First off all you will need to download the following zip and extract it UsbRecoverySata.zip
- Run hpusbfw.exe, Select your device, pick FAT32 for the file system and the enter any volume label press start and it will begin to format your drive
- Open a CMD window start -> Search -> CMD, Drag bootsect.exe over onto the cmd window and it should print the path to bootsect.exe append it with the switch /nt52 and the letter of your flash drive e.g
bootsect.exe /nt52 H:
- Copy all the files from the folder "Copy the files inside me too your flash drive" to your flash drive
Using Tiny Hexer
- First of all open it by double clicking on TinyHexer.exe
- Go to file > disk > open drive and select your flash drive
- Once its opened go to edit > find/replace check the "find text" and "ignore case" boxes type NTLDR into the text box then press find. Press the replace button check "is text" box and enter CMLDR into the text box then press replace all
- Now go to file > save as and save it too your flash drive under the file name USBLDR
July 3rd, 2010 at 10:26 pm
Hey Duffy, I started over and redid everything, and it worked. Thanks so much for the tut!! My HP mini doesn't have a disc drive, so this was a life saver.
July 5th, 2010 at 6:34 am
does this only work for HP laptops or can i use this on my samsung NC10? just asking as yu mentioned it in the video and the actual filename is HPusbfw. Thanks
July 5th, 2010 at 7:15 am
After trying for 2 days to recover from a Linux installation gone bad (couldnt get windows to boot from grub), I tried every rescue distro in the world, all sorts of different methods to create usb windows xp disk (no cd drive on my computer), nothing would work
Used this tutorial, ran fixboot and fixmbr and presto... works... thank you very much. Awesome tutorial
July 5th, 2010 at 8:16 am
Hi Stephen,
Most likely a corrupt attempt. Redownload the files and start over
July 5th, 2010 at 8:16 am
Ryan,
It will work with any computer that supports USB booting
July 5th, 2010 at 8:17 am
Jason,
Thanks glad it helped you out, you should off been able to chainload the windows install from grub but anyways...
July 5th, 2010 at 9:37 am
Yes I tried chainloading, wouldn't work no matter what, (tried booting from every partition etc.) Ran the boot fixes in recovery console, went back to grub and chainloading now works. Thanks again.
July 9th, 2010 at 6:08 am
Thanks for the instructions.
I followed through everything and tried 3 times.
When I was trying to boot my dell mini 10 from the usb, everything worked fine until after "Starting Windows Recovery Console..." the screen showed "Please wait..." and got stuck.
It would be great if you have any suggestions. Thanks.
July 9th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
Sounds okay kerwin give it about 10mins at that please wait screen its loading drivers and stuff so it may not be "stuck"
July 9th, 2010 at 9:34 pm
Well done! Works perfectly.
July 10th, 2010 at 11:37 pm
Hi duffy! I followed your tut. but then it doesn't boot on the usb. It always boot on the inactive drive and shows the "Invalid Partition Table"
any idea?,,thanks
July 10th, 2010 at 11:43 pm
Hi Gwyn,
Check that your bios supports booting from a usb device and that it is set to boot from it.
July 10th, 2010 at 11:50 pm
Hi Duffy!
I already set it to boot to the usb, i already tried it in boot selection menu and i also tried it in the set up. The same window appears. In the boot selection menu the USB displays;
"HDD JetFlash Transcend" JetFlash Transcend is the manufacturer of the usb.
July 10th, 2010 at 11:57 pm
Hi Gwny,
Sounds like you did something wrong. please repeat the tutorial!
July 11th, 2010 at 12:24 am
Hey Duffy!
I finally accessed the USB, now my problem is, it asks for which windows installation should i refer and displays only 1 in the selection, upon choosing it, it asks for the administrator password, as i enter my administrator password it always shows "Invalid Password". But i am very sure of my password.
.thanks for any further help
July 11th, 2010 at 12:36 am
Hi Gwyn,
You'll need to reset your administrator password. There is a set of utilities put together called hirens boot cd it contains one for resetting your administrator password see it on http://www.hiren.info/pages/bootcd-on-usb-disk
July 11th, 2010 at 1:17 am
hey Duffy!
thanks!but i used UNetBootIns (Universal Net Boot Installer)
and i think its a bit easier to use that stuff.
Anyways Thank you for the infos.
July 11th, 2010 at 3:07 am
thanks duffy.
July 11th, 2010 at 3:40 am
Glad it helped =]