Use a mobile hard disk (820M) as a bootable disk, and install XP? - China DOS Union Forum

I suggest you use a floppy disk to boot and drive the U disk, then install XP via DOS. Because only by installing via DOS will XP achieve automatic copying and complete the boot at once. After that, you can complete the subsequent installation tasks without the U disk.
That is, boot into DOS by using a floppy disk to drive the U disk, execute winnt.exe once, and then the only thing you need to do is wait. When the system restarts, you can remove the U disk and the floppy disk.
This may require making an automatic answer file, probably called unattend.txt and other similar files.

Floor1　有益	Posted 2004-01-05 00:00
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I have a USB mobile hard drive with a capacity of (820M), and I want to make a bootable disk and be able to directly install XP. I wonder if any expert can give me advice

Floor2　hunome	Posted 2004-01-06 00:00
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820m of something, why not put some small software?

Floor3　dos时代菜鸟	Posted 2004-01-06 00:00
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I suggest you use a floppy disk to boot and drive the U disk, then install XP via DOS. Because only by installing via DOS will XP achieve automatic copying and complete the boot at once. After that, you can complete the subsequent installation tasks without the U disk. That is, boot into DOS by using a floppy disk to drive the U disk, execute winnt.exe once, and then the only thing you need to do is wait. When the system restarts, you can remove the U disk and the floppy disk. This may require making an automatic answer file, probably called unattend.txt and other similar files.