If you have not set a password for the admin account simply press enter 5. You may receive a warning. Confirm your choice to run the command. You should receive a success message. Restart your computer. Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. I assume you are re-installing Windows.

If that is correct, what method are you using to perform the re-install? If no USB 2. This was mentioned previously in the Windows 10 section, but if you are creating a USB boot drive for Windows 10 and your 64GB drive is only showing 32GB available, then you need to recreate your boot drive with Rufus. The Media Creation Tool MCT only supports drives up to 32GB, and anything larger will have a second partition made, which Windows can not detect normally but is still available if you plug it into a Linux machine for example.

Generic and oh-so-helpful error. Failing that, try to download from a different machine if possible. Originally published December Support our efforts! With ad revenue at an all-time low for written websites, we're relying more than ever on reader support to help us continue putting so much effort into this type of content. You can support us by becoming a Patron , or by using our Amazon shopping affiliate links listed through our articles. Thanks for your support! My Tweets. Select 'Create installation media for another PC' to begin the process.

We'll be creating the bootable USB flash drive with the tool, so select the first option. Select the version of Windows 10 that you require, in this case, we went with Home bit. Choose the USB drive that you wish to turn into the bootable media. Only Flash media will show on the list.

The drive will need at least 4GB of free space. NOTE : The flash drive will be formatted, so make backups first. Wait for the tool to finish downloading. Depending on your Internet connection, this could be from a few minutes to a few hours.

Since XP is on your C: drive, and likely formated as ntsf, Windows 98 cannot write files to the boot sector. Then, install W2K on the D drive. Select custom installation so that you can install to the drive, and set up for dual boot with W Finish with XP on the E drive. Again, choose custom installation so that you can set up a multi-boot with 98 and W2K. This is option "B", a potential work-around to avoid re-installing XP. It will require some extra work, and may be a little bit "buggy" at first.

If you have a spare hard drive, temporarily replace your C XP drive with it. Install Windows 98 onto the drive. Copy the files that the W98 instalation creates in the root folder of the temporary C: drive over to the root of the W9 drive. Then install W2K to the E: drive. Select custom installation to set the install to use the E: drive, and to enable dual-boot.

Copy the boot. Then replace the temporary C: drive with the original XP drive. Your system will boot into XP, and recognize the new drive. It will not know that you have 2 other operating system options. In order to be able to boot into either Windows 98, or Windows , you will need to manually add both W98 and W2K to the startup sequence.