Installing Windows XP with a pen drive

Hello all,
I am trying to install Windows XP in an old laptop, and i must do it using a drive pen cause the laptop doesn't have a disk reader.
So I already have a program which enables me to install it via pen drive but it does not recognize the DOS system...
How is supposed to be the "ending" of this program??? I currenlty have one that ends with .ISO and another one i just got is an .exe but none of those are accepted by the pen drive as a DOS program... :| where can i download this sorcery?! i am
trying to do this since i woke up :|
can someone please be kind and help me :)
thanks!
Diana

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