Vista beta2 no dvd drive

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I have downloaded the vista files but i do not have a dvd drive, can i run
the setup from my hard drive? is there anything special that i would have to
do?
 
Yes...you can install it from hard drive itself...mount the iso image
using daemon tools or virtual cd powertoy and upgrade your windows xp...
 
Balasubramanian Ramanathan said:
Yes...you can install it from hard drive itself...mount the iso image
using daemon tools or virtual cd powertoy and upgrade your windows xp...

are you sure that's possible to do? because i was told the opposite on
another forum.
 
so is there any risk in installing the 32 bit version from within xp which is
also 32 bit?
 
Depends on your desire.

If you really want to test the beta, go ahead and upgrade so that you truly
see the problems and can report them to MSFT. Do a quick cruise through the
forum to see all the problems experienced Beta testers are having (one laptop
had to be put in the freezer before it caught fire!).

If you just want to install Vista and use it because it is new, do a clean
install.

Either way, do a comprehensive back-up before you do anything else or bad
karma will follow you all the days of your life.
 
Nikiaf said:
so is there any risk in installing the 32 bit version from within xp which is
also 32 bit?
There is no risk...the upgrade will work without any problem...the thing
is it may take more than 2 to 4 hours to upgrade...
 
Balasubramanian said:
There is no risk...the upgrade will work without any problem...the thing
is it may take more than 2 to 4 hours to upgrade...

Of course there is risk. This a beta code. That automatically means risk.
The whole upgrade could go sour and you lose your XP installation. As long
as you are prepared for that risk, go for it.
 
Tom said:
Of course there is risk. This a beta code. That automatically means
risk. The whole upgrade could go sour and you lose your XP
installation. As long as you are prepared for that risk, go for it.

If anything goes wrong you can rollback the installation...vista setup
provides you with the option of rollbacking when the installation
fails...anyhow as tom suggested it is beta..you may be having some
glitches and driver problems causes the installation to go wrong...it is
safe to try it as fresh install on secondary hard disk or new
partition with dual booting, without affecting your windows xp
installation..
 
that's a very good idea, dual-booting. can vista make a partition or will i
need a new application to do that with?
 
Nice tips!

So clean-installing to another partition from a mounted ISO image on the
same hard disk shouldn't be a problem? You'd end up with a dual-boot system?
 
So you could use an ISO of the Vista install DVD mounted by Nero DriveImage
to clean-install Vista to another partition on the same hard disk?
 
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