So I don't go through this and sound like and id*** in the end, I'm using Vlite on an XP machine since my laptop does not have the right DVD burning capabilities. Before I move on, do I need to do what you described above on the Vista machine? Or can I do it on my XP machine that has the proper DVD burner and HDD space? Next, if I understand what you said earlier, I was supposed to: 1) Copy the WIM files to a FOLDER 2) Rename WIM files accordingly Where I got lost is the "SOURCE" folder... this is where I'm thinking you may mean on VISTA (Laptop is at work with partner for another 1 1/2 hours before I can find out if there is a "SOURCE" folder there... Or did you mean (as I tried) copy the SOURCE folder off the DVD image and then put those files in that folder... if you did, I did that and it didn't work, came up with an error: "Can not find the expected files. Make sure you select the folder on the drive which contains the Vista installation files, usually on the installation DVD. Note: you can not use the already installed Windows like C:\Windows" The source folder only contains a file called "boot.wim" and I did try to rename it "boot.swm" Maybe I'm missing something?