Update: Before you try all of this, you may want to try using WinToFlash, a utility designed to create a bootable Windows flash drive for Windows XP/Vista/7/Server. If this works for you, you can skip ...

I've recently developed some curiosity about how Windows XP handles USB storage devices (thumbdrives). I read the recent thread about how Win XP occasionally fails to assign drive letters, an found it ...

There is an issue where keyboard input is suddenly not recognized when running Windows XP -- a problem generally resolved by either restarting or disconnecting then re-connecting the keyboard. One ...