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Old 09-17-2008  
Brink


Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64
 
 

USB Bootable Vista Installation Flash Thumb Drive

How to Create a Vista Installation USB Key

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Last edited by Airbot; 09-19-2009 at 04:33 AM..
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Old 10-07-2008  
Brink


Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: USB Bootable Vista Installation Flash Thumb Drive

Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by kfm View Post
update
i used a recovery dvd from hp which has windows vista home premium
and i guess it has no bootsect.exe on it
.... so any other idea about how to make it
bootable on my usb flash drive
thanx
That would be why then. It must be a retail Vista installation DVD for it to have the bootsect.exe file.

You can borrow a friends retail Vista installation DVD to use to create this though.

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Old 10-07-2008  
kfm


Vista Home Premium 32bit
 
 

Re: USB Bootable Vista Installation Flash Thumb Drive

i just did that from another windows vista cd .. but my question now is it possible to copy original recovery dvd contents on the usb after i created this bootsect.exe from my friend vista cd
thanx
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Old 10-07-2008  
Brink


Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: USB Bootable Vista Installation Flash Thumb Drive

Sorry, but no.
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Old 10-08-2008  
kfm


Vista Home Premium 32bit
 
 

Re: USB Bootable Vista Installation Flash Thumb Drive

thanx again and sorry for me again ...as you know most laptops now come with recovery cd not a retail vista cd .. so can i make an image of hp recovery cd and then make it bootable on the flash drive..any help appreciated
coz i suffer alot with recovery sets (either lost,scratched ...etc)
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Old 10-08-2008  
Brink


Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: USB Bootable Vista Installation Flash Thumb Drive

I'm sorry kfm, but I do not know how to do it for a OEM recovery CD.

You might post this question in the General Discussion forum to see if by chance someone may know of a way to create a bootable USB flash drive with a OEM Vista recovery CD.
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Old 10-11-2008  
hclarkjr


Vista ultimate 64 bit SP2
 
 

Re: USB Bootable Vista Installation Flash Thumb Drive

EXCELLENT GUIDE!!!! many thanx to you Brink just created install DVD with vlite and integrated all the updates till now for vista with sp1. worked great
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Old 10-11-2008  
Brink


Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: USB Bootable Vista Installation Flash Thumb Drive

You're welcome H.ClarckJR.

Shawn
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Old 10-17-2008  
dinesh


Windows 7 RTM 64-bit
 
 

Re: USB Bootable Vista Installation Flash Thumb Drive

hey shawn, i got the same error message like UndeFinitiOn. i also tried the next step that you provided. it still gives the same error, no partition selected.
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Old 10-17-2008  
Brink


Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: USB Bootable Vista Installation Flash Thumb Drive

Hi Dinesh,

Do you have a retail Vista installation DVD to use?

If so, did you try these steps with the tutorial instead?
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Old 10-20-2008  
dinesh


Windows 7 RTM 64-bit
 
 

Re: USB Bootable Vista Installation Flash Thumb Drive

No Shawn, i do not have a retail vista installation disk. I have installed the OEM vista OS (cracked). May be this is the reason for this issue. Anyways, thanks for the help dear. . .
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