If you do go the route of VMware on your laptop, then you'll want to use
this for Virtual Server R2 to mount Vista:
FINALLY: Virtual Machine Additions for Beta 2 are available
http://blogs.msdn.com/mikekol/archiv...27/643152.aspx
From Mike Kol [MSFT]:
We've finally released the Microsoft Virtual Machine Additions for Windows
Vista Beta 2!
You can download the additions here:
http://connect.microsoft.com
Log into the site, and sign up for the Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 Beta if
you're not already in it. In the downloads section, you'll see the
Additions for Beta 2.
To install them run the MSI installer from the download site (yeah... that
should be pretty obvious, actually). The installer will ask you where you
want to put the new Additions, but will default to %SystemDrive%\Program
Files\Microsoft Virtual Machine Additions.
To install the Additions in your Vista VM, just mount the
VMAdditionsforVistaB2.iso file in your Virtual Machine, and run the
installer as normal.
Enjoy!
Getting the New VM Addition for Non-Connect Memters:
http://blogs.msdn.com/mikekol/archiv...27/680836.aspx
CH
"ta" <ta@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> OK, I installed Vista and it ran perfectly for a while until one day when
> I
> ran into a driver failere during strart up. The screen said my file was
> corrupted and vista need to be reinstalled, so I wanted to restore my
> computer to windows vista. However, I lost the burned DVD but have the ISO
> image on an other computer that does not have a DVD burner. So then I
> thought
> of first restoring to windows Xp to my messed up laptop and then moving
> the
> iso image over via our local area network and burning it and reinstalling
> it.
> But the restore utility is stored on a secondary partition of my computer
> and
> i cannot get it to boot. Can anyone help me?
>
> Restore Utillity: Phoenix CME Recovery Software
>
>