How To Install Windows Vista

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hi i am downloading windows vista rc1 after the download what do i do?
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Burn to DVD as an *.iso image, not just burn the file to DVD as a data file.
Then decide if you want to upgrade or install. For upgrade, run the upgrade
advisor first.

Are you really sure you want to do this if you have to ask what to do after
downloading the file? Did you read the info on the site?

Lastly, note that Vista is in development and should only be installed on a
test system, not on a production system or a primary home computer. You
should be prepared for the possible eventuality of loosing all the data on
that computer (ie full and complete backup of important data or some
mechanism to re-image the drives) on which you try to install Vista. You
should be competent in how to install OS's and how to recover from a botched
install.

Have fun.
 
The first thing is this: do NOT install Vista on your "production" PC. That
would be the PC on which you rely to do your daily work, day-in-day-out.
Don't even try dual boot on your production PC if you're not an experienced
computer geek. Install Vista on a separate PC, or on a separate HD that you
can swap out with your regular hard drive. That's just my opinion... I"m
sure others will share theirs. But hear this: one takes a huge gamble by
installing BETA OS code on one's production PC.

Well... maybe the first thing would be to run the Vista Upgrade Advisor,
available on the MS web site, to verify that the target PC will run Vista.

The next thing you're going to have to do is use the ISO file to create the
Vista boot DVD. That is NOT done by simply burning the ISO file to a DVD
like a data file...

You have to use burning software that will use the ISO as the source file to
burn the Vista DVD. For example, in Roxio, you'd select File | Record Disc
from Image and in the next dialog box, choose file type of ISO, navigate to
the folder that has the Vista ISO and select that file and then click OK in
the burn dialog. Think of the ISO file like a zip file; it contains the
contents of the Vista DVD and simply burning that ISO file to a DVD as a
data file -will- -not- -work-. Sorry for the repetition but I lost count of
the posts I've seen here where folks have just burned the ISO file to a DVD
like a data file and then wonder what went wrong...

If you're updating from within and existing Windows installation, you may
want to read other posts here. I've only ever done clean installs, so I
don't have any experience doing upgrades with Vista. I've read some posts
where folks say you have to uninstall, not just disable, AV programs and
some others. And to unplug all external devices. But, like I said, others
have better insight into the upgrade process than I.

And after all this.... go back and read the first paragraph again.

Good luck,

Lang
 
Ha... I echoed your sentiments almost to a "T"... didn't see your post prior
to responding, but that's probably a good thing because the word needs to
get out. We should create a template response to this question... Too bad
there's not a FAQ msg that sits at the top of the NG to answer all these
questions that we seem to be responding to on a daily basis. C'est la vie.

Lang
 
Ha... I echoed your sentiments almost to a "T"... didn't see your post
prior to responding, but that's probably a good thing because the word
needs to get out. We should create a template response to this question...
Too bad there's not a FAQ msg that sits at the top of the NG to answer all
these questions that we seem to be responding to on a daily basis. C'est
la vie.

Lang
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Lol...having a FAQ wouldn't make much difference anyway other than when
someone posted the question, you could say, read the FAQ.
 
Burn to DVD as an *.iso image, not just burn the file to DVD as a data file.
Then decide if you want to upgrade or install. For upgrade, run the upgrade
advisor first.
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Actually, the file downloaded from Microsoft is ALREADY an ISO image.
All one needs to do is burn it to a dvd.
Are you really sure you want to do this if you have to ask what to do after
downloading the file? Did you read the info on the site?

Lastly, note that Vista is in development and should only be installed on a
test system, not on a production system or a primary home computer. You
should be prepared for the possible eventuality of loosing all the data on
that computer (ie full and complete backup of important data or some
mechanism to re-image the drives) on which you try to install Vista. You
should be competent in how to install OS's and how to recover from a botched
install.

Have fun.
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Donald
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Actually, the file downloaded from Microsoft is ALREADY an ISO image.
All one needs to do is burn it to a dvd.
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Lol..ok bad wording. Burn the *.iso to DVD as an image.
 
Rock,

I want to use Vista as a guest os on my VPC - when I try to mount to iso as
the install dvd it give me the following error dialog:

Caution - VistaRC

This file does not appear to be a CD image.

CD image files must be greater than 2MB and a multiple of 2K in size.

I've downloaded both of the following (which should be the same)

en_vista_rc1_5600_x86_dvd.iso
vista_5600.16384.060829-2230_x86fre_client-lr1cfre_en_dvd.iso

both are 2,646,272KB in size. Any ideas why I can't mount these to install
in VPC?

thanks!
Bill
 
Rock,

Ugh! So sorry - I didn't read far enough - found in these newgroups that I
could mount the iso using Daemon and then mount that drive in VPC and
something is going on :) it's installing!!

Guess that's what I get for trying to do something at 6am on a Sunday
morning! LOL!

regards,
Bill
 
Operative words:
"> This file does not appear to be a CD image."

Your VPC cannot do a DVD image. Too big.
 
Well, one needs to burn it as an image file, not a data file, which is the
point I was trying to make...

Lang
 
Hi Max,

Maybe you should tell my VPC - I got Vista RC1 fully installed. Maybe it's
because I used Daemon to connect to the iso and then mapped my VPC to use
that drive.

thanks,
Bill
 
Ya think?
Using Daemon Tools to MOUNT the iso (as a drive) is not the same as using
VPC directly to mount/'install' an ISO--which is limited to CD-Size.
Currently.
 
Ain't nobody gonna listen to those well intended warnings cause

1) They done never have

2) In your country people continue to drive big gashogs obvlivious to
warnings it's getting thousands killed and costing 2 billion a week in a
complete trainwreck of a war for oil. The warnings are all over the place
to get off the addiction to oil--they ain't gonna--they like them big trucks
as much as they like them little polo ponies over their left nipple.

3) They gonna wanna try the new best thing.

4) Ed Bott for example made the point in his blog that RC1 is in many ways
more stable than 5728 but them people just wants the newest build. When
MSFT RTMS Vista on or before Oct 25 which is essentially the same thing as
you have with RC1 which really is on a par with a Beta 1 build in the real
world, and then they released Vista November on November 15, everyone would
try to download the newest build.

5) People pay no attention to those well intended warning messages, and
whether they try a public downoad of a beta has no correlation to their
Windows ability--read some of the goofey (what's Windows) posts that crop up
on the TBT groups--they're laughable. Some of them have never gotten much
futher than the Start button themselves.

6) Surveys show that nearly 80% of Windows users on the planet don't back up
in any way shap or form. That's not the helpers here but it's still 80%.
These same people don't care bout no release notes or well intended
warnings. They'll disregard them.

7) Notice this: A bunch of people (I'm not sure all the reasons why)
instead of using Vista have used stand alone IE7 builds. We have seen all
kinds of problems with this because they disregard the release notes and
warnings of the IE team blog to download those onto pristine XP SP2 boxes
not their IE6 SP2 XP with all their programs already on it. Many of those
programs conflict with IE7 and then the deluge of questions come--how do I
uninstall IE7 --I can't do it from Add/Remove--and of course that answer is
in the release notes they never read or pay attention to as well.

CH






Lang Murphy said:
Ha... I echoed your sentiments almost to a "T"... didn't see your post
prior to responding, but that's probably a good thing because the word
needs to get out. We should create a template response to this question...
Too bad there's not a FAQ msg that sits at the top of the NG to answer all
these questions that we seem to be responding to on a daily basis. C'est
la vie.

Lang
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Rock,

Ugh! So sorry - I didn't read far enough - found in these newgroups that I
could mount the iso using Daemon and then mount that drive in VPC and
something is going on :) it's installing!!

Guess that's what I get for trying to do something at 6am on a Sunday
morning! LOL!

regards,
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Lol..good luck. Make lots of coffee.
 
Chad,

1. Yeah... sigh... roger that.

2. I don't drive a gas hog. Never have, never will. And you're right. It
sickens me to drive on the local highway and see how many SUV's are occupied
only by the driver. Unbelievable.

3. Yep

4. Know I've said this b4, but will repeat: 5600 wouldn't install on my Dell
XPS Gen 2 desktop. 5728 installed without issue. So, yeah, I'm gonna d/l new
builds.

5. 'Scuse my ignance... what's TBT?

6. Yeah... can't argue that. Too bad, though...

7. Yeah, I've seen the IE7 posts. I just shake my head in wonderment...

Lang


Chad Harris said:
Ain't nobody gonna listen to those well intended warnings cause

1) They done never have

2) In your country people continue to drive big gashogs obvlivious to
warnings it's getting thousands killed and costing 2 billion a week in a
complete trainwreck of a war for oil. The warnings are all over the place
to get off the addiction to oil--they ain't gonna--they like them big
trucks as much as they like them little polo ponies over their left
nipple.

3) They gonna wanna try the new best thing.

4) Ed Bott for example made the point in his blog that RC1 is in many ways
more stable than 5728 but them people just wants the newest build. When
MSFT RTMS Vista on or before Oct 25 which is essentially the same thing as
you have with RC1 which really is on a par with a Beta 1 build in the real
world, and then they released Vista November on November 15, everyone
would try to download the newest build.

5) People pay no attention to those well intended warning messages, and
whether they try a public downoad of a beta has no correlation to their
Windows ability--read some of the goofey (what's Windows) posts that crop
up on the TBT groups--they're laughable. Some of them have never gotten
much futher than the Start button themselves.

6) Surveys show that nearly 80% of Windows users on the planet don't back
up in any way shap or form. That's not the helpers here but it's still
80%. These same people don't care bout no release notes or well intended
warnings. They'll disregard them.

7) Notice this: A bunch of people (I'm not sure all the reasons why)
instead of using Vista have used stand alone IE7 builds. We have seen
all kinds of problems with this because they disregard the release notes
and warnings of the IE team blog to download those onto pristine XP SP2
boxes not their IE6 SP2 XP with all their programs already on it. Many of
those programs conflict with IE7 and then the deluge of questions
come--how do I uninstall IE7 --I can't do it from Add/Remove--and of
course that answer is in the release notes they never read or pay
attention to as well.

CH
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TBT = Technical Beta Testers

--
Jane, not plain ;) 64 bit enabled :)
Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation :-)
Lang Murphy said:
Chad,

1. Yeah... sigh... roger that.

2. I don't drive a gas hog. Never have, never will. And you're right. It
sickens me to drive on the local highway and see how many SUV's are
occupied only by the driver. Unbelievable.

3. Yep

4. Know I've said this b4, but will repeat: 5600 wouldn't install on my
Dell XPS Gen 2 desktop. 5728 installed without issue. So, yeah, I'm gonna
d/l new builds.

5. 'Scuse my ignance... what's TBT?

6. Yeah... can't argue that. Too bad, though...

7. Yeah, I've seen the IE7 posts. I just shake my head in wonderment...

Lang
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