How to write an iso image of Vista installation DVD to usb pen dri

I want to write the Wi Windows Vista iso image of the install dvd to the pen
drive. then boot from the pendrive to the installation process eliminating
the need for a blank dvd. Is there a way I can write the ISO image of the
windows Vista install DVd to my usb pen drive so i can set up Windows Vista
using the pen drive rather than a DVD...

Request for Help
Thanks in advance

In simple terms no.
You will have to set up your pen drive as a bootable HD.
This can be done through HPs utility that can be found on google.
After you have formatted your pen drive as a bootable disk you need to extract the files from the ISO and copy them accross.
Please take note of the size of the files you are copying accross as they may be quite large.
Once the drive is formatted and set up with the files you need to set up the bios to boot from usb. This is done easier if the drive is in the usb slot when scanning for disk.

Hi Roy,
Thank u very much for your quick reply.
Actually I have tried this. That is I downloaed the HP USB Disk Storage
Format Tool Version 2.0.6 utility, installed it on my system & created a dos
bootable pen drive. Then i extracted the windows XP SP3 iso image to the pen
drive & booted the system using this pen drive. System get booted to dos
prompt but OS installtion is not started. For your information, the size of
USB pen drive is 2Gb & size of iso file is 600MB.
If you have successfully done this, then please let me know the procedure
you followed.

Thanks in advance
Best Regards


"roy69" wrote:

You need to get the boot files created. When I used my usb key as a boot disk it was for a mobo bios upgrade which I did manually. There must be an autoexec file or something similar. Look on your disk and post back what you find.

Hi roy,
thanks once again.
I have used windows 98 bootable floppy to create a bootable pen drive.
So on my pen drive, there are only IO.SYS, MSDOD.SYS & COMMAND.COM get
created, nothing else & may be because of this my pen drive get booted to dos
prompt i.e C:\.

Thanks,
best regards

"roy69" wrote:

This article is for Windows XP but is similar with Vista

No.

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"Ananomous" <Ananomous@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:6890F624-FA01-4B40-9BEF-E1AAF9F1D0A8@xxxxxx

Type in dir, if this does not work you will have to put some system commands on the disk, I am at work but will look at the installation disk later to give you the command you need. Try typing setup into the cmd.

An "ISO" image is not bootable - the reason for "...the need for a blank
dvd..." is for the bootable image created from the "ISO" image.

Also something is amiss regarding "... size of iso file is 600MB...." - the
Vista ISO image is roughly 2.2 gigs in size (reason for a DVD).


"Ananomous" <Ananomous@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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He is trying to do XP! Thus the 600Mb.
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