Slipstream Vista SP2 with Ultimate Upgrade Disk?

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ITPhoenix

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The instructions for slipstreaming Vista SPs is excellent in http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/230249-sliptream-vista-sp2.html and presumably utilizes Full Retail versions of the OS.

 Q1. Would the above procedure work with an Upgrade disk? It contains the ability to install several versions of Vista.

 Q2. In the alternative, just making a backup of the disk would be of some benefit in case of failure or AOL.

 Thank you for any help.
 
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Hi,

It depends what you mean by an upgrade dvd.

If it is a proper MS Vista dvd - they are identical. The Upgrade dvd is exactly the same as the Full retail dvd. Only the product key is different.
 

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Thanks brethren for the feedback.

 Thank you for the backup suggestion. However, what I meant by backup was the disk itself. I'm used to Norton Ghost 14 and just learned to save my disk image on a home network PC; XP saved on Vista (good luck but it does work!) (I would not try v.14 on Windows 7 though)

 The product is genuine MS. The case label says "Upgrade". However, it will do a clean install either with or without a lower version up and running by booting with the DVD. The disk no. is:

 FRMCXFRE_EN_DVD

 When booted, one of the dialog boxes will indicate Upgrade Disabled if it does not detect another OS. Upgrading is normally done with the lower version up and running with the upgrade writing itself over the old OS while leaving all the programs files and settings intact. And there is the option to clean install on another partition.

 This is why I suspected the Upgrade disk was different than the full retail.

 I did try to copy XP with Nero using the default settings to no avail. I later learned, in http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/xpsp3_slipstream.asp, that ISO software is required and that you could get away with the free version of ISO Buster there. I simply followed the instructions without slipstreaming since it was already SP3. It worked.

 Now I will investigate if Free ISO Buster will work on the Vista routine referenced above, unless someone indicates that it will not.

 The reason I still have Vista is that I do repairs online sometimes and most folks have either Vista or XP. I need to know the precise Vista routines, click by click, so my instructions are accurate.

 I threw 7 on an old Dell GX270 with 1GB RAM and was shocked that it ran as fast as Vista on an HP xw9400 Workstation with 4GB RAM and at least twice the processing power. It also booted 3 times faster. Unbelievable.

 Thanks again.
 
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