Alright. Here's the plan.
If you think this is too hard for you, go torrent a copy of MicroXP, get a USB CD-ROM drive and install it. Job done. Or wait until my YouTube Tutorial arrives
Gear Needed: USB Hub, USB Keyboard (USB Mouse - optional)
Prepare a 512MB or larger USB Key: Download
HP USB Format Tool and
Windows 98 SE Boot Files and my own brewed
DOS Files.
Install the USB Format Tool and extract the DOS Files to C:\Temp\Dos or whatever and extract my brewed DOS Files to C:\Temp\Coburn or whatever.
Launch the format tool as administrator. On this screen:
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Choose "Quick Format", "Create DOS Startup Disk", "using DOS System Files at:", and point it where you extracted the DOS Files (eg C:\TEMP\DOS).
Press Start. When complete, open up Windows Explorer and head to my files that you extracted to (C:\TEMP\COBURN) and copy them to your USB Drive. overwrite if prompted. You will now have a bootable USB drive (go test it in your WebDT). If it boots, you know it's working.
Turn off your WebDT (force shutdown - hold the power button in) and then download my Windows XP image in the page before, open it using Ghost Explorer and extract all the files to a folder called "WINXP" on your USB Drive. Boot the WebDT up with the XP files now on it and at the command prompt, you should see:
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Windows 98 SE 4.10.2222
MS-DOS Has Booted.
C:\>
At the C:\> prompt enter FDISK. Go through and delete all the partitions and then create a single partition using all available disk space (should be 499MB). Set the partition to be active and exit FDISK. It will either say you need to reboot or say "rebooting" blah blah. Reboot the WebDT using the 3 finger salute - CTRL + ALT + DEL - and then when your WebDT reboots back into the C Drive (USB Drive), do this:
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C:\> format D: /U /S
ALL DATA ON NON-REMOVABLE DISK D: WILL BE LOST!
PROCEED? (Y/N?) Y
Formatting 499MB.
0%...1%...2%... etc
System Label? <enter WINXP>
Format done.
.....
once done, do a "dir D:" and you should get a "File Not Found" message. That's good. Let's make the WebDT bootable! At the C:\ prompt, enter:
It should say "System Transferred". (If you get "bad command or file name", you haven't copied my brewed files over. Start again.)
Now, copy over grub and co:
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C:\> copy grub.exe D:\
C:\> copy menu.lst D:\
C:\> copy autoexec.grb D:\autoexec.bat
Now, copy over XP:
After the dust has settled, power off the WebDT, power it back on without your USB, and grub should load. If it does, enjoy XP. If not, go play your Wii/Xbox/PS3 for a while and wait until I have my YouTube video tutorial done.