vLite Vista x64 to a USB drive?

[Static_Nexus]

hi guys,

I have a 250GB 2.5" SATA drive in a USB enclosure. I really want to make it so I can boot off the usb drive and install it from that instead of the slow DVD. can anyone help me with this? thanks in advance!

[Rik.Reinink]

Okay, this is what you need to :

Open a CMD (with admin rights).

Type the following:

**note: this is going to erase everything off the HDD**

diskpart

list disk

**now look in that list for your disk, in this example I'll use disk 1**

select disk 1

clean

create partition primary

select partition 1

format fs=ntfs quick

active

exit

exit

Now copy the content of your Windows DVD to the HDD and boot it, easy as that!

Good Luck, and Take Care!

Rik

Edited June 18, 2008 by Rik.Reinink

[Static_Nexus]

Okay, this is what you need to :

Open a CMD (with admin rights).

Type the following:

**note: this is going to erase everything off the HDD**

diskpart

list disk

**now look in that list for your disk, in this example I'll use disk 1**

select disk 1

clean

create partition primary

select partition 1

format fs=ntfs quick

active

exit

exit

Now copy the content of your Windows DVD to the HDD and boot it, easy as that!

Good Luck, and Take Care!

Rik

Hi Rik!

I've already tried that and got something like this!

"Invalid system disk

Replace the disk, and then press any key"

[oskingen]

hi guys,

I have a 250GB 2.5" SATA drive in a USB enclosure. I really want to make it so I can boot off the usb drive and install it from that instead of the slow DVD. can anyone help me with this? thanks in advance!

You need to have only one primary partition and marked as active for your usb hard drive. that's it.(whatever ntfs or fat)

after in your bios you have to change the boot drive to select your usb HDD once you have copied the install file in the root of the HDD.

[Static_Nexus]

hi guys,

I have a 250GB 2.5" SATA drive in a USB enclosure. I really want to make it so I can boot off the usb drive and install it from that instead of the slow DVD. can anyone help me with this? thanks in advance!

You need to have only one primary partition and marked as active for your usb hard drive. that's it.(whatever ntfs or fat)

after in your bios you have to change the boot drive to select your usb HDD once you have copied the install file in the root of the HDD.

hhmm tried it again as per your instructions of 2 other machines, now im getting:

NTLDR is missing

Press Ctrl Alt Del to Restart

any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Static_Nexus]

hi guys,

I have a 250GB 2.5" SATA drive in a USB enclosure. I really want to make it so I can boot off the usb drive and install it from that instead of the slow DVD. can anyone help me with this? thanks in advance!

You need to have only one primary partition and marked as active for your usb hard drive. that's it.(whatever ntfs or fat)

after in your bios you have to change the boot drive to select your usb HDD once you have copied the install file in the root of the HDD.

hhmm tried it again as per your instructions of 2 other machines, now im getting:

NTLDR is missing

Press Ctrl Alt Del to Restart

any help would be greatly appreciated.

turns out it was due to NTFS permissions, striped em all out and it worked