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problem with vista image

20 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/problem-with-vista-image.48582/

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ponzi Original post #1
Feb 5, 2007 at 8:18 PM
i have a version of vista enterprise that is in the form of an iso image!!
i hv no dvd riter and its wrth 3.96gb
cn i load it w/o a disk..
i mean by using smthing like daemon tools or sm other virtual drive dat will be identified when loading?
plz help
rakeshishere
Feb 5, 2007 at 8:21 PM
I guess Nope,U need a DVD-ROM with/without a writer for vista to be installed and I think Virtual Drive will not Help u,But the ONLY option is to use any virtualization soultion like vmware/virtual pc and give a Test-drive to vista :)
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ponzi #3
Feb 5, 2007 at 8:25 PM
uhh.
ok ill do smthing abt it
thnx anywes
iMav
iMav #4
Feb 5, 2007 at 8:45 PM
daemon/alcohol 120% ... both will make the iso readable ... and u can run it .... but it is better to have it on another media ... not sure whether ul b able to install it
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ponzi #5
Feb 5, 2007 at 8:50 PM
but will dos read the virtual drives while loading?
Tech Geek
Feb 5, 2007 at 8:52 PM
Nope
You need a DVD writer..
Try to borrow it from someone for 1 hr
rakeshishere
Feb 5, 2007 at 8:54 PM
ponzi said:
but will dos read the virtual drives while loading?

My answer-->"Nope" was the answer to this exact question of urs which even i had doubted few months back :D
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ponzi #8
Feb 5, 2007 at 9:01 PM
oh damn!
neways.. thnx guys fr ur help!!!
ill try and borrow one or else do smthing else abt it
Vishal Gupta
Feb 5, 2007 at 10:43 PM
And I used to think that downloading Vista from net is ILLEGAL...
~Phenom~
~Phenom~ #10
Feb 6, 2007 at 12:13 AM
^^lol.
shantanu
shantanu #11
Feb 6, 2007 at 12:24 AM
where did you download it !!! its not available LEGALLY!!! in illegal things >>>>> thats not good... to download Illegal and use it.. thats BAD

buy a version
tarey_g
tarey_g #12
Feb 6, 2007 at 10:32 AM
rakeshishere, mAV3, Tech_geek = wrong advice.

Dudes WTH! how are you helping that guy , Everybody is giving him wrong advice here . The image can be mounted on a virtual drive and through it you can install the OS , When you first run the setup from you xp OS for vista from the virtual drive , it caches all the necessary files to run the setup after PC has restarted , that means any interaction from the drive is not needed after the PC restarts during installation.
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ponzi #13
Feb 6, 2007 at 10:37 AM
oh ok!
ill try it out!
thnx anyways!
Kiran.dks
Kiran.dks #14
Feb 6, 2007 at 10:47 AM
tarey_g said:
rakeshishere, mAV3, Tech_geek = wrong advice.

Dudes WTH! how are you helping that guy , Everybody is giving him wrong advice here . The image can be mounted on a virtual drive and through it you can install the OS , When you first run the setup from you xp OS for vista from the virtual drive , it caches all the necessary files to run the setup after PC has restarted , that means any interaction from the drive is not needed after the PC restarts during installation.

First of all trying to assist "Piracy" itself is wrong here.
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ponzi #15
Feb 6, 2007 at 10:50 AM
uhh
i just realised smthing..
does smthing known as vista 'enterprise' exist coz on the MS site i cn nly see vista buisness, no enterprise..
by any chance is it the open beta version?
rakeshishere
Feb 6, 2007 at 11:32 AM
tarey_g said:
rakeshishere, mAV3, Tech_geek = wrong advice.

Dudes WTH! how are you helping that guy , Everybody is giving him wrong advice here . The image can be mounted on a virtual drive and through it you can install the OS , When you first run the setup from you xp OS for vista from the virtual drive , it caches all the necessary files to run the setup after PC has restarted , that means any interaction from the drive is not needed after the PC restarts during installation.
Have u ever Tried this?:rolleyes: ..It hasnt worked 4 me coz i have tried it long way back;)

@ponzi,See Windows Vista Enterprise Edition for more Details and Vista Business and Vista Enterprise are the same :)
vinit suri
Feb 6, 2007 at 11:42 AM
4GET IT ........man
IM DELETING THE IMAGE:-x:-x:-x:-x:-x:-x
rakeshishere
Feb 6, 2007 at 12:05 PM
vinit suri said:
4GET IT ........man
IM DELETING THE IMAGE:-x:-x:-x:-x:-x:-x

Ur first post in the Forum and U talkin bad stuff:D
tarey_g
tarey_g #19
Feb 6, 2007 at 3:11 PM
rakeshishere said:
Have u ever Tried this?:rolleyes: ..It hasnt worked 4 me coz i have tried it long way back;)

@ponzi,See Windows Vista Enterprise Edition for more Details and Vista Business and Vista Enterprise are the same :)

I works , i had installed it this way ,the Public beta 2 and the other releases. It works this way and perfectly.

@Kiran_tech_mania , i don't know what image he has(and i dont care) . May be public beta 2 free to try or may be not, even he is not clear. I know the solution to his question an i answered it. Whats the prob.
chahal63
chahal63 #20
Feb 6, 2007 at 3:57 PM
you can use this link it may halp u
*www.pro-networks.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=77377