How to install with no bootable DVD drive?

G

Guest

Here's my problem.

I have a computer with dual drives. One drive is a CD drive, and the other
is a DVD-RW drive. I have no floppy drives. The DVD-RW drive will not boot,
but the CD drive will.

How can I install Vista from a DVD? I can only boot from the CD drive. Is
there a disk I can use in the CD drive that will redirect the boot to the DVD
drive and install Vista?

Also, I'm trying to dual boot it with XP. I've heard elsewhere that it's
possible to install Vista from within XP by mounting the ISO image as a
virtual drive... could somebody clarify?
 
G

Guest

I'm not sure about your bootings problem, however, I know that you can mount
the ISO with DAEMON TOOLS at http://www.daemon-tools.cc.

After downloaded, right click on the icon in the taskbar > Virtual
CD/DVD-ROM > Mount an Image and select the ISO file.

Hope this helps.
 
A

Andre Da Costa [Extended64]

You need to set your DVD-RW Drive in your BIOS to become the first boot
device.
See link, the same instructions should be applicable to DVD Drives:
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/j_helmig/bootcd.htm

You could also mount the ISO as a Virtual drive with tools such as Daemon
Tools or NERO Image drive, but you have start setup from within another
operating system.
 
G

Guest

So, it is possible to install from within XP? Thanks for your time. I already
have much information about virtual drives, and already have a copy of Daemon
Tools.

I cannot set the BIOS to boot from the DVD drive. It 'tis the Dell BIOS'
fault.

Sorry for the other post, there was an error message, so I made a duplicate
post. Turns out the error was not real!
 
J

Jim Fraas

I had no problems installing and I have a Dell myself. However,I can boot
from the DVD drive.
After burning my DVD,i copieed all the files to a seperate folder and ran
Setup from that folder within XP.
I installed to a seperate partition and one hour from the start of setup I
was installed and online :)
 

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