Question about the Windows Vista DVD..

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Is the Windows Vista DVD able to be installed in a blank Hard Drive or Do i
have to have a current operating system like Windows XP and so on .....
I mean is it a disk in which you can boot from????
 
All the tools you need for deleting and creating partitions are available by
booting with the dvd. As long as there is a partition, Setup can handle it
without your formatting ahead of time. If you are going to install from the
legacy desktop you will need to create a partition before you start Setup if
you don't already have one.
 
I should have added, you do not need an OS on the system if you are using a
retail full edition of Vista. You do have to have Win2k or XP installed
(and XP activated) if you are using a retail upgrade edition of Vista.
 
I have a PC where the CD drive is the first drive, and the DVD drive the
second. It's a Dell. Can I boot from that second drive, will the system
find it or just try booting from the CD drive?

thanks!
 
Hi Don,

It depends on the settings in your system BIOS. Likely you will need to get
into it and change two things. First, that it chooses the DVD drive rather
than the CD drive, and then the boot device order so the DVD drive is
checked prior to the hard drive. Please post back if you need assistance in
accessing and making changes in the BIOS.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
I have one PC with dual optical drives. I can boot from either drive even
if the other drive contains a non-bootable disc. That behavior may differ
from motherboard to motherboard, BIOS to BIOS.

Dale
 
Hi Dale,

As long as the BIOS supports booting both optical drives that'd work. Very
common with those used to building their own. Many of the manufacturers
however, go with cheap BIOS programs that only support booting one device on
a channel. Normally this is fine for regular usage, but does necessitate
that the user manually go in and change it aroundfor things like this.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
I have a PC where the CD drive is the first drive, and the DVD drive the
second. It's a Dell. Can I boot from that second drive, will the system
find it or just try booting from the CD drive?

thanks!
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Depends on your BIOS.
My Shuttle A35 will allow boot from either drive (it asks: "Boot from
CD?" once for each drive it finds IF the BIOS is set to boot CD before
some other bootable disk. It also screws up and IGNORES the boot
order of other drives IF there IS a bootable disk in the drive.
Found that one booting Vista from IDE and XP from SCSI by setting the
boot order :/ .)
 
I agree.

Dale

Rick Rogers said:
Hi Dale,

As long as the BIOS supports booting both optical drives that'd work. Very
common with those used to building their own. Many of the manufacturers
however, go with cheap BIOS programs that only support booting one device
on a channel. Normally this is fine for regular usage, but does
necessitate that the user manually go in and change it aroundfor things
like this.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
Click to expand...
 
Funny how that works. Once it finds a bootable CD (if first in priority)
then whether you select to boot from it or not, the BIOS priority is out of
the picture.
 
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