can't find instalation files

[thegilb100]

Hi

i am trying to use vlite with the "windows vista external recovery media" that came with my msi laptop. and it keeps giving me the error message "cannot find the expected instalation files" when i browse the vista dvd

i just want to ask where on the DVD are the vista install files located?

Edited July 21, 2010 by thegilb100

[Kelsenellenelvian]

The "proper" vista media does not exist on those recovery disks...

You need a retail Vista DVD.

[ZEndUser]

On my Toshiba recovery DVDs it was the ZZImages folder. I had to copy both DVDs to my harddrive and then move the .swm files to the sources directory that contained a BOOT.WIM. Do you have a bunch of .swm files on your DVD?

[thegilb100]

On my Toshiba recovery DVDs it was the ZZImages folder. I had to copy both DVDs to my harddrive and then move the .swm files to the sources directory that contained a BOOT.WIM. Do you have a bunch of .swm files on your DVD?

there were no .swm files at all, and like 4 boot.wim

is there anything i can do short of downloading a .iso?

(i thought i would add a .txt of the disks file tree if that would help at all)

tree.txt

[thegilb100]

update: i ended up getting am iso of vista and now have vlite working

i was testing a configuration in virtualbox and the programme won't boot after instalation and reports hal.dll is missing, any ideas on how this could happen? did i remove it when i was removing features?

Edited July 25, 2010 by thegilb100