Booting XPe from USB
5/10/2007
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 the Windows XPe image.
These are the major steps in booting XPe from USB:
Step 2: Generate and Transfer .pmq File
Step 3: Import .pmq File to Target Designer
Step 4: Add USB Boot Components
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.