Installing Windows Vista without DVD media


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Requirements:

* Pre-partitioned drive with (1) >8GB NTFS partition and (1) >2GB NTFS partition

* Vista Beta 1 ISO image (untouched)

* (1) Blank CD-R/CD-RW Disc

Instructions:

* Create a temporary folder on your secondary NTFS partition (D:\ henceforth) labeled VISTA_TMP

* Extract Vista ISO image (e.g. with WinRAR) into temporary directory.

* Delete DRIVERS\, DOCS\, SUPPORT\ folders.

* Delete SOURCES\INSTALL.WIM image.

* Extract the boot sector from original ISO image and save in temporary location (e.g. Desktop)

* Create an ISO with the contents of the temporary folder and import the boot sector. The title of this ISO is irrelevant.

* Burn the ISO image to CD-R/CD-RW media.

* Empty but do not delete the temporary folder.

* Create a SOURCES\ folder inside the temporary folder.

* Re-extract INSTALL.WIM and BOOT.WIM into newly created SOURCES\ folder.

* Boot machine off of newly created Vista Preinstallation Environment CD, holding the CTRL key once the old Longhorn logo appears.

* Within' the command prompt, execute: xcopy X:\ D:\VISTA_TMP. NOTE: X:\ in the command above is not to be changed, it's the temporary RAM disk!

* After the copy process finishes, execute: D:\VISTA_TMP\SETUP.EXE

* Continue the setup process as if you had booted from DVD media. Enjoy!

SOURCE: http://www.extended64.com/blogs/rafael/arc...07/31/1097.aspx

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