Update: Before you try all of this, you may want to try using WinToFlash, a utility designed to create a bootable Windows flash drive for Windows XP/Vista/7/Server. If this works for you, you can skip ...

jarpy has an interesting post up on installing Windows XP to an external USB hard drive without using Boot Camp to repartition his internal drive. This method makes use of the Open Source rEFIt ...

Can’t boot Windows using a USB drive? If yes, you have come to the correct page. In this post, we will help you find a working fix for boot issues with USB. To boot Windows using USB, you first need ...

Apparently this laptop isn't giving me as much latitude as you might think. I've tried running XP on a SATA drive in a USB enclosure. It was giving me blue screens when loading so now I have done a ...

To boot Windows XP from USB drive, make sure that you have at least a 4GB USB drive (8GB is better). It should be a good quality drive, with a good access speed. To boot Windows XP from USB drive, ...

TechRepublic's Bill Detwiler maintains that booting Windows XP from a USB Flash drive ahs its advantages when you need to troubleshoot and boot a almost dead PC. Here's a video walking you through the ...