Once the installer is download, check the boxes that are appropriate and click OK. 
If not, click "Download The Installation Files of VirtualBox." Portable-VirtualBox will show you the download's progress.
If you have already downloaded the installer for VirtualBox from click search and navigate to the file. 
Go to the folder and run Portable-VirtualBox.exe. Download and run Portable-VirtualBox_v5.1.22-Starter_v6.4.10-Win_all.exe. Wait for some time and the USB drive will automatically get converted into a bootable one for installing the Windows XP operating system on your old systems.Portable-VirtualBox is a free and open source software tool that lets you run any operating system from a usb stick without separate installation. Move forward and when it asks to format the drive do that. Select the USB that you want to use for creating Windows XP bootable one. On Windows File Path, click on the Select button to browse the ISO file of Windows XP you have downloaded. Choose the radio button given in form of “ I have ISO image or Archive” option. Select Windows Setup Bootable Wizard option. Download WinToUSB, it is a lightweight software to easily create Windows and Linux bootable USB drives. The version is Windows XP Professional SP3 x86. You will also get the Product key there, posted officially by Microsoft. If you don’t have a Windows XP ISO file, then go to and download the one. For that, you can see this tutorial – How to install Windows XP ISO on Windows 10 VirtualBox Steps to download and create bootable Windows XP USB drive Whereas on modern PC or Laptop, I don’t think you have to install Windows XP natively on the system instead use the VirtualBox or VMware Workstation Player (recommended). Thus, it would be a great idea if you have some old PC or laptop and you want to use the Windows XP on it. Note: Before installing Windows XP make sure your hardware is compatible because most of the modern BIOS wouldn’t support running of Windows XP and may cause a fatal error while installing. Indeed, the size of XP is just of a few MBs, thus we don’t need some huge size Pen drive. As CD drives are not anymore in the common usage, thus the only common way now we have to install XP is using a bootable USB drive. Windows XP Professional is available to download free of cost along with the Product Key, therefore, if you want to install it on your old Desktop or Laptop computer system using a bootable USB drive, then here is the tutorial for that.Įarlier when Windows XP was a dominant operating system, at that time CDs were used to create a bootable medium, However, as technology is improving, that trend shifted to a USB drive.
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