partitions and formatting

[Guest]

Hello All,

I am ready to install Windows Vista Ultimate, which I downloaded from the
MSDN website. This is a*.iso image that I have extracted and burned to a
DVD. Now, my question is will the install process allow me to re-partition
and reformat my hard drive as the Windows XP install did? I have already
backed up everything from my system.

Craig,

 

[Richard G. Harper]

Yes, Vista has partition handling tools built into the Setup stage.

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[Guest]

Thank you for the quick response.

Yes, Vista has partition handling tools built into the Setup stage.

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Hello All,

I am ready to install Windows Vista Ultimate, which I downloaded from the
MSDN website. This is a*.iso image that I have extracted and burned to a
DVD. Now, my question is will the install process allow me to
re-partition
and reformat my hard drive as the Windows XP install did? I have already
backed up everything from my system.

Craig,

 

[Rick Rogers]

Richard has answered your question, but I have one for you: Why would you
extract the files from the .iso before burning to DVD? You should only have
to use a burning program to burn a disk from an image file.

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Best of Luck,

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Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[John Barnett MVP]

You might find these links from my website useful:

http://vistasupport.mvps.org/create_new_partition_using_the_vista_dvd.htm

http://vistasupport.mvps.org/format_partition_using_vista_dvd.htm

http://vistasupport.mvps.org/install_windows_vista.htm

The install windows link gives you an illustrated guide to the install -
screenshot by screenshot.

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[Theo]

Exactly what do you mean by "This is a*.iso image that I
have extracted and burned to a DVD."?

If you used some utility to pull the files out of the .ISO
and then burned them to a DVD as data, you will NEVER be
able to install Vista from that DVD!

..ISO files are mirror images of the original disc. The only
thing you do with such a file is "Burn Image to Disc" for it
to work properly. When you 'Burn Image to Disc" the
original structure of the DVD is mirrored to your disc,
exactly as it was on the original. Most of the time when
you "extract" files from a .ISO you do not get the boot
files because they are hidden. Even if you do happen to be
able to extract the boot files, if you do not specifically
select the option to make a bootable disc and specify the
appropriate parameters, it will not be constructed correctly
to be able to boot from it.

 

[Ko]

Wrong task done, just burn the iso to DVD or it will not work!

Ko.

 

[Richard Urban]

Bad answer. Please read Theo's answer above yours.

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