mortowne Posted March 7, 2009 Posted March 7, 2009 Hi all,I purchased a and downloaded a 64 bit version of Vista Ultimate from Digital River. I now own the following files:boot.wiminstall.wimx14-63453.exeI'd rather not wait the 2-? weeks to receive media, so I'm really trying to make this work. I'm currently running Windows 2K (32 bit), so I can't run the setup file from Windows. I know I need to create a bootable DVD, but all the tutorials I've found to-date begin with "run the setup file."How do I create a bootable DVD to install Vista?Thanks!
Kotuku Posted March 7, 2009 Posted March 7, 2009 http://nightowl.radified.com/bootcd/bootcdintro.html#P1Lots of hits when you Google"Create Bootable DVD"
submix8c Posted March 7, 2009 Posted March 7, 2009 In-depth explanation of WAIK and deploying Vista - mentions the WIM files - CLICK!Just googled on "BOOT.WIM" and found it. Appears that you have everything you need (I think - no gots da Vista).Begin reading above link now!
mortowne Posted March 7, 2009 Author Posted March 7, 2009 I've googled more than you can imagine.The problem seems to be that the exe needs to be uncompressed to some 500+ files first. These files make up the store-bought version of the software, and need to be on the bootable disk.By the way - I didn't buy in-store because I got a really good deal online via the Ultimate Steal..I'll continue to google away.
submix8c Posted March 7, 2009 Posted March 7, 2009 (edited) AAARGHHH! - complete instructions (simple too) just for you (and anyone else with this scenario) -clickey-clickeyUrp! And you probably can use any burning software (CDIMAGE is proprietary). Edited March 7, 2009 by submix8c
mortowne Posted March 7, 2009 Author Posted March 7, 2009 Thanks Submix - our previous posts overlapped...I've seen this tutorial. Step #2 includes running the exe, which I can't do on my 32 bit OS.
submix8c Posted March 7, 2009 Posted March 7, 2009 Go to RARLABS (WinRar - google it) and download the evaluation version. IT will allow extracting the EXE file to wherever you want it. (info found by google EXTRACT "X13-49120.exe"). Now go for it!
mortowne Posted March 7, 2009 Author Posted March 7, 2009 Youdaman. Unzipped (shades of WinZip...) . Now I'll create my boot disk. Thanks for snapping me out of it - i needed that.
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