Vista SP1 DVD ?

  • Thread starter Thread starter Daze N. Knights
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It is nice to have an integrated DVD, don't you think?

If one needs to use one's original, non-SP Vista DVD for a repair of
one's Vista SP1 system, the disc will not contain the updated operating
system files required for correctly doing the repair.
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Not only that... if it works the same as XP, it won't even let you
initiate a repair. You will get a message that the OS on the DVD is
older than the one on the hard drive.
 
That is *exactly* my primary concern and *exactly* my main reason for
wanting a Vista installation DVD with SP1 integrated into it.
 
That is *exactly* my primary concern and *exactly* my main reason for
wanting a Vista installation DVD with SP1 integrated into it.
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You'll have to buy it at retail somewhere. And it will have to be the
same version that you now have installed.

Might be simpler to buy some imaging software and an external USB hard
drive.
 
Daze N. Knights said:
Yes. That's what I had been counting on and then discovered that it
couldn't be had that way. That's what prompted me to initiate this thread,
hoping for a new solution to the problem of somehow getting an integrated
DVD for cheap.
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The easiest (cheapest) way I can think of is to buy a generic OEM Vista
Basic 64-bit. As you have a key already for a different version, use that as
all the discs are identical.
Or find a friend who has a 64-bit retail/generic OEM disk!
 
How in the world would that get me what I want, which is a 32-bit Vista
installation DVD with integrated SP1?
 
Now *that's* finally some interesting and potentially useful news! I'll
look into that. Thanks for passing those links along, Mark!

Daze
 
Daze N. Knights said:
How in the world would that get me what I want, which is a 32-bit Vista
installation DVD with integrated SP1?
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Sorry, I was getting confused! You could buy a Vista Basic 32-bit DVD with
SP1.
 
Yep. vLite, here I come, which is a fine solution for me. I'm happy to
slipstream it myself, just so I have a reasonably easy way to do it, and
apparently vLite actually fits the bill.

I used Autostreamer to upgrade my XP-Pro disc to an XP-Pro SP2 disc, and
then to upgrade my XP-Pro SP2 disc to an XP-Pro SP3 disc, all without
any trouble at all. But Autostreamer won't do the same for the Vista,
and I knew of no alternative before hearing (from Mark, here) about
vLite having this capability. So, that's a fine way to go for me, just
so it actually, in the end, works; and it sounds like it will.
 
Dave said:
I've just tried it and it does work. The interface is a bit confusing
but it does work. It took me about 2 hours in total. Vista Ultimate 32.
Checked the finished iso by doing a clean installing and all went well.
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Dave:

I've been trying it, too, and all seems to be going well. I've not had
occasion yet to actually use it, though, so your input in that regard is
appreciated. Unfortunately, one can only slipstream one version of Vista
per image, but one can also rebuild it to eliminate the other,
non-slipstreamed versions of Vista and end up with a smaller final image
for burning. Since what I wanted was an integrated of Vista SP1 on DVD
primarily for use in repairing other people's PCs, I need a slipstreamed
DVD for each version of Vista, and thus intend to make four (Ultimate,
Business, Premium, and Basic) in order to be ready for anything. Time
consuming, but do-able.

Daze
 
If Microsoft supported us to begin with, by offering a fix for slipsteaming
or at the very least let us download a slipstreamed Vista package we
wouldn't have to take these measures.

Mark
 
Exactly.

If Microsoft supported us to begin with, by offering a fix for slipsteaming
or at the very least let us download a slipstreamed Vista package we
wouldn't have to take these measures.

Mark
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Mark said:
If Microsoft supported us to begin with, by offering a fix for slipsteaming
or at the very least let us download a slipstreamed Vista package we
wouldn't have to take these measures.

Mark
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And your point is????
Unless you stay firmly on the narrow yellow brick road that MS has
mapped out for THEIR benefit, there ain't no help anyway.
God help you if you want to do anything "interesting".
 
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