How to install into second disk ?

[Marek Grinberg]

Hello,

In the first disk I have WinXP up and running.
I am trying to install Vista into the second disk. It uses the same
slot as the CD drive, so I have copied the entire Vista into an USB
hard disk. Then I tried to boot from it, but the boot failed.

Is it possible to make the USB hard disk bootable ?

I can boot MS-DOS 6.2 from an USB floppy disk.
Is it possible to boot Win2K/WinXP/Vista from the USB floppy disk, and
then install Vista from the USB hard disk ?

Regards,

Marek Grinberg

 

[Theo]

Hello,

In the first disk I have WinXP up and running.
I am trying to install Vista into the second disk. It uses the same
slot as the CD drive, so I have copied the entire Vista into an USB
hard disk. Then I tried to boot from it, but the boot failed.

What do you mean that the drive you want to install to uses
the same slot as the CD drive?

Is it possible to make the USB hard disk bootable ?

I can boot MS-DOS 6.2 from an USB floppy disk.

Is it possible to boot Win2K/WinXP/Vista from the USB floppy disk, and
then install Vista from the USB hard disk ?

No. None of the above can be booted from a USB device.

 

[Marek Grinberg]

Hello Theo,

I have HP Compaq nc6420. The PC has one slot for a CD/DVD
player/burner. I have a second disk, that fits into the same slot.
During boot I can choose to boot from either the primary disk or
CD/DVD player. When the second disk is inserted, I can boot either
from the primary disk or the secondary disk.

I understand from your reply below, that I can only install Vista by
copying Vista into a dedicated folder in the primary disk running
WinXP. During the install process I will be able to choose the
partition that will contain Vista. Please corrdct me, if I have
misunderstood your reply.

Regards,

Marek

 

[Theo]

Yes. Others have used a utility to mount the .ISO on the
hard drive and install Vista from that. Otherwise I guess
extracting all the files would work, too. I guess if you
had a 4GB USB stick Vista probably could be installed from that.

 

[Marek Grinberg]

Hello again,

Thank you very much for your reply.

I will copy Vista to a dedicated folde, and then try to install it.
I will report the outcome.

Regards,

Marek Grinberg

 

[Marek Grinberg]

Hello,

Today I copied Vista into a dedicated folder. I started the install
process. Then the install process requested reboot. During the reboot,
I chose 'Windows setup', which ended up with a blue screen:
UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME
Stop: 0x000000ED
(0x8348E030, 0xC000014F, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)

Is there a solution to problem above ?

Regards,

Marek Grinberg

 

[Theo]

Go to:
http://search.microsoft.com/results.aspx?mkt=en-US&setlang=en-US&q=Stop:+0x000000ED
and see if any of the search results give you any ideas for
your particular situation.

 

[JW]

I have two HDDs and dual boot them. One has XP in its primary partition C:
and the other has Xista RC2 in its Primary C: partition.
When I had RC1 and installed from an ISO disk image it installed in the 2nd
drive without problem, however, since the XP HDD was still mounted it did
not create a boot sector on the Vista HDD. So I decided to make a clean
install with the XP HDD cable disconnected and then everything worked fine
with or without the XP HDD connected.
I understand that may not work with an RTM upgrade license but it may be
worth a try.