Note: Installation may vary with laptop model and flash drive, you may encounter issues, this is just what I did.
Here I talk about how I installed Windows XP on my Acer Aspire One A110 with just a USB Thumb Drive (Kingston DataTraveller 100 1GB). This is aimed at a how-to for anyone in a similar situation.
This was done using the USB Multiboot Tool (Credit and Kudos to the authors).
http://www.boot-land.net/forums/?showtopic=4900
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November 24th, 2008 at 7:11 am
i’ve been trying everything i can and still couldn’t make it. when the computer boots from usb disk, a underscore (_) just keeps blinking in the left upper corner and that’s it.. no error, nothing.. the usb disk has 5secs of activity then it stops
can anyone help me??
i’ve tried with windows SP3 and SP2, with an 8gb usb disc formated in NFST and FAT32, nothing works
November 24th, 2008 at 7:11 am
Thank you so much for this guide, got my new acer one up and running on xp
November 24th, 2008 at 7:11 am
You are a clever chap..works a treat on the 150 version with 1GB ram & 120GB HDD.
Many Thanks
November 24th, 2008 at 7:11 am
Thanks alot for this video! I was stuck at the hal.dll error and was about to give up on installing XP. I’m using the 8GB SSD version of the Aspire One as well. I’m using TinyXP Rev.09 (custom ISO created from the .bat file in the \ISO folder) and copied to a USB flash drive with USB MultiBoot10. I’ve pointed all the temp env variables and the paging file to a SD card to improve performance and reduce wear of the built-in SSD. Performance is quite good actually.
November 24th, 2008 at 7:11 am
is it a normal usb or a flash usb i tried with a normal but it didnt work whereas the flash one did
November 24th, 2008 at 7:11 am
cheers for that it inspired me to put a vlited vista ultimate on my acer a150 works like a dream and looks great
November 24th, 2008 at 7:11 am
Worked fine on my ASUS Eee PC 900
November 24th, 2008 at 7:11 am
excellent video mate, allowed me to get to my AA1′s D2D recovery mode. I was getting ready to take the hdd out too…thanks a mil
November 24th, 2008 at 7:11 am
does this works in the eee pc with xandros linux?
November 24th, 2008 at 7:11 am
Where did you get your iso of your nlighend version of windows xp, cause i got a 2nd PC and its fairly old and slow with xp, so im thinking about putting the enlightend version of it.
November 24th, 2008 at 7:11 am
hey man… i have ASUS EEE pc too .. but i couldn´t do it .. coz it dosen´t boot from the USP Flash … everything is well but no boot …what should do plz.. help me if you can…thanx a lot ..
November 24th, 2008 at 7:11 am
Great guide! This worked fine with my Aspire One with 1.5GB upgraded RAM, 120GB hard drive. I didn’t use an nlite XP but it runs unexplainably fast anyway! Thanks again.
November 24th, 2008 at 7:11 am
hey man… i have ASUS EEE pc too .. but i couldn´t do it .. coz it dosen´t boot from the USP Flash … everything is well but no boot …what should do plz.. help me if you can…thanx a lot ..
November 24th, 2008 at 7:11 am
thanks but will it work with the x86 version of mac os x?
November 24th, 2008 at 7:11 am
hey man, all the drivers are available off the european acer website
and the free slot is aparrently a mini PCI slot, but doesnt have a connector attached 
November 24th, 2008 at 7:11 am
You are very kind indeed!
November 24th, 2008 at 7:11 am
link seems to be down, anychance of getting it hosted elsewhere?
Good tutorial btw
November 24th, 2008 at 7:11 am
nice guide
November 24th, 2008 at 7:11 am
dam and its only iligal if the machine is not apple branded so put a apple sticker on and its technicly apple branded so ha
November 24th, 2008 at 7:11 am
its illegal, and no.
November 24th, 2008 at 7:11 am
Hey like the idea
so i thought id give it a go on my Acer Aspire one..
but unfortunatly when i first boot up from the USB i get a Blue screen with:- A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer.
Any chance some one can help out?
Many thanks
November 24th, 2008 at 7:11 am
Hey man, I owe you my money that I could ‘ve spend for going to a guy to crack my boss’s daughter stinken toshiba satelitte.The cd-rom was not working so, she had a vista plus the fact that the hall.dll was missing because an attempt of booting from an usb inproper.I spent 3 days from 6 pm to 1 am in research, youtubing and 100 restarts, formats of usb and other junk.
Thanks a lot.Keep on goin.
I’m from romania
November 24th, 2008 at 7:11 am
anyone got usb (HID CLASS) PROBLEMS? SORRY 4 CAPS MY KEYBARD AS FKED UP
November 24th, 2008 at 7:11 am
oooo…i forgot to tell….thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you…..:)
November 24th, 2008 at 7:11 am
man…that work beautiful….:)
i have watched the vid once and then i just do it …now i have to find and install the network drivers but i think that would be the easy part
by the way , what is the free slot beside the battery with the 2 screws? what can i install there ?
December 15th, 2008 at 6:14 am
Nice dude!, Stuck at the Hal.dll and as the other guy in here did i were about to give up. You just spared me from buying a brand new one with XP
Great work!
January 11th, 2009 at 7:21 am
nice…tks
January 18th, 2009 at 11:49 am
I have the same problem with the blue screen saying A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer…
can you help me?
thanks
Pablo Brandeman
from the antarctic peninsula
January 18th, 2009 at 11:51 am
any help you can contact me to pablobrandeman@gmail.com
please!!!
February 6th, 2009 at 10:59 am
YOU ARE AMAZING!!! THANK YOU A LOT! CHEERS M8!
February 10th, 2009 at 9:51 am
I get the blue screen of death while installing windows on an aspire one 8 gig threw usb, anyone has the answer yet?
November 3rd, 2009 at 5:29 am
I love you forever, I have been fighting with this for 2 days, started over, followed along with you, and it’s perfect! Thanks a million! If you’re ever in Ireland, I owe you a pint!
xxx
January 2nd, 2010 at 12:10 pm
For the blue screen you only have to change your SATA to ”IDE” settings by pressing F2 on boot.
January 19th, 2010 at 8:59 pm
a problem has been detected and windows has been shut down.. apears from beggining. i make alt+F10 but nothing also..
thank’s