Make a Windows XP Bootable Flash Drive

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Make a Windows XP Bootable Flash Drive

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Күн бұрын

Ever want to take Windows XP (or any version of Windows, really) with you wherever you go? Maybe you'd rather use XP than the OS installed on a public computer. Maybe you just want to prank your friends and watch as their computer boots into a 16 year old OS.
Whatever the case, today I'm going to show you how to create a bootable flash drive that will launch Windows XP in a virtual machine on (almost) any computer you plug it into.
Download Links:
sourceforge.ne...
www.virtualbox...
www.ubuntu.com...
Commands:
sudo apt-get install virtualbox
vboxmanage startvm “Windows XP” --type GUI
cd "C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox"
vboxmanage clonehd [source file path] [destination path] --format RAW

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@Larry 6 жыл бұрын

I got an email last week from a company selling brand new PCs with XP on them, it is bizarre that it's coming back from the dead.

@MrJaylensaur 6 жыл бұрын

I swear nearly every video I watch you've already wrote a comment on it

@BertGrink 6 жыл бұрын

Hey Guru Larry

@fewl6607 6 жыл бұрын

surreal, maybe its some kind of low cost budget type-pcs?

@sean2606 6 жыл бұрын

lol

@Larry 6 жыл бұрын

Oh, sorry I got it wrong. It's Box (doc) co (dot) uk, and they're selling brand new Windows 7 PC's

@isaacduran2915 6 жыл бұрын

You are seriously A under rated youtuber love your content please keep it up

@isaacduran2915 6 жыл бұрын

Nasaq Licos I don't think much really matters

@mooheadummm9414 6 жыл бұрын

I was here since about 30k subs. He has pretty interesting videos!

@isaacduran2915 6 жыл бұрын

Moohead Ummm I don't think he cares how long you've been here I think he just cares you are here

@royal__twistt12cringealert91 6 жыл бұрын

@isaac duran ... fuck!

@baenbo3486 5 жыл бұрын

*an

@homesquared 6 жыл бұрын

*goes through the extra effort of installing BonziBuddy on a Windows XP Virturalbox just for the memers*

@Leurak 6 жыл бұрын

Expand

@EricZhang456 6 жыл бұрын

7:00

@ocass66 6 жыл бұрын

Now you gotta slap Windows 2000 on Windows XP, and then Windows 98 on Windows 2000.

@autisticboi2992 6 жыл бұрын

yes

@BilisNegra 6 жыл бұрын

Doubt you can run a virtual machine under Win 9x, no matter what hack you try.

@BUFFJOE 6 жыл бұрын

You skipped windows mistake edition uh I mean millennium edition

@jahinzee 6 жыл бұрын

@@BilisNegra You can actually. Any operating system can run on VMs. However, Windows 9x systems *do* run into some compatibility issues regarding screen resolution, sound and network drivers, etc. and you can't install Guest Additions (or other equivalents) to fix it as they won't work. The oldest version of Windows I managed to install with full VM support was Windows 2000.

@blockarchitech9070 5 жыл бұрын

@@BilisNegra i have 6 vm's for many 9.x os's

@sylviahi__ 6 жыл бұрын

7:04 YoUr CoMpUtEr MiGhT bE aT rIsK

@sylviahi__ 6 жыл бұрын

yey I got a heart and i love ur vids

@HerewardDundasTaylor 5 жыл бұрын

WhEr3 a c0Nd0M

@theodoros_1234 6 жыл бұрын

I love that Windows XP Tour music! I also love the welcome music. *memories*

@imslackingrightnow9765 6 жыл бұрын

Long live Windows XP! Surviving the manual extinction by Microsoft since 2015!

@daeyvidd 6 жыл бұрын

Emir Tulumcu wasn't it 2014?

@imslackingrightnow9765 6 жыл бұрын

+Sam Davy It might’ve been 2014

@daeyvidd 6 жыл бұрын

April or so if I remember right

@larrybraun3038 6 жыл бұрын

Yup it was April.

@gaminggamer1353 6 жыл бұрын

April 2014

@Exponaut_R-01 6 жыл бұрын

Great video as always, and of course XP is probably going to outlive the common cold.

@jahinzee 6 жыл бұрын

If you're planning to install Windows 8 or above on a USB, use Windows To Go, which is Microsoft-approved for maximum stability and security. This does come with some caveats though, for example installation only works with Enterprise editions of Windows if you want to do this legit (if you're using Windows 10 Creators Update or above, that restriction is moved to Windows 10 Pro) and Microsoft have pre-approved certain USBs as fit for Windows To Go, only about a dozen. That being said, these restrictions can be bypassed with third-party tools but you *will* need a retail copy of Windows and not a copy from the Media Creation Tool. Hope this helped!

@mitailic1462 6 жыл бұрын

-Microsoft stoped suporting Windows XP -.... It's not very effective.

@gauravsrao8887 4 жыл бұрын

@Plainpebble 128 Well, although it won't provide updates anymore, you could get the updates that applied to Windows POSReady 2009 (basically a version of XP designed for stuff like billing machines, etc)

@lapielazoolie 3 ай бұрын

I remember there being a company that was selling a live bootable USB of Windows XP and I found it amazing as a kid

@alivape 6 жыл бұрын

How is this not a meme

@Szbx 4 жыл бұрын

idk

@MarcellDAvis1103 6 жыл бұрын

Ive been searching for a tutorial like this a long time! Thanks!

@SummonerArthur 6 жыл бұрын

thats how i did it some years ago. i was using a VM in my phone and with it came a 212mb win xp portable iso. ive used rufus on it on my 512mb sd card and worked great! Used it on my school pc for 2 month

@jasminejohnston6393 6 жыл бұрын

Whenever I find a computer running on Windows XP and it's already logged into an account, I tend to sneakily open the Control Panel, open the Mouse settings and turn the cursor from an arrow to an animated banana. I think it's funny, but I usually get in trouble and annoy the actual owner of the computer!

@bananabananae 4 жыл бұрын

Keep doing it :)

@lucarea3226 3 жыл бұрын

awesome

@cedarthemidiguy 4 жыл бұрын

*Windows XP* was my first computer now im going to try to *install it again.*

@proximitea 6 жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh, why so many hate comments? This is just showing you one way to do this. I'm sure he knows there are many other ways but this video talks about one way.

@TheJoebus666 6 жыл бұрын

Pretty cool idea, though I personally would have gone with a lighter variant of Ubuntu such as Xubuntu or Lubuntu to minimise boot time.

@Vogel42 6 жыл бұрын

Agree, or simply installing a different desktop environment like openbox or iceWM.

@aprofondir 6 жыл бұрын

Is xubuntu lighter than lubuntu?

@TheJoebus666 6 жыл бұрын

aprofondir - No, but in my opinion you sacrifice a tiny amount of performance for a much more polished and professional interface. On decent hardware you'd be hard pressed to notice much of a difference.

@nikolaszisoudis8408 3 жыл бұрын

Will those 2 work will the method shown on the video?

@mauromerconchini 6 жыл бұрын

You know, since you mentioned that you can do this as a harmless prank, why don’t you consider making a list of your favorite computer pranks to play on people? This video was pretty nice though, a VM inside a VM is a funny concept

@partitionpenguin 6 жыл бұрын

Great video as always, but I'd just like to point out that school computers (at least the ones at my university) and public computers tend to have BIOS passwords/administrative locks set on them so that people can't completely trash the systems. In that case, a BIOS password would preclude the use of this method entirely, as I think you need to enter it before entering a boot menu or changing the boot priority.

@myopinionsarefacts 6 жыл бұрын

This operating system is almost as old as I am. How is that even possible?

@misa3483 6 жыл бұрын

Well.... it's called Time :P

@AAa-iw7zd 4 жыл бұрын

It's pretty simple the OS was created a short while after you were born

@jasminejohnston6393 6 жыл бұрын

I miss Windows XP because I grew up with that OS and when Vista came out XP was still being used and I was a preteen just starting high school and basically thanks for this video!

@theRealChadWarden42069 6 жыл бұрын

christmas has come early.

@theRealChadWarden42069 6 жыл бұрын

lmao

@HDSQ 6 жыл бұрын

Ocean Man you stole my reply :(

@askhowiknow5527 6 жыл бұрын

Also using the newest version of Ubuntu is a terrible idea because GNOME 3 will be running in the background when you use your VM, wasting system resources.

@estebanzd9434 6 жыл бұрын

Use MATE or Xfce as Desktop Environment instead of the default.

@RFLCPTR 6 жыл бұрын

EstebanZD *L X D E*

@StraberrYKiler6789 6 жыл бұрын

There was a version of Linux stripped down to be a basic as possible, Therefore perfect for a system that only loads 1 program! Damn Small Linux, ceased development a while back but i think its being revived now!

@Natalie-ez1zc 6 жыл бұрын

Obligatory "keep up the good work" comment

@palonguyen9436 4 жыл бұрын

Wow man I just love it. I bought one of the old Sony Vaio laptop from early 2000s with pre-instaled Win XP, but sadly when it arrives the HDD wasn't working and it needs to be replaced. But this sound like super alternative and I do not have to be worried about new HDD. I just want to play GTA San Andreas and NFS Underground 1 so I'll be fine :D thumbs up!!!

@amarioguy 5 жыл бұрын

I think MS natively supports installing Windows ONTO a flash drive with 8 and later using Windows to Go (And no, it's not a vm solution, it's running straight off the drive, AND works on more than 1 computer, thanks to Windows 8 and up supporting a feature called "respecialize" during the OOBE.

@cannedbeverage7687 6 жыл бұрын

In case anyone's wondering, the fastest CPU for Windows XP on the Intel side is Core i7-3770K (I'm not sure if XP also support Sandy Bridge E, if it does, the true fastest CPU is Core i7-3970X) and on the AMD side is FX-9590. As far as the GPU goes, on the NVIDIA side, fastest GPU is GeForce GTX Titan X, for AMD I have no idea.

@XavierKatzone 5 жыл бұрын

I still miss XP. Have had a MacBook Pro since 2010 and has been nothing but frustration ("Get Info'? WTF? How ABOUT just plain old PROPERTIES?)

@estebanzd9434 6 жыл бұрын

Really liked this, although like everyone is saying, use a lighter Desktop Environment (MATE or Xfce are great for this). Or no at all, just commandline!

@NextinHKRY 6 жыл бұрын

I was searching for a way to install Windows XP and Windows 7 and you my boy fixed my entire problem, I was already subscribed, but now I'll put you into my favourite list!

@nixgoat 6 жыл бұрын

I reduced the whole desktop to just a shutdown button and a restart button. Perfect.

@crowhair 2 жыл бұрын

Here's 2 problem I faced during my setup of ubuntu: 1. You need to use the 32 BIT version of ubuntu (I had no idea) 2. For some reason the UI chips off the screen during the setup where you choose your language (and onwards). The fix for number 2 is to press Enter twice (Like enter + enter) and will progress automatically (or double click when choosing your language your choice.) hopes this helps someone facing the same problem.

@sdm-mix9872 Жыл бұрын

You can use lightweight linux like bodhi or lubuntu so its save more space in flashdrive

@christinaandwena8917 6 жыл бұрын

I've waited 6 years for this thank you so much

@stanleybowman-hood6194 3 жыл бұрын

Everyone: XP died XP: my death was, greatly exaggerated

@FreddieMoffat 6 жыл бұрын

Windows XP shall never die.

@gerrybasso5081 6 жыл бұрын

If you don't want to have to deal with cmd you can just select to make the hard disk a vhd file open it with 7zip and then use either imgburn or poweriso ro make an image and then write it

@louist103 6 жыл бұрын

Nice attention to detail using the windows XP tutorial music as the background

@Waves-26 3 жыл бұрын

the tutorial i was looking for this entire year.

@JohnTFitness 4 жыл бұрын

When i try to start windows XP i get the message : Failed to open a session for the virtual machine Windows XP. Details: VT-x is not available (VERR_VMX_NO_VMX). This only happens in Ubuntu with virtualbox

@Peek-a-berries 6 жыл бұрын

I'm learning so much! Thanks for the great content. : )

@leg1187 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I kinda missed windows 7 mostly because of memories. I'm pretty sure I got a "acpi is not compliant" error? I searched it up, and it means my bios was not compatible with it. This video really saved me, thank you! I remember going to my dads garage and just seeing a container for old computers. I picked one up, and it had windows 7 on it. I used that thing to death..

@perozdero55 6 жыл бұрын

He is really underrated, very good content. Its a shame that people dont see this channel!

@jan_harald 6 жыл бұрын

use tinycore linux, or, if it doesn't work, debian minimal, with wmii or fvwm or icewm as the window manager

@JulianBo188 4 жыл бұрын

This is a really nice tutorial, but not really what I was looking for, since I was trying to revive a junkyard pc without a hard drive

@Browningate 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the virtual machine is probably the best way to do it. The main disadvantage of this process is probably the fact that you can't readily access the computer's storage as easily without first mounting it in the VirtualBox software.

@flip889RoR 5 жыл бұрын

so, does that mean that you can put Windows XP on a Chromebook?

@zaper2904 6 жыл бұрын

3:34 it whould actually be better to use sudo apt install virtualbox cause it looks better it whould also be wise to use sudo apt install virtualbox-guest-additions-iso so you can get things like usb 2.0 support

@chamber_hiro256 5 жыл бұрын

Install ubuntu onto the usb then do everything you just did. This actually helped me make a bootable ubuntu usb.

@sugarfree_ 6 жыл бұрын

While I have no intentions to do this, I really enjoyed the video. You definitely deserve the extra sub.

@aheiiv 6 жыл бұрын

This would help me, if this video was on KZfaq 2 month ago. Oh well. Good video as always, by the way.

@larsvassenjansen1651 6 жыл бұрын

Not true, i've tried to run XP SP2/3 on older h/w - on VMWare Workstation and most time i get hard errors and the install won't even begin. Getting XP to work from usb media is a coin flip as to whether it works or not, at the best of times.

@harrydean9723 3 жыл бұрын

Science Elf: you should know how to set up a virtual machine Me: *crashes laptop after setting 8gb of ram on a 4gb laptop*

@BedroQuendoTV 6 жыл бұрын

Lol a bonzi buddy on-the-go 😅

@superbored4576 6 жыл бұрын

@Smithstirini 😂

@user-tj7hk1ss8d 4 жыл бұрын

Guru: *starts VirtualBox machine* VirtualBox: Guru Mediation required Guru: since im a guru i can fix this VirtualBox: no, still guru mediation Guru: I'm a guru!? VirtualBox: you are not a guru Guru: argh i need VMware because no guru mediation errors in it VMware: yes, a new user

@zachariah74 6 жыл бұрын

Well, looking back on your old vids. I can say that these are way better as we can actually hear you. I really enjoy these videos and they are just super good. Try and upload a bit more tho

@ZinfinityX 6 жыл бұрын

Great concept for presentation. I haven't figured out how to get XP to browse the internet unfortunately. Do you use for older programs or software development?

@nintenda6313 4 жыл бұрын

I can't convert my .vdi to .img for some reason. Why.

@palonguyen9436 4 жыл бұрын

I was having the same issue. After googling I tried typing vboxmanage.exe instead vboxmanage in that command and it worked!

@jobminer 6 жыл бұрын

love the background music, very xp-like xD

@realvivifromloona 6 жыл бұрын

Wow great job! I didn't know this was possible at all!

@supermariobros423 6 жыл бұрын

usboot.org would have been fine as well. I once even got Windows 2000 installed before as well.

@chamber_hiro256 5 жыл бұрын

the site is undermentioned

@Mainnn1 3 жыл бұрын

THIS SITE IS DEAD HUH?

@crusty_bunny 6 жыл бұрын

Very intriguing for me. I may not be able to do it on my mac, but it's still interesting.

@jameslawson1 6 жыл бұрын

After my beloved XP died two years ago, your channel has made me happy again! Thanks!

@ScarlettStunningSpace 6 жыл бұрын

Lol I have never thought of doing something like this before, what a great concept! I'll have to try it out someday when I get bored, maybe I can do it at school...

@SheepKid12 6 жыл бұрын

Since virtualbox has usb support, you could try installing Ubuntu right to the usb drive.

@omorganstudios 4 жыл бұрын

This will keep my Lexmark x75 running for a few more years....

@RFLCPTR 6 жыл бұрын

When you just installed Windows XP onto a Thin Client with USB and this video comes up...

@idontplugthingsinprofessio9612 3 жыл бұрын

For the more "technically inclined" as some would say, i suggest using KVM if you can for better performance

@Andrew-gu8uw 6 жыл бұрын

I wanted to run windows xp on a school Mac for April fools day but I couldn’t figure it out And then you came along...

@Optiplexations 4 жыл бұрын

The background is the same of mines We probably have the operating system or something to the same version. (Default)

@sayantanmaiti7705 6 жыл бұрын

Damn you did it, I gave up at the blue screen when directly installing XP. You can use one of those stripped down tiny ISO's of Windows XP (not legal though) to make the installation faster and install only necessary components.

@mihailazar2487 5 жыл бұрын

I think I'd rather have a Linux Mint usb lying around to use on old school computers (by this I mean the actual old computers we have at school)

@lamasu8060 5 жыл бұрын

If I make a windows xp boot able disk can I go back to my normal os?

@TheNathanDrawdy 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it wont affect your main install of whatever OS you use. Unless you tell it to

@luckymeyt 6 жыл бұрын

Run windows 7 on Ubuntu on windows 7 on ububtu on windows 7. Is it even possible?

@yoshibros1111 5 жыл бұрын

Your computer will groan in pain, belch out black smoke, light your house on fire, say "not responding", and then blow up. :D

@yinan02 6 жыл бұрын

You make fantastic videos, and you should never Change your format of your videos to include ads at the beginning like “square space”. Keep it up!

@xunxekri 6 жыл бұрын

Cruzer Dial? Of all the USBs you could've chosen, you picked the Cruzer Dial?

@AlyssaAnim8s Жыл бұрын

Wait a minute. So I’m about to try this, but if you disable the thing he said at 4:37, can you still use external hard drives in the installation since you would normally enable them with that toolbar?

@tgbgtgbg4297 6 жыл бұрын

HAIL WINDOWS XP

@nuclear_lasagna4740 2 жыл бұрын

Hey, I installed Ubuntu for my virtual box and when I tried to start/run windows XP it says "VT-x is not available (VERR_VMX_NO_VMX)". I run a 64-bit version of Windows as my main OS and I installed a 64-bit version of Ubuntu for my virtual box. I think its because I'm not on a 32-bit operating system. Is this a problem with my PC or should I just get a 32-bit version of Ubuntu to fix the problem? Thanks.

@nuclear_lasagna4740 2 жыл бұрын

Also I tried getting a 32-bit version of Ubuntu but no luck, it won't boot in virtual box. Does that mean that Windows XP won't boot onto 64-bit computers?

@16BitDoggo Жыл бұрын

An easier way, is to run a version of Windows 7 (meant to be run on a flash drive) and putting games on it, and running it

@EricZhang456 6 жыл бұрын

*I think you should install Deep Freeze/Shadow Defender/etc.*

@arbitercs 6 жыл бұрын

Please do a video explaining your background!! I'm very interested in your background and how you're able to know alot of these stuff! Thanks!

@Kyle1444 2 жыл бұрын

Windows xp not being compatible with hardware anymore is so foreign to me. I used winxp on everything for 12 years, and only reluctantly switched to win 7, 9 years ago because of video drivers and web browsers. I still miss Classic theme brick color and GDI+ drawing instead of composite

@tedbasher3000 10 ай бұрын

i have an hp laptop with the exact same bios, only it's zoomed out with a smaller font

@SalvageData 2 жыл бұрын

Love the video - great suggestions here! If the viewers still having any issues - give us a call and we can help with most complex recoveries.

@LiaBiscuit 6 жыл бұрын

there is a method that lets you install only widows 10 on to a thumb drive using rufus but that need a USB 3.0.

@GG-43 6 жыл бұрын

YASS NEW VIDEO!

@minecraftWithDanielD 6 жыл бұрын

Hmm, this is very interesting. I think I might do something like this for another project, minus the xp

@knuxify 6 жыл бұрын

I think Etcher is a good alternative for Win32DiskImager. I'm not sure if it will work out with this tutorial, but it helped in a few cases for me.

@zeyno1739 2 жыл бұрын

Hey there, I want to know, what version of Ubuntu is that?

@lunarcoffee 6 жыл бұрын

Nested VMs... ah, a slow but beautiful thing.

@yamacbayin 5 жыл бұрын

For those who use Lubuntu 18.04, here is how you launch VirtualBox at start up: 1 - Create a file containing this code #!/bin/bash vboxmanage startvm “Windows XP” --type GUI 2 - Save the file as WinXP.sh 3 - Open lxterminal and execute the codes below sudo chown root:root /path/to/WinXP.sh sudo chmod 4775 /path/to/WinXP.sh 4 - Go into Preferences -> Default applications for LXSession -> Add new entry bash /path/to/WinXP.sh All credit goes to Xian @ ubuntuforums.org. As a Linux newbie, trying to get this working stole my night. Hope it helps you.

@michaelguenther8397 Жыл бұрын

Do you sell the image of a 32Gb flash drive set up on WINXP?

@sodar42 6 жыл бұрын

Shame that old DirectX games won't work that way.

@tomrow32 6 жыл бұрын

its definitely worth my time to install ubuntu to a usb disk just to run bonzibuddy

@retrozvoc6189 4 жыл бұрын

I think a better way would be to use PuppyLinux because I had the best luck with that one. PuppyLinux + VirtualBox + Windows XP. I just never tried VirtualBox on the Puppy. I hope it works out well.