How to Install Vista from Scratch Using ISO-DVD

I am trying to create a Disc from the Vista Beta 1 Build 5270 TechNet DVD.

I have been able to successfully create the disc from the ISO image in Nero;
however, it is a DVD. When I put the DVD in my computer (the one I don't
want to install Vista on) it reads the disc fine.

The question is, how can I install Vista on a PC from scratch or to a blank
hard drive with this DVD? I would imagine I could install XP first and then
run the setup within XP, but I am trying to just do a clean fresh new
install.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. What am I doing wrong?

David Allen

I'm not sure if you can actually install it from boot... I've never tried.
As you said, if you install XP first (but don't activate, save your
licenses!) then install Vista on from that, that'll work for sure.

I'll have a crack with my TechNet Plus DVD's installing in Virtual Server
2005 R2 and report back to you )

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"David Allen" <DavidAllen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I am trying to create a Disc from the Vista Beta 1 Build 5270 TechNet DVD.
>
> I have been able to successfully create the disc from the ISO image in
> Nero;
> however, it is a DVD. When I put the DVD in my computer (the one I don't
> want to install Vista on) it reads the disc fine.
>
> The question is, how can I install Vista on a PC from scratch or to a
> blank
> hard drive with this DVD? I would imagine I could install XP first and
> then
> run the setup within XP, but I am trying to just do a clean fresh new
> install.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated. What am I doing wrong?
>
> David Allen
>

OK, I haven't gotten my 5270 copy through yet so I can't check, however what
you said about the clean XP install - that'll definately work )

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"David Allen" <DavidAllen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EA6DF21A-021B-4FB2-ACDE-79C5FEAF6C3E@microsoft.com...
>I am trying to create a Disc from the Vista Beta 1 Build 5270 TechNet DVD.
>
> I have been able to successfully create the disc from the ISO image in
> Nero;
> however, it is a DVD. When I put the DVD in my computer (the one I don't
> want to install Vista on) it reads the disc fine.
>
> The question is, how can I install Vista on a PC from scratch or to a
> blank
> hard drive with this DVD? I would imagine I could install XP first and
> then
> run the setup within XP, but I am trying to just do a clean fresh new
> install.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated. What am I doing wrong?
>
> David Allen
>

"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Vist currently does not support installing on RAW disk, you need to
> install it on a hard disk with a partition.


Have they gone backward? I booted, partitioned, formatted and installed
from
5270, the December 2005 build. For 5308, the February 2006 build, I
installed
over XP without trying a clean install so I don't know about that one.

Tom Lake

Tom Lake wrote:
> Have they gone backward? I booted, partitioned, formatted and installed
> from
> 5270, the December 2005 build. For 5308, the February 2006 build, I
> installed
> over XP without trying a clean install so I don't know about that one.

I have installed every build on a drive with no partitions. It was
difficult in the earlier builds, but could be done. It works much better in
the more recent builds. I certainly would not recommend installing XP just
to get partitions created for a Vista install.
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Tom Porterfield

Vist currently does not support installing on RAW disk, you need to install
it on a hard disk with a partition. So I recommend you install Windows XP
first, partition the disk using diskpart command utility or a program like
Partition Magic, dedicate at least 15 GBs hard disk space minimum to WIndows
Vista.
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"David Allen" <DavidAllen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EA6DF21A-021B-4FB2-ACDE-79C5FEAF6C3E@microsoft.com...
>I am trying to create a Disc from the Vista Beta 1 Build 5270 TechNet DVD.
>
> I have been able to successfully create the disc from the ISO image in
> Nero;
> however, it is a DVD. When I put the DVD in my computer (the one I don't
> want to install Vista on) it reads the disc fine.
>
> The question is, how can I install Vista on a PC from scratch or to a
> blank
> hard drive with this DVD? I would imagine I could install XP first and
> then
> run the setup within XP, but I am trying to just do a clean fresh new
> install.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated. What am I doing wrong?
>
> David Allen
>

Well, it was said by a Microsoft employee on the Vista team, maybe he did
not give it a try.
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"Tom Porterfield" <tpporter@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> Tom Lake wrote:
>> Have they gone backward? I booted, partitioned, formatted and installed
>> from
>> 5270, the December 2005 build. For 5308, the February 2006 build, I
>> installed
>> over XP without trying a clean install so I don't know about that one.
>
> I have installed every build on a drive with no partitions. It was
> difficult in the earlier builds, but could be done. It works much better
> in the more recent builds. I certainly would not recommend installing XP
> just to get partitions created for a Vista install.
> --
> Tom Porterfield

You can boot from the setup DVD and install onto a blank drive, but there
must be a formatted partition prior to the installation. The "advanced"
button lets you take care of this little matter before going on.
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"David Allen" <DavidAllen@discussions.microsoft.com> a écrit dans le message
de news: EA6DF21A-021B-4FB2-ACDE-79C5FEAF6C3E@microsoft.com...
|I am trying to create a Disc from the Vista Beta 1 Build 5270 TechNet DVD.
|
| I have been able to successfully create the disc from the ISO image in
Nero;
| however, it is a DVD. When I put the DVD in my computer (the one I don't
| want to install Vista on) it reads the disc fine.
|
| The question is, how can I install Vista on a PC from scratch or to a
blank
| hard drive with this DVD? I would imagine I could install XP first and
then
| run the setup within XP, but I am trying to just do a clean fresh new
| install.
|
| Any help would be greatly appreciated. What am I doing wrong?
|
| David Allen
|

Got it Guys. Thanks for all the input. First off, my DVD drive was not
working right. Not supprising since it is a P.O.S. Sony DRU-530A. Those
things are worthless! I should have thought of that. It was not reading my
Vista DVD disc at boot for some reason but it read the Windows XP disc
without a problem. I ended up installing XP. At first I was starting with a
brand new HD with no partitions created. I guess the combo of having the
partitions already created from my XP install and replacing the DVD drive,
made it work. I now have a successful install of Vista...or Longhorn as it
says at boot.

thanks again. I guess it was an I-D-10-T error. I hate those.

David.

Installing the Vista OS RAW has never worked for me (and is not supported by
Microsoft with Windows Vista, as previously mentioned here by both Zack and
Andre). I always have to install Windows XP Service Pack 2 first, and then
install Vista on top of Windows XP Service Pack 2, otherwise the
Installation always fails with the error message, "There was an error while
copying files."

P.S. You might want to skip installing Windows Vista Build 5270 all
together, and wait until your Build 5308 DVD shows up (I had very bad luck
with the Build 5270 Installation, including the famous "There was an error
while configuring The Windows Image Foundation," error message.

"David Allen" <DavidAllen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EA6DF21A-021B-4FB2-ACDE-79C5FEAF6C3E@microsoft.com...
>I am trying to create a Disc from the Vista Beta 1 Build 5270 TechNet DVD.
>
> I have been able to successfully create the disc from the ISO image in
> Nero;
> however, it is a DVD. When I put the DVD in my computer (the one I don't
> want to install Vista on) it reads the disc fine.
>
> The question is, how can I install Vista on a PC from scratch or to a
> blank
> hard drive with this DVD? I would imagine I could install XP first and
> then
> run the setup within XP, but I am trying to just do a clean fresh new
> install.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated. What am I doing wrong?
>
> David Allen
>