sorry for posting here..i hav a laptop w/ "dirty" hdd, no floppy, no internal cdrom.. just an external (usb cdrom)..how can i install windows xp on dat laptop?when i started d machine, and usb ...

The installation type screen will now appear; select Custom: Install Windows only (advanced). A list of all the connected drives will now appear; select the SSD in which the OS will be installed.

Installing Windows XP using a USB flash drive is a bit trickier, since Microsoft doesn’t offer an official tool. That’s where a free app called WinToFlash comes in.

We show you how to install Windows 11/10 on a new or secondary SSD or HDD. Using this you can have two versions of Windows on the same computer - but different drives.

My DELL Inspiron 710m Laptop's hard drive died. So I replaced it and now need to install Windows XP on it--here's the problem: The DVD drive is broken (can't just replace the drive either because ...