Reinstalling Windows XP to Axioo Pico

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A few days ago, here i wrote about how to make usb installer windows or how to reinstall windows using a usb drive such as flash drive or memory card for those who have a notebook without a CD ROM drive like netbook series. Unfortunetly, that way doesn’t work on my Axioo Pico with it’s original Windows XP Home Set Up CD. The set up always ask for a CD ROM drive on. But, Hamdulullah I’ve found another way that works on my Pico and this way is more simple than the first one. Here is my experience step

Preparing:

1. Start with Bismillaahirrahmaanirrahiim
2. Windows XP Home OEM original. Axioo PICO had have it from the manufacture
3. A USB media such as flash drive or memory card minimum space 2 Gb
4. A computer with a CD ROM drive. We need it to compile the Windows XP master
5. A software for compile the Windows XP master called winsetupfromusb.exe. You can download here.

Steps

1. Install WinSetUpFromUSB.exe to your harddrive.
2. Copy the content of Windows XP Home OEM set up CD to a folder in your harddrive. Eg. C:\WinXPHomeUSB
3. Turn on your Flash drive or memory card
4. Run the WinsetUpFromUSB application. Format flash drive/ memory card with the formatter application built in WinSetUpFromUSB. It has two; HP Format and PEToUSB
5. Browse the source of copied Windows XP Home. In this case C:\WinXPHomeUSB
6. Choose the flash drive you are using to accept the compiled windows.
7. Click go to start the compilation
8. In the middle of process there will a pop up. Just click agree. And let it end by itself
9. Done. Your FD/ Memory card ready. Just set the booting from USB or generic card. And now you can start to set up windows from USB flash drive or memory card