Installation VISTA or XP from Hard Drive.

[roseusa]

is any way to install vista or xp from hard drive. i mean if i copy whole DVD to hdd and install it from there.

i know i have to modify some files...! which ones....?
also do i need to make bootable HDD first, after formating...? can any body explain steps.

what is th best way to install XP and Vista on same computer but sepereate hard drives, 1. SATA, 2. ATA

which OS is better to install first and on which drive (SATA/ATA)...?

Thanks

 

[linney]

Just some ideas in no particular order. Why can't you use the DVD like most people do?

"i know i have to modify some files...! which ones....?
also do i need to make bootable HDD first, after formating...? can any body explain steps".

Can you explain what you are trying to do, are you talking about creating some type of hidden recovery partition?





Running Vista Setup from hard drive?

http://www.vistaheads.com/forums/mi...eral/1394-running-vista-setup-hard-drive.html

I:\sources\Setup.exe, where I: is the DVD Drive, seems to start the Setup, when you click on Setup.exe. If you do copy to your hard drive, watch out not to format the setup files by mistake.

If you copy the DVD with DOS, you will need to create a temporary FAT32 partition to store them. It might pay you to check to see if a 9x Startup Floppy with CD Support can read the DVD files. Otherwise something like BartPE would be very handy.

BartPE (a mini XP self contained on a bootable CD and run from CD). Needs two CD/DVD drives to avoid swapping disks in and out (which is not too successful).

http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/

307848 - HOW TO: Start Setup from MS-DOS in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307848&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

See - "You Receive a File Copy Error During Setup"

"copy the i386 folder from the CD-ROM drive to your local hard disk, and then try to run Setup from your hard disk."

310064 - HOW TO: Troubleshoot Windows XP Problems During Installation When You Upgrade from Windows 98 or Windows Me

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310064&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

How to Install Windows XP on a Laptop with No CD Drive

http://www.techtroupe.com/os/windows-xp/how-to-install-windows-xp-on-a-laptop-with-no-cd-drive/

It has been a Microsoft Policy that when Dual Booting, the oldest gets installed first, a sort of age before beauty policy if you like. Not that every one thinks Vista is a beauty.

I have SATA drives but they are set in the Bios as compatible IDE drives, I am happy with that and never have any problems with drivers and F6 etc.

This thread covers some of the Dual Booting help and Virtual PC alternatives.

XP Pro and Vista dual boot?
thread779-1376301

 

[BadBigBen]

Not that every one thinks Vista is a beauty.

well it has more eye candy...

but what linney pointed out, is by far the best advice that anyone can give. It is far easier to install XP first then Vista, but it can be done the other way around (but a headache thereafter)... so stick with XP first then VISTA...

Install XP from HDD?
thread779-1241197

Windows XP: Installing from Harddrive

http://www.tech-recipes.com/windows_installation_tips578.html

a brief explaination:

Installing Vista from Hard Disk

http://11011.net/archives/000645.html

Ben

"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."

 

[roseusa]

thanks for replies, yes i just want to have whole installable OS on seperate partition. so i don't need CD/DVD when ever i need to install.

 

[linney]

Having tried some of my suggestions on a test machine I want to correct the impression that MS-DOS can install Vista, apparently this is not possible. Also you cannot create a file larger than (2^32)-1 bytes (this is one byte less than 4 GB) on a FAT32 partition. This may probably limit the copying of Install.wim which on DVD is over 4GB in size.

BartPE may have problems too, as when I tried to use that to run Vista Setup it returned an error concerning the PE version not being suitable and to use PE version from Windows Server 2003 SP1.

 

[BadBigBen]

Read the last link I posted...

also follow the here link on that page and the comments/replies (button at the bottom) are very useful...

PS: Have not tried it myself, yet...

Ben

"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."