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Well done. How?

https://gist.github.com/AlexanderPavlenko/2278427 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/microsoft-hyper-v-server-2008-R2/ee731893(v=ws.10)?redirectedfrom=MSDN you could try cdobs .cmd file something like this @echo off setlocal EnableExtensions EnableDelayedExpansion pushd %~dp0 set installpath=f: rem thanks to cdob echo Setting USB boot drivers &echo. copy "%installpath%\system32\config\system" "%installpath%\system32\config\system_%random%.sav" reg.exe load HKLM\loaded_SYSTEM " %installpath%\system32\config\system" set ControlSetDefault= call :setReg Default call :setReg LastKnownGood reg.exe unload HKLM\loaded_SYSTEM popd goto :eof :setReg set ControlSet=001 reg.exe query "HKLM\loaded_SYSTEM\Select" /v "%1" >nul 2>&1 && ( for /f "skip=2 tokens=3" %%a in ('reg.exe query "HKLM\loaded_SYSTEM\Select" /v "%1"') do set /a ControlSet=%%a set ControlSet=000!ControlSet! ) set ControlSetNNN=ControlSet%ControlSet:~-3% if %ControlSetDefault%.==%ControlSetNNN%. goto :eof echo. &echo ControlSet "%ControlSetNNN%" used. set Services=HKLM\loaded_SYSTEM\%ControlSetNNN%\Services set Control=HKLM\loaded_SYSTEM\%ControlSetNNN%\Control reg.exe add %Control%\PnP /f /v PollBootPartitionTimeout /t REG_DWORD /d 30000 reg.exe add %Control% /f /v BootDriverFlags /t REG_DWORD /d 0x6 set ControlSetDefault=%ControlSetNNN% goto :eof

Great, thanks.

Thanks. will wimcapture append to an existing wim ?

Happy New Year. Is there a way to use wimlib --snapshot with Wincopy so it can be run from within windows instead of having to boot into pe or another os ?

Antivirus is alarmed by it.

That is interesting. Presumably there is a limitation on those proprietary oem mobo bios from Dell and possibly others. I didnt use UEFI7 for vista to run in efi mode on gigabyte b75m ds3h ( lga1555 ivybridge) or on gigabyte b365m ds3h ( lga1151 coffeelake) I copied the boot critical files from the hd that was on the b75 to the esp partition on the b365. I have just looked at them and they are the windows 11 files. I had tested win11 out on the b75 which explains that.

From within windows 7 you could use winntsetup to apply the vista image to another partition. If you use the apply method, Vista will have the os letter D rather than the customary C, ( unless it had been previously sysprepped ). I had a look at the driverpack for that model,they have them for win7 and for xp, but I didnt see any for vista though some of them also support vista, for example the irst drivers in the win7 pack are 11.2.0.1006 https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-uk/000122075/latitude-e6530-windows-7-driver-cab which are listed here as supporting vista https://www.techspot.com/drivers/driver/file/information/16292/

I dont think it is because of win7. I have dual booted both os before.

Are you using the vista bootx64.efi or did you replace it with win7 one?

You can get the updates with dism++ later. Either the problem is your installation media, or there is something about your mobo/bios which is different from the normal lga1155 mobos from gigabyte etc. . The way to find out is to install vanilla vista with sp2

Did you try using regular vista install.wim , just in case your frakenstein version is causing the issue ?

"but could not get it to mark the drive as active, like you said to do" At cmd prompt: diskpart sel vol v ( replace v with the letter of your usb stick fat32 partition ) act exi Then close diskmgmt and open it again to see the change

Yes, the SP1 "media refresh" win7 iso work fine for this. It doesnt have the vista license files, so it shows you the win 7 equivalent. Dont worry about that, it actually installs vista. If you want setup to allow you to choose any edition of vista that is in the install.wim, delete the ei.cfg file from the win7 sources folder on the usb stick.

Lots of tools can do it. I use wimlib which is command line. It can be done easily with gimagex, which is a free tool with simple gui https://www.autoitconsulting.com/site/software/gimagex/