Vista - USB Bootable Vista Installation Flash Thumb Drive

Well I got further along on my roomy's system made it thru the activate command at least but then when I tried to do the bootsect command I got an error mssg on his computer about it being the wrong version, x86 vs x64 and it won't do the command. Apparently this is because his system has the 32 bit version of vista installed and I'm trying to create a bootable drive of the 64 bit version.

Then figured since I had the drive at least to the point that it had the partion active would try the bootsect command on my XP system but when I try it on my XP computer I get a pop up window that says:
"K:\boot\bootsect.exe is not a valid Win32 application."

When I click the okay button then I get the following mssg at the cmd prompt:
"Access is denied"

Was a nice idea but think I'm just going to have to give up on the idea of making a convinent flash drive of vista unless you have another suggestion. Fortunatly its only $20 bucks down the drain.

You might see if booting into the Advanced Boot Options screen and select the Safe Mode with Command Prompt option will work for you. From there, see if you can run the command with Vista installation DVD in the drive.

Nope still gave me the mssage about X86 vs x64 so am afraid that unless I find someone with x64 installed I cant get past this point

Ok, last idea. See if you can do like this Startup Repair tutorial at boot, but select Command Prompt instead in step 6. From there see if you can do the instructions to create the USB drive.

should I be able to do this from my XP system? I wouldnt want to mess up my roomates computer.

You should be able to since you will be only running from the Vista installation DVD at boot in that command prompt.

Welp, I think I'll give up at this point. If I try to use the 64 dvd in my xp machine I get a message about my computer isnt able to run this version of Vista.

Went ahead and made a sys restore point on my roomies system and rebooted with the 64 bit dvd in the drive but when I get to the part where you get the window for choosing which OS it only lists the 32 bit he has installed so when I clicked next got a mssg saying the restore files are not compatable with his OS.

Seems like once I have Vista 64 installed I'll be able to make a USB disk, definitly have all the steps memorized now LOL, but untill I do that it seems like its impossible.

LOL, I bet you do have them memorized by now. I hope it goes smoothly after installing the 64 bit Vista for you.

How Can i execute that command, can someone tell me please??
I tryed do:
x:\windows\system32>cd\
x:\F:\boot\bootsect.exe /nt60 G:\
And i got:
F.\boot\bootsect.exe is not recognized as..................batch.

thank you.

Hello Akuanauta, and welcome to Vista Forums.

Do you have the retail Vista installation DVD in the drive, and using the same 32-bit or 64-bit installation DVD as the Vista you have installed?