Vista - How to install with no bootable DVD drive?

Here's my problem.

I have a computer with dual drives. One drive is a CD drive, and the other
is a DVD-RW drive. I have no floppy drives. The DVD-RW drive will not boot,
but the CD drive will.

How can I install Vista from a DVD? I can only boot from the CD drive. Is
there a disk I can use in the CD drive that will redirect the boot to the DVD
drive and install Vista?

Also, I'm trying to dual boot it with XP. I've heard elsewhere that it's
possible to install Vista from within XP by mounting the ISO image as a
virtual drive... could somebody clarify?

I'm not sure about your bootings problem, however, I know that you can mount
the ISO with DAEMON TOOLS at http://www.daemon-tools.cc.

After downloaded, right click on the icon in the taskbar > Virtual
CD/DVD-ROM > Mount an Image and select the ISO file.

Hope this helps.

"coolbho3000" wrote:

> Here's my problem.
>
> I have a computer with dual drives. One drive is a CD drive, and the other
> is a DVD-RW drive. I have no floppy drives. The DVD-RW drive will not boot,
> but the CD drive will.
>
> How can I install Vista from a DVD? I can only boot from the CD drive. Is
> there a disk I can use in the CD drive that will redirect the boot to the DVD
> drive and install Vista?
>
> Also, I'm trying to dual boot it with XP. I've heard elsewhere that it's
> possible to install Vista from within XP by mounting the ISO image as a
> virtual drive... could somebody clarify?
>
>

You need to set your DVD-RW Drive in your BIOS to become the first boot
device.
See link, the same instructions should be applicable to DVD Drives:
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/j_helmig/bootcd.htm

You could also mount the ISO as a Virtual drive with tools such as Daemon
Tools or NERO Image drive, but you have start setup from within another
operating system.
--
Andre
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"coolbho3000" <coolbho3000@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:823464D1-D93D-4886-887C-E484BFC465C0@microsoft.com...
> Here's my problem.
>
> I have a computer with dual drives. One drive is a CD drive, and the other
> is a DVD-RW drive. I have no floppy drives. The DVD-RW drive will not
> boot,
> but the CD drive will.
>
> How can I install Vista from a DVD? I can only boot from the CD drive. Is
> there a disk I can use in the CD drive that will redirect the boot to the
> DVD
> drive and install Vista?
>
> Also, I'm trying to dual boot it with XP. I've heard elsewhere that it's
> possible to install Vista from within XP by mounting the ISO image as a
> virtual drive... could somebody clarify?
>
>

Sorry, I realize you need clarification on the mounting of ISO:
http://www.daemon-tools.cc/dtcc/daem...ge=12#mounting
--
Andre
Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"coolbho3000" <coolbho3000@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:823464D1-D93D-4886-887C-E484BFC465C0@microsoft.com...
> Here's my problem.
>
> I have a computer with dual drives. One drive is a CD drive, and the other
> is a DVD-RW drive. I have no floppy drives. The DVD-RW drive will not
> boot,
> but the CD drive will.
>
> How can I install Vista from a DVD? I can only boot from the CD drive. Is
> there a disk I can use in the CD drive that will redirect the boot to the
> DVD
> drive and install Vista?
>
> Also, I'm trying to dual boot it with XP. I've heard elsewhere that it's
> possible to install Vista from within XP by mounting the ISO image as a
> virtual drive... could somebody clarify?
>
>

So, it is possible to install from within XP? Thanks for your time. I already
have much information about virtual drives, and already have a copy of Daemon
Tools.

I cannot set the BIOS to boot from the DVD drive. It 'tis the Dell BIOS'
fault.

Sorry for the other post, there was an error message, so I made a duplicate
post. Turns out the error was not real!


"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:

> Sorry, I realize you need clarification on the mounting of ISO:
> http://www.daemon-tools.cc/dtcc/daem...ge=12#mounting
> --
> Andre
> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
> "coolbho3000" <coolbho3000@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:823464D1-D93D-4886-887C-E484BFC465C0@microsoft.com...
> > Here's my problem.
> >
> > I have a computer with dual drives. One drive is a CD drive, and the other
> > is a DVD-RW drive. I have no floppy drives. The DVD-RW drive will not
> > boot,
> > but the CD drive will.
> >
> > How can I install Vista from a DVD? I can only boot from the CD drive. Is
> > there a disk I can use in the CD drive that will redirect the boot to the
> > DVD
> > drive and install Vista?
> >
> > Also, I'm trying to dual boot it with XP. I've heard elsewhere that it's
> > possible to install Vista from within XP by mounting the ISO image as a
> > virtual drive... could somebody clarify?
> >
> >
>
>
>

I had no problems installing and I have a Dell myself. However,I can boot
from the DVD drive.
After burning my DVD,i copieed all the files to a seperate folder and ran
Setup from that folder within XP.
I installed to a seperate partition and one hour from the start of setup I
was installed and online

"coolbho3000" <coolbho3000@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8693277D-7989-4E71-B34B-3F77C7E7C96A@microsoft.com...
> So, it is possible to install from within XP? Thanks for your time. I
> already
> have much information about virtual drives, and already have a copy of
> Daemon
> Tools.
>
> I cannot set the BIOS to boot from the DVD drive. It 'tis the Dell BIOS'
> fault.
>
> Sorry for the other post, there was an error message, so I made a
> duplicate
> post. Turns out the error was not real!
>
>
> "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
>
>> Sorry, I realize you need clarification on the mounting of ISO:
>> http://www.daemon-tools.cc/dtcc/daem...ge=12#mounting
>> --
>> Andre
>> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
>> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
>> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>> "coolbho3000" <coolbho3000@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:823464D1-D93D-4886-887C-E484BFC465C0@microsoft.com...
>> > Here's my problem.
>> >
>> > I have a computer with dual drives. One drive is a CD drive, and the
>> > other
>> > is a DVD-RW drive. I have no floppy drives. The DVD-RW drive will not
>> > boot,
>> > but the CD drive will.
>> >
>> > How can I install Vista from a DVD? I can only boot from the CD drive.
>> > Is
>> > there a disk I can use in the CD drive that will redirect the boot to
>> > the
>> > DVD
>> > drive and install Vista?
>> >
>> > Also, I'm trying to dual boot it with XP. I've heard elsewhere that
>> > it's
>> > possible to install Vista from within XP by mounting the ISO image as a
>> > virtual drive... could somebody clarify?
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>