problem with vista image

i have a version of vista enterprise that is in the form of an iso image!!
i hv no dvd riter and its wrth 3.96gb
cn i load it w/o a disk..
i mean by using smthing like daemon tools or sm other virtual drive dat will be identified when loading?
plz help

[rakeshishere]

I guess Nope,U need a DVD-ROM with/without a writer for vista to be installed and I think Virtual Drive will not Help u,But the ONLY option is to use any virtualization soultion like vmware/virtual pc and give a Test-drive to vista

uhh.
ok ill do smthing abt it
thnx anywes

[iMav]

daemon/alcohol 120% ... both will make the iso readable ... and u can run it .... but it is better to have it on another media ... not sure whether ul b able to install it

but will dos read the virtual drives while loading?

[Tech Geek]

Nope
You need a DVD writer..
Try to borrow it from someone for 1 hr

[rakeshishere]

Originally Posted by ponzi

but will dos read the virtual drives while loading?

My answer-->"Nope" was the answer to this exact question of urs which even i had doubted few months back

oh damn!
neways.. thnx guys fr ur help!!!
ill try and borrow one or else do smthing else abt it

[Vishal Gupta]

And I used to think that downloading Vista from net is ILLEGAL...

[~Phenom~]

^^lol.

[shantanu]

where did you download it !!! its not available LEGALLY!!! in illegal things >>>>> thats not good... to download Illegal and use it.. thats BAD

buy a version

[tarey_g]

rakeshishere, mAV3, Tech_geek = wrong advice.

Dudes WTH! how are you helping that guy , Everybody is giving him wrong advice here . The image can be mounted on a virtual drive and through it you can install the OS , When you first run the setup from you xp OS for vista from the virtual drive , it caches all the necessary files to run the setup after PC has restarted , that means any interaction from the drive is not needed after the PC restarts during installation.

oh ok!
ill try it out!
thnx anyways!

[Kiran.dks]

Originally Posted by tarey_g

rakeshishere, mAV3, Tech_geek = wrong advice.

Dudes WTH! how are you helping that guy , Everybody is giving him wrong advice here . The image can be mounted on a virtual drive and through it you can install the OS , When you first run the setup from you xp OS for vista from the virtual drive , it caches all the necessary files to run the setup after PC has restarted , that means any interaction from the drive is not needed after the PC restarts during installation.

First of all trying to assist "Piracy" itself is wrong here.

uhh
i just realised smthing..
does smthing known as vista 'enterprise' exist coz on the MS site i cn nly see vista buisness, no enterprise..
by any chance is it the open beta version?

[rakeshishere]

Originally Posted by tarey_g

rakeshishere, mAV3, Tech_geek = wrong advice.

Dudes WTH! how are you helping that guy , Everybody is giving him wrong advice here . The image can be mounted on a virtual drive and through it you can install the OS , When you first run the setup from you xp OS for vista from the virtual drive , it caches all the necessary files to run the setup after PC has restarted , that means any interaction from the drive is not needed after the PC restarts during installation.

Have u ever Tried this? ..It hasnt worked 4 me coz i have tried it long way back

@ponzi,See Windows Vista Enterprise Edition for more Details and Vista Business and Vista Enterprise are the same

[vinit suri]

4GET IT ........man
IM DELETING THE IMAGE

[rakeshishere]

Originally Posted by vinit suri

4GET IT ........man
IM DELETING THE IMAGE

Ur first post in the Forum and U talkin bad stuff

[tarey_g]

Originally Posted by rakeshishere

Have u ever Tried this? ..It hasnt worked 4 me coz i have tried it long way back

@ponzi,See Windows Vista Enterprise Edition for more Details and Vista Business and Vista Enterprise are the same

I works , i had installed it this way ,the Public beta 2 and the other releases. It works this way and perfectly.

@Kiran_tech_mania , i don't know what image he has(and i dont care) . May be public beta 2 free to try or may be not, even he is not clear. I know the solution to his question an i answered it. Whats the prob.

[chahal63]

you can use this link it may halp u
http://www.pro-networks.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=77377