Vista - Vista SP1 Slipstream Installation DVD

Hi Sev,

It does seem odd - just trying to interpret the error message, but as you have some problems already e.g. your control panel uninstall, who knows.

Have been told by microsoft mvp not to run two versions of Vista on same machine - so I can't recommend it.

However, if you are using two separate drives as opposed to two partitions , means two sets of boot files.

Should install as the product key will recognise the motherboard, you will only be booting into one at a time.

Don't see why it wouldn't work - in fact I recall coming across sites where people have done just that.

SIW2

Shawn. Great and detailed tutorial (as always), BUT at step 15, with an image over 4 Gb, it is not clear how to get to the next step, where you ..dot... and reduce the image? I am at 4.53 Gb, so I tried burning it with Nero onto a double layer DVD, but that seemed OK until the end when it failed to do a close disk (or some such error). So I have my nicely prepared .iso file, now I want to get it under 4 Gb. Do I have to start again, or can I reduce this file at your step 16, if only I could get there!

Thanks
Kotuku

Hi Kotuku,

You should still be able to use the ISO it created. Just run vLite again, but only check Bootable ISO in step 8 instead. Select the ISO when prompted (steps 9 & 10), then burn the DVD. It should condense it for you the second time through.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Umm, I must be doing something wrong. When you fire up Vlite, the only option at the start is to select the Copy of the Vista Original disk files (they one I have copied to the desktop). I can't select the 4.5 Gb .iso file I created yesterday. If I go to the next steps in Vlite and at step 8 as you describe above, this makes a bootable ISO file but only of the original Vista files, without the SP1 upgrade.

I don't mind starting again, but what step(s) do I take from the start to make sure I have the smallest final .iso?

The downloaded SP1 file (Windows6.0-KB936330-X64-wave0) is a 5 language version and is 750 Mb in size, is there a single language one I can use that is smaller?

Sorry to be a pain!
Kotuku

Hi Kotuku,

Normally I wouldn't recommend removing components at the same time as slipstreaming SP1. If you are having trouble with the .iso size, you might like to try removing the foreign languages which, if it works, reduces the size of the install dvd by over 1gb.

To do this , first click the options tab, top left of vLite and uncheck the options , then OK.


Follow the tutorial but also check Components in step 8



When you click Next at step 13 ( I think it's at this step - anyway, you'll see it )

This box pops - just click OK



Then you see this Window - tick only the Languages box ( you can click the + sign to expand languages and tick individual ones to remove - but I always remove them all )



Then click Apply and continue on - you will recognise the steps from the tutorial, so continue as before.


Hope it works for you. I have used vLite a lot , but have not tried this particular combination of steps.

SIW2

Many thanks. The trick seems to be that while it is building the image (I love that 90 minute wait <smile>, it tells you to hit the APPLY button at the end to make any changes and smaller. That button is greyed out at the end and you have to click Back and then the Components button to make the APPLY button clickable. Just rebuilding the image now, fingers crossed!

Thank you for posting back your results so far Kotuku. I have added this as a NOTE under step 15A. Please let me know if it needs any correction based on how it worked for you. This can help others avoid the same problems you are having.

Thank you,
Shawn

Hi Kotuku,

I would have tried it myself, but since I have SP1 on my dvd already, I was hoping you were up for being the guinea pig. All I could do was give the best general idea that I could and let you figure out precisely when to click the back, next, and Apply buttons. Not clear from your post as to whether you tried removing the languages.

You seem to have sorted it out - let us know that it has (hopefully ) worked out.

SIW2

Umm, well it seems to have finished and I have a bootable Vista DVD, BUT, on booting the new disk up, it doesn't at the load page say Vista SP1, should it?
The key here with VLite program seems to be that you make your ISO and not close this program down until you have sorted out the ability to make the image smaller.
I suspect SIW2's post above where you get the option to remove the language components is the easiest way, right from the start.

Having made my vlite.iso, I right clicked and was given 2 options to open it with, either Nero or ISO recorder v3. Is the latter part of Vista Ultimate? I never knew I had it!

Hi Kotuku,

I haven't done the slipstream thing, but am not surprised it doesn't change the load page dialog - microsoft weren't expecting Dino to have made such a brilliant program. ( I assume you got the v1.1.6 to avoid the Waik download - suggest you make a copy of the 1.1.6 installer.exe onto a cd as this is now very hard to get ).

When you have installed it, you should be able to see SP1 listed in the System window - hit the windows and break keys together and the system window pops up.

Once you have the made the .iso , you can use any program that burns a bootable iso to dvd - I use vLite as it's right there.

I don't have the Ultimate, but I'd be surprised if it included a 3rd party app. like iso recorder - you probably downloaded it some other way?

How many gb is the install dvd you just created ?


SIW2