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Thread starter Benny26 Start date Feb 8, A Netbook can be a very handy replacement for a laptop sometimes, with their lightness and small size, but the fact that they don't come with a built in optical drive can really hurt when trying to perform certain tasks, like the re-installation of an OS for example.
If there's been a big irreversible mistake on your Netbook or maybe you bought it secondhand without an OS installed, you're going to need to fix it Well, before you go running off to the shops to buy an external CD drive that you will probably only need for this one task , you can get the job done all the same using a USB flash drive. I just recently had to go through this myself, and the guide I was following was very short to the point. I wanted to write a new complete "Noobs" guide for people who might need to do this in the future plus this guide will make things a tad easier if I have to do this again.
Also, this guide is for the install of Windows XP only 32bit , if you would like to install an OS like Windows 7 on your Netbook, then look here ; If you would like to install XP 64bit then you may receive errors during this guide's setup process..
Anyways, let's get started. A command prompt window will open. It's very important you do not close any windows until I tell you to from this point on. Your USB flash drive will now be formatted and it shouldn't take long. In this new command prompt window, Type the directory where "bootsect. Now type " bootsect.
You can find your drive letter by looking in "My computer" TIP: If you're having trouble with command prompt, move the contents of the Bootsect folder including the important "bootsect. This is just the temp drive that's being created.
Press Y then Enter. Now you will see it copying the files from your XP disc to the temp drive, this will take about 5 minutes to complete. Press Enter again after it's finished to continue. Click yes, this will now complete the copying and it will take roughly 15 minutes to complete the process. Click YES on this window. Now the USB drive is ready!. Exit BIOS with "save settings and exit" when finished.
Enter the " Text Mode " here to start the first section of your XP install. Don't press anything when you reach the "Hard drive" section of the install, move to the next step. So, format your Netbook's primary hard drive as normal Using "NTFS quick" or if you need to create a new partition, do that then format it.
Then choose to install on that partition. Note: If you encountered a problem with the above step, try turning your Netbook off straight after the format and choosing "Text" setup again after reboot.
When rebooted make no changes to the partition you've just format and carry on with the install. Things should be ok from here. Let the Installation continue and do the stuff, input your product key and other information when required and then wait for the next restart. The final part will now complete and eventually take you to your XP desktop. Before you start playing around on your new XP, I would recommend restarting your Netbook and entering the BIOS to change the boot priority back to your primary hard drive.
After doing that, boot back up to your XP desktop and you're all done! If they are correct, the files on your flash drive might have been corrupted. Plug it back into your backup working computer and take a look at the files, are the file names all scrambled up with funny square symbols and the like? If so, your flash drive might be corrupt this sometimes can happen through repeated formatting with the windows formatter.
If so, your Netbook might not be able to recognize USB's as hard drives, check the manual maybe? Installing from a USB is not the most reliable way of putting Windows on a computer, many times errors like this might occur All you can do here is retry, and retry again till it takes. Place the Netbook on solid ground and don't move it or the USB for that matter and your chances will be better. If you are unsure of whether or not you need to update your Drivers, or indeed which Drivers may need to be updated, you can run a Drivers scan using a driver update tool you will need to pay to register this tool but usually the Drivers scan is free.
This will allow you to assess your Driver needs without any commitment. Alternatively, you can use the device manager to check if there are problems with any of your hardware devices.
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