
However, things have moved on, and for the first time, Microsoft has begun to sell. Instead, it prefered to stick to old-school DVD media, despite the fact that many notebooks today are too small to even include an optical drive, and many DIYers are building PCs which forego one on purpose.

However, not every external USB floppy supports Windows XP installation.įor a long time, Microsoft didn’t sell Windows install media in the form of bootable USB flash drives. But if all you've got is a USB flash drive and.


Installing Windows XP or any other operating system is easy if you have a USB optical disc drive.
