electrosam Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 HiI have integrates SP1 in Vista setup using vlite and created iso image. How to use a 4GB Pen Drive to install Windows VIsta from it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blerk Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 (edited) First of, this has been asked and answered many times, did you try to search for "install vista from usb stick" in google? But anyways let me give you the answer, I'm in a good mood today.On a system already running Vista (there's no way around it unless you got a WinPE boot disk version 2.0 or 2.1) and put the stick in your PC. Open a command box (start -> run -> cmd) and run the following commands:# diskpart# list diskPAY VERY GOOD ATTENTION HERE AS YOU MIGHT WIPE OUT YOUR 2ND OR ANOTHER HARD DRIVE THATS NOT YOUR USB STICK!DISKPART> list disk Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt -------- ---------- ------- ------- --- --- Disk 0 Online 149 GB 0 B Disk 1 Online 3836 MB 0 B(in this example disk 1 is the usb disk, you can check which disk in the list has the size of your usb stick, my stick is 4gb.)# select disk 1 (be sure the disk you select is your usb stick!)# clean# create partition primary# select partition 1# active# format quick fs=fat32# assign# exitAfter this navigate to the usb stick via "my computer" then unpack the ISO you made to it. You can also copy the files from the vLite workdir to it.I hope this helps, but next time please use the search Edited July 21, 2008 by blerk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mirecek1965 Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Simply download soft PeToUsb.EXE, check format disk and other settings let be. Then hit START. After this copy your vLited Vista to USB stick. I always install Vista from USB key :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ancient Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Hi...just curious ...are there any other apps with easy gui that can do this other than PeToUsb.EXEThanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alvinkhorfire Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 (edited) After installing Windows Vista, can I just delete every file or format the pen drive so that I can reuse the pen drive as storage device? To completely erase the pen drive, do I have to use command prompt or just usual deleting in Windows Explorer? Edited September 9, 2008 by alvinkhorfire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aviv00 Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 i make my usb vista bootable with hp format tool and win98 boot files[im not sure if the win98 is needed]and then with bootsec /nt g: i make it boot from bootmgr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topbrass1960 Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 (edited) I hope someone has the answer. I was able to get the system to boot and run the installer on the pen drive. After I format the drive and select the Vista operating system to install I get the following error "WIndows could not determine if this computer contains a valid system volume"I searched the internet and the solution given is to disable the USB drive in the BIOS. There are two issues the first one is obvious, need USB enabled to boot on USB pen drive also my BIOS only allows me to change to boot order.My hard drive is a 36GB SATA 10,000 RPM Raptor drive I do not know if this is an issue but there are no driver issues on boot and the installer can see the drive just fine.Last but not least I would love to see a vLite version that allows me to select more then one version at a time to update.Love vLite just looking for more like everyone else, keep up the good work Edited September 24, 2008 by topbrass1960 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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