First of all, download bootdisk.exe (810 KB) and get yourself a 1.44 MB floppy. You don’t even need to format it, when the download is done, just run Bootdisk.exe and follow the on screen questions. After the bootdisk is written, copy the file ghost.exe from the directory where you have installed Ghost 6.x or Ghost Personal Edition to this bootdisk. If you have the Personal Edition of Ghost, after you have copied ghostpe.exe to the bootdisk, rename it to ghost.exe.
The bootdisk has the following …

You have to follow the following steps:

Create Folders:

Create 3 folders – C:XPSP1, C:SP1 and C:XPBOOT

Copy WinXP:

Copy the entire Windows XP CD into folder C:XPSP1

Modify files:

You will need to download the SP1a Update, which is around 125MB.
Rename the Service Pack file to XP-SP1a.exe
Extract the Service Pack from the Run Dialog using the command:
C:XP-SP1a.exe -U -X:C:SP1

Update

Open Start/Run… and type the command:
C:SP1updateupdate.exe -s:C:XPSP1
Click OK
Now the Folder C:XPSP1 contains: Windows XP SP1

How to make a Windows XP SP1 CD Bootable

Download

Download xpboot and extract it (xpboot.bin) into the folder C:XPBOOT

Run …