Even if a DVD has been burned at the highest commercial speeds, it won’t be able to compete with flash memory which offers far improved IOPS performance (operations per second) – it’s the same reason why SSDs are much faster for booting an OS and loading applications than a mechanical hard drive the seek times are minuscule in comparison. Ever walk around with a disc in your pocket? It looks a bit odd.įor us, performance and reliability are the key reasons why we’ve opted to use USB-based installers in lieu of discs, especially with USB 3.0 being much more common. Discs can be easily scratched, while well-built USB flash drives can generally handle a bit of abuse. To start, USB media is more durable than disc-based media. Admittedly, the time and effort of creating the drive might make it best-suited for system builders, but for people like us, who juggle test machines, USB is a no-brainer. Method 5 – Windows 10 Media Creation ToolĮven if the target desktop or notebook has an optical drive, there are a couple of reasons to consider first creating a USB-based installer.Method 4 – Microsoft Windows 7 USB/DVD Tool.However, there are times when a flash drive has some quirk that prevents it from working with a particular solution, so for that reason, this article takes a look at five different methods. Just have your System Drive backed up first mate.Creating a bootable Windows USB drive used to be a chore, but today, one solution can pretty-well suit most people. so the above steps might not be exact science. The installer should now load up your XP install Media. At this point remove the Win 7 Install Media!Ħ. *** Important! *** Bootcamp Assistant will RESTART your Mac at a certain stage.

format your HDD as required via Bootcamp Assistant (At this point if a diff version of Windows other than 7 was on the Installer creation Drive, an insert Disk error would be present.)ĥ. Startup the Bootcamp Assistant and carry out the Install Windows 7 Setup.Ĥ. Make a Bootable USB XP Installer / or use your DVDģ. Use Bootcamp assistant to make a Win 7 USB Boot stick. You will Require a copy of Win 7 and your XP.ġ. I believe this to be a version check of windows when it comes to the format screen in boot camps setup assistant) Initially the Bootcamp Assistant was having none of the Win Embedded version and spat out a insert disk error after the assistant made the USB Boot drive. i managed to install Windows Thin PC via bootcamp by doing the following.

Download mini windows xp iso