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Booting XPe from USB

  • 10/07/2008

To boot XPe from USB, format the USB media, build the USB bootable image, and transfer the image to the USB media.

In this procedure, the term development machine refers to a PC running Windows XPe Embedded Studio tools. The term target machine refers to an embedded device running Windows XPe FP 2007 image.

These are the major steps in booting XPe from USB:

Step 1: Format USB Media

Step 2: Generate and Transfer .pmq File

Step 3: Import .pmq File to Target Designer

Step 4: Add USB Boot Component

Step 5: Build USB Bootable Target Image and Transfer to USB Media

Hardware Requirements

The USB media must provide at least 256 MB of storage capacity.

Last updated on Wednesday, October 18, 2006

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