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Dougx1317   10-06-2008 at 10:21:24 PM

I have been struggling with this all weekend I downloaded all the vista files, but when I burn them it only makes a data DVD that is not bootable. How do I make this into a bootable DVD? I have magic iso, but it doesn't seem to work with my DVD drive at all. Is there another program? How would I do it? Below is a list of the files I have. None of the folders contain iso files. They all equal about 4GB. The setup won't work because I'm using a 32-bit OS right now. How do I make a bootable DVD of this?

BOOT (Folder)
EFI (Folder)
SOURCES (Folder)
SUPPORT (Folder)
UPGRADE (Folder)
AUTORUN (Setup Information)
BOOTMGR (File)
BOOTMGR.EFI (EFI file)
SETUP (Application)

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notherdude   10-07-2008 at 01:33:21 AM
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http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007 [...] ded-files/

Have not tried it myself. These instructions are for files in a different sort of format (.wim and .exe) but they may help.

Is it possible to boot from another boot disk and then switch in the one you burned and run setup.exe from there. You might try the ultimate boot disk http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/


Message edited by notherdude on 10-07-2008 at 01:38:08 AM
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Dougx1317   10-07-2008 at 02:21:54 AM
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I have a windows vista 32-bit disc that I can't get to do anything but load windows. I wish I had a 64-bit disc like this. I also have a "Hiren's Boot CD" that a friend gave me once. I'll try that.

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Dougx1317   10-07-2008 at 02:44:38 AM
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Well, Hiren's Boot CD was a huge collection of diagnostic tools, system tools, and configuration tools. But it has nothing that can help me install vista 64-bit. I'll try the Ultimate Boot CD that you mentioned above.

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notherdude   10-07-2008 at 03:02:51 AM
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Dougx1317 wrote :

Well, Hiren's Boot CD was a huge collection of diagnostic tools, system tools, and configuration tools. But it has nothing that can help me install vista 64-bit. I'll try the Ultimate Boot CD that you mentioned above.



Hirens is better LOL. The trick is to boot into it and run some sort of program that will back out to a command prompt and then switch disks and navigate to the drive letter of the dvd drive and run setup manually.

------------------------------ tehhardpro wrote :


notherdude u have an old hand. Having an old hand doesnt make sence. Cuz its old. get a new one.. seems like ur hand doesnt understand what it is writing. So placve it in ur rig instead of vista human orgnoids will amke more sense
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Dougx1317   10-07-2008 at 03:22:00 AM
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What sort of program would that be? I messed around a bit and only found tools. After looking at a list on the hiren's website, I don't see anything that looks like it would help me. What would you suggest?

Another thing I should note, this is on my laptop that only has one optical drive. I have all of the files on my internal hard drive and an external hard drive. Will I be able to use the setup file from there?

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notherdude   10-07-2008 at 03:31:04 AM
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I poked around a little in hirens but unfortunately I have an external usb drive and I couldn't get it properly loaded. I was using a version of dos I found in the 'more' section of hirens.

My idea was to burn your downloaded files to a dvd and then boot from hirens, load drivers for the dvd drive and then switch disks while dos was still running. I have no idea if this will work - my skills in this area are pretty crude. Sorry I couldn't be more help.

If I can dig anything up I'll report back.

------------------------------ tehhardpro wrote :


notherdude u have an old hand. Having an old hand doesnt make sence. Cuz its old. get a new one.. seems like ur hand doesnt understand what it is writing. So placve it in ur rig instead of vista human orgnoids will amke more sense
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