After purchasing an Acer Aspire One running Linpus Linux Lite, the first thing I wanted on it was XP. However, I didn’t want to get rid of the Linux distribution on it (due to the very fast boot time), and dual booting on an 8GB SSD just doesn’t seem like a good idea. So I considered booting from a USB memory stick. At first all I could get was a terrible stripped down version made with BartPE. I eventually found a tutorial on how to boot a full blown XP install off a memory stick. The process isn’t exactly the easiest task, but it’s well laid out and worded, so it’s easy enough to follow.
I successfully booted XP off my memory stick, and all is well.
You can check out the tutorial at ngine
The link to the HP Tool mentioned in step 2 is broken in the tutorial, but you can pick it up here from my server
Sounds like an interesting project, will have to give it a go sometime
Friday sounds good. 
Thanks for this. Is it also possible then, to take one of those nifty WB portable HD’s, but XP on that and then boot the XP from that? Then, I could have the XP programs that I would use occasionally on that drive too. When I’m not going to be using them, then I don’t take the drive with me, etc.
Thanks
Dan
PS most useful stuff on the Aspire One I’ve found
It should be possible. You should also be able to use the usual NTFS file system instead of FAT. That’ll result in a much faster, less space consuming installation. However, I haven’t tested this.
Maglev is determined for success, not only because it is very advanced technology, but because it’s very economical. I just wish politicians had more sense, and would think in long term.