Installing 7 from USB (current XP)

If this is a repost, please direct me. The searches I've done come up with stuff that's close, but doesn't seem to work...

I have XP SP3 on what started life as a Gateway (4100?)... the Mobo is all that's left of the original computer. XP runs fine, but is slowing down due to all the **** that's been installed/uninstalled over the years... I'd like to upgrade to 7... one of the gremlins is that some unseen piece of spamware **** has made my CD drive useless. The drive works in other PCs, but NO drive works in this one... I've run into it before, and a clean install fixed it... so.....

So I created a bootable USB using UltraISO with Win7...

BIOS select the USB to boot, and get an error about "windows failed to start" telling me I don't have the disc "\Boot\BCD" and status "0xc000000e "

Tells me to install my windows disc.

any ideas?

 

If it gives the same error in another PC, your USB key may not be bootable.

 

It doesn't. (give the error)

 

Have you tried Rufus?...

http://rufus.akeo.ie/

It may not solve your current problem, but, who knows, it may be worth a try.

 

It didn't... but thank you for the info.

I ended up downloading a install-from HD version.. not what I wanted, but it'll suffice.

 

well... you win some, you lose some...

I decided on a "load from HDD" version of 7... I got it.. but now can't seem to make 7 see my AGP video card... GRR...

off to post in the "7" section...