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Is it possible to install Windows 2000 onto a bootable USB-Drive?

Writer Andrew Mclaughlin

I have got a gigantic collection of old games for Windows 2000 from a friend. I really wanted to try those so I instantly tried to install the ones I'm interested in. I tried to install them to my new Gaming-PC with Windows 10 and they seemed to install just fine but after I ran these they just crashed. That was a little disappointed but I didn't give up. So I tried the "broken" game in compatibility mode. It still didn't work. Then I started looking for old Windows 7 and Vista laptops from my basement and installing the game on them. Windows Vista absolutely didn't do anything but complain about drivers missing for the game and Windows 7 had the same problem as 10. Well, that was all several months ago. Today I happened to come across the games again and immediately felt like playing them again. I think maybe I can install Windows 2000 on a USB stick, which would be quite practical since I can then take it with me everywhere and even without game CDs I can feel a kind of nostalgia when I plug it into a computer. I did a lot of research on the Internet as to whether it could work, but I couldn't find any instructions on how to install Windows 2K on a stick or whether it was possible at all. Now I want to ask this question here. Is it possible to install Windows 2000 onto a USB stick? Or at least XP? Thanks in advance.

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