Install Vista from different partition?

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Would it be possible to copy the files from the dvd onto a different partition, and then install from there doing a clean install?

Yes. Actually that's how I did when installed the beta's I got through Connect. I saved it on a diferrent partition and then mounted the archived file (vista) using Daemon Tools. Never had a problem since.

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CavityCr33p

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Yes. Actually that's how I did when installed the beta's I got through Connect. I saved it on a diferrent partition and then mounted the archived file (vista) using Daemon Tools. Never had a problem since.

Awesome! The reason I asked is because all I have is dvd-r and my work laptop is a dvd+r drive, arghgh.

I dont want to have to buy more blanks to burn this, haha. lazy.

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feva

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My laptop doesn't have a cd drive at all. On my desktop, I've had no luck installing from an image. I get error 0x80070241 (like many other people). There is some Russian page with instructions on how to solve this problem but I haven't had a chance to go through that yet. I wonder if it will work on my laptop..I think I'll try now.

Can someone confirm if this page is correct? http://www.thevista.ru/page.php?id=6176

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spookqwar

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All questions no solutions!!

I'm running x2 S-ATA II 250Gb 16Mb hdd's and had the same problem. Firstly tried to install in RAID 0 config - but that didn't work. Then in normal S-ATA mode, and that didn't work either.

So then after a while I figured out that for some reason when you format a partition smaller than the drive size, you get this message!! So I tried and it worked - when you see you hdd in raw format, just click next and Vista will do the rest.

Finally it installed without any hassles!!

Hope this helps!

SpookQwar

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