I would like to install XP on my USB 2.0 2gig keychain.

[Guest]

Do you guys see any problems with that?

Would be really sweet if this can be done.

I will try it tonight.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Do you guys see any problems with that?

Would be really sweet if this can be done.

I will try it tonight.

No problem - other than it won't work.
You might be able to install WinPE on it...

 

[Guest]

i have done extensive research in this area. I have found absolutely no-one
who has successfully done this. Even with a BIOS that boots to USB, XP
refuses to allow the swap drive (the boot drive) to be on a "removeable"
partition. Apparently Linux does this just fine though.

Roger

 

[Robert Moir]

i have done extensive research in this area. I have found absolutely
no-one who has successfully done this. Even with a BIOS that boots to
USB, XP refuses to allow the swap drive (the boot drive) to be on a
"removeable" partition. Apparently Linux does this just fine though.

http://weblogs.asp.net/oldnewthing/archive/2004/04/15/113811.aspx is an
interesting article along these lines.

Of course, the problem with flash memory degradation tends to put me off the
idea of seriously running an OS from a USB drive as a long term idea.