O.T. Can I load XP to a flash drive ?

Paul wrote:
Paul in Houston TX wrote:
wrote:
I recently upgraded from a Dell 8200 with XP to a Dell XPS 8500, with
Windows 7 Professional, SP1 with Spywareblaster, Avast, and Windows
firewall.

(1) TB HD
Intel (R) Core (TM) i7-33-3770 CPU @ 3.40 GHz 3.40 GHz
Ram 12.0 GB System type : 64-bit operating system

I use Dell Image Expert 2000 software along with a Sony
MVC FD92 digital camera which is equipped with a memory stick and a
3.5 drive. and upload my pictures
via a USB cable to the computer.
Now with the 8500 computer the camera no longer functions
because it isn't compatible with Windows 7 to upload the
pictures.
I've searched the Sony site for the latest drivers but they only had
XP. Nevertheless I tried downloading it
but still the camera doesn't function.
My question is this; can I install XP on a 32GB flash
drive and insert it so that I can use my camera via another USB port?

Thanks,
Robert

Most photogs pop the xD card out of the camera and
into the computer. They rarely if ever use usb.
The reason is speed and power requirements.
A class 10 card is very fast on data transfer.

I think the XPS 8500 still uses USB for the card reader
on the front panel. From the owners manual PDF file...

"Connect the Media-Card Reader cable to the system board connector
F_USB1. See "System-Board Components" on page 21."

That would be USB2, with a max of around 30MB/sec or so.
Plenty for a Class 10 (10MB/sec).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital

Whereas UHS will need something USB3 flavored, for best results.
I see UHS-I on Newegg, but no UHS-II yet. You'd probably
need a pretty modern camera or recording device, to use those.

Paul

I forgot about internal connections. My old computer internally was
usb cable from the card reader to a usb header on the m/b.
It ran at usb 1. It sometimes ran at usb 2, when it felt like it.
The new one is also usb but I have USB-3 enabled for that header.
I got a Class 10, UHS-1 card when I got the new camera.
Do I need UHS-1 and USB-3? Not at all. But it was fun to play with!

wrote:

My question is this; can I install XP on a 32GB flash
drive and insert it so that I can use my camera via
another USB port?

You could install virtual machine software such as Virtual Box, install XP
into the virtual machine it makes and use XP that way. That's what I'm doing
at the moment AAMOF. My new laptop came with Win 8, nothing resembling a
viable email program so I used VB and XP so I could have Outlook Express
back.

Simpler to just use the card slot to read the camera memory card.


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with Windows 7 Professional

this version allows you to install XP Mode for free in a virtual machine

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