Can a flash drive be installed and can i do it

remove the flash and wait for a bit before reinstalling it.
when you do reinstall it , try installing the flash drives installer software .

Format the flash drive without using the executable installation program on the flash drive.

Insert new flash drive, do not let anything auto-run. View the drive in the file explorer. Right click on the drive and choose Format in XP to let XP do a full format (not a quick format) of the drive. This will ensure that the drive works on XP... it will then also be accessible on a newer system.

XP may also not be able to work with flash drives over 32GB, or will only give you access to the first 16 or 32GB.

Insert the USB flash drive into one of the USB ports on your computer.

Momentarily a small prompt will appear saying the computer has detected a new removable device.

Insert the antivirus software installation CD into the disc drive of the computer to launch the installation wizard.

If you downloaded the program, double-click the downloaded file to launch the installation wizard.

Read through and accept the license agreement, then click "Browse" when shown the installation location.

A search window will appear on the screen. Choose the USB flash drive and click "OK."

Click "Next" for the installation name and select "Install." The antivirus program now will install onto the USB flash drive

hope this helps

The short answer is NO, because an antivirus software has to function in compliance with a computer's operating system.
However, there is a relatively new class of software that you can install on your USB Flash Drive and run from the drive.

One such software is the U3 Smart compatible software that you must be familiar with since you have a SanDisk flash drive.
There is also the PortableApps brand of software. These run on ANY flash drive, not just the U3Smart ones.

To be able to use them you must install the PortableApps minimal suite. It is a small Operating System (platform) that will handle the applications on the flash drive. And there is one or two PortableApps version of some antivirus software you can use.

In addition to the PortableApps, you have the LiberKey applications. These can run on a Windows computer or from a flash drive.

Click the links above, download and install on your flash drive. You will be able to add compatible software later, including antivirus applications.

Go to this website. In the second drop down window select USB Flash Drive, then select the Operating system. Click the button FIND DRIVER.
In the page that displays select U3 LaunchPad Installer and click the CONTINUE button.

Follow the instructions for installation.

You can also download the PortableApps suite from http://portableapps.com and install it on ANY USB flash drive. It has quite a few applications (free) you can install on a flash drive and run from it.

hi...

please connect your flash drive to your computer and it wil automatically installs the driver for that flash drive,it shows 'installing driver' and finally it wil come as 'device installed and ready to use'. You can start using the flash drive.

if this doesnt happens follow the below steps,

1.Insert the CD and it automatically starts to install the software.
2. please click on NEXT to install the driver software and click on FINISH to complete the installation.

when you complete the installation you can start using your flash drive.

thanx

Hello,

Well, you have a couple of choices:

1) You can have a DVD installed in your computer. Usually around $50.
2) You can purchase a flash drive (thumb drive) of at least 4GB. Depending on the size of the files, you may need an 8GB. You can have a friend copy the entire DVD onto the flash drive. Then you can take the flash drive and copy the entire DVD from the flash drive to your computer and install the program or install directly from the flash drive. (It may auto start when you insert it into a USB port.)

If you install it from the flash drive you will probably have to insert it every time you run the program. If you copy the DVD to your hard drive you will not have to and it will run faster.

Thanks for using Fixya.

Hello,

I don't think this is possible. Still we can work on this.

Even I am verymuch Intersted with these kind of issues. I haven't tried installing XP on USB flash drive. But I installed the XP on USB harddrive and it worked.

We can try this with your co-operation. To boot with the USB devices, first your computer or laptop should have the option to boot with the USB devices. You can check in BIOS, under BOOT order for this option.

If USB boot option is not there, then you cannot boot with the Flash drive, not only flash drive all USB devices. They will work only after booting into Windows.

Comming to installation procedure, installtion is same as installing the XP on harddrive. While installing the XP, at partition page, you can see the USB flash drive, select it and continue the installtion.

If your computer has the option to boot with the USB devices and if the flash drive won't boot into Windows after installtion, then we have to set Flash drive as Active partition from Disk Management, and then we can try. In Disk Management, right click on the USB drive and select set active partition. If it won't allow to set the USb flash drive as active, then it is not possible to install XP on flash drive.

Even I googled everywhere on how to do this, but not information.
Try that and let me know the status. But I am sure, it is possible on Pocket drivers or USB harddrives.