With my first attempt at Puppy I downloaded it to my XP hard drive and copied/installed (whatever) it onto the flash drive with UNetbootin. When that didn't work I allowed UNetbootin to download and install it. I can't achieve boot either on XP netbook or W7 notebook. So those 2 options are duds.

I've been having my mind blown on Puppy forums overnight 😮 I've just asked Bro to see if his HP XP Pro notebook will boot from it. Next thing will be to try Mint - I remember liking the interface but that was a feminine thing, I think 😉

Grumps, your travails are so reassuring :^O