upgrading to XP Home from linux using portable HD

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    GLENDENNING.J

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    Greetings People,

    Ive just had a shiny new Acer Aspire One with Linux installed and shock horror it doesnt support 3G wireless. Apparently I have to upgrade to XP Home.

    Problem is my USB Flash drive is only 500 MVB.

    I do however have a portable hard drive.

    Has anyone attempted this using a portable hard drive or can someone advise if the procedure is possible using the 500MB USB flash disk?

    I am a technophobe so any detailed advice would be great.

    Thanks!

    John
     
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    Marek.

    Im trying step 2, to make my USB device bootable for XP, without much success

    WHich command should I use instead of x:\boot\bootsect.exe /nt60 y: /mbr . Ive tried this and Im being told the system cant find the path specified.

    Im using d:\boot\bootsect.exe /nt60 f: /mbr , where d: is my cd drive and f: is my partitioned HD.

    Thanks,

    John
     
    GLENDENNING.J, Sep 20, 2008
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