I have read about nLite.

I have licensed software, but I don't have an installation CD.

I understand if I have a 4 GB USB device (I can partition my Seagate Freeagent external drive) I could make a bootable very small and very fast XP.

I have an EeePC 900 16 GB 1 GB RAM XP Home.

I participate in the EeePc forum.

The recommendation there is to use both xpLite and nLite, however the examples are for "gamers" or for "power users" who overclock their CPU.

I am not going to "overclock" a Celeron processor.

I am willing to use other tips and tweaks however.

I will start a thread in the nLite section with what I know, up to this point, and the things I would like to accomplish.

I have some ideas about how to do so.

At the same time, it is all so overwhelming.

I want to have a bootable USB external hard drive with a small and fast XP.

I have the USB external hard drive.

Edited March 4, 201015 yr by ConnieD

Good luck, welcome to WinCert let us know if you hit any snags

BTW just use xplite or nLite, dont mix them

Welcome to WinCert

be ready for failure. you will probably be going through trial and error for a bit before you get the hang of things

i think my first attempt took me 4 times before i could make something that was usable