On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 16:44:18 -0400, you wrote: >At 01:12 PM 6/8/2006, Gary VanderMolen typed: >>Since I don't own a DVD burner, I've been using the following >>procedure for my Vista installations: >> >>The downloaded file is in a .ISO format. Install Daemon Tools >>(a virtual DVD drive) on your XP partition. Mount the down- >>loaded file on the DT virtual drive; it starts running automatically >>and at some point will ask you which partition to install to. Be >>sure to choose the second or empty partition. It will then >>create a dual boot menu, allowing you a choice of booting >>XP or Vista. > >I've been using UltraIso for quite a while but it couldn't read the >Vista ISOs because they are in UDF format so I upgraded to UltraIso >8.0. It read the UDF ISO files just fine & has an option to call Nero >& to mount the ISO via Daemon Tools or their own virtual optical >driver SoftDisc therefore one could create an ISO from a CD/DVD & >mount it in a virtual drive very seamlessly in what appears an >all-in-one process. I used Daemon Tools 4
Haven't tried it yet but Alcohol120% should also burn it - I make ISO with UltraISO-8 and burn with Alcohol and don't have any trouble. ><http://www.daemon-tools.cc/> since it's freeware as opposed to the >EZB Systems SoftDisc which is $19.95. > >Anyway I have Vista x64 downloaded & shall try it in a dual boot on >my AMD64 w/ an Asus AX800XT/TVD w/ 256M DDR III ><http://usa.asus.com/products4.aspx?modelmenu=2&model=279&l1=2&l2=9&l3=15> >machine while trying Vista x86 on an AMD XP 2400+ machine but I'll >have to install on that machine a Gigabyte GV-N66T128D [nVidia >GeForce 6600 GT w/ 128MB DDR III] ><http://www.giga-byte.com/Products/VGA/Products_Spec.aspx?ClassValue=VGA&ProductID=1230&ProductName=GV-N66T128D> > >in order to fully try out Windows Aero ><http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/features/default.mspx>. > > >-----------+---------- > a Windows Xp based >Diagnostic & Recovery CD > <http://www.xppe.com/> Sir Hugh of Bognor -- Remember. You may honestly believe that you understood everything you thought I said but what you thought you heard wasn't exactly what I said. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] E38 Bognor Regis, W.Sussex, England, UK -- ---------------------------------------- The WIN-HOME mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html
