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Accessing files in a windowsimagebackup
But others remove the actual Utility (& in some cases even the Files that are Burned to the Disk) when yo uCreate the "Restore/Recovery" Disk! -( But either way, you can always Create your own *Install* CD (though that won't also include all the OEM-specific Drivers & Pre-Installed Software & stuff.

O/T --- Odds and Ends
How did everyone install XP before Vista arrived?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - This is broadly correct. The SATA controller on your PC requires storage drivers, and these need to be present before Windows is installed, in order for WIndos setup to "see" the disk. You have two options: 1) install a

Debian Weekly News - April 24th, 2007
Any ideas for a novice that that feels he is back in the stone age and is having to send faxes again and horrors of horrors I had to create a hand written The Install CD gave me errors and Epson replied to my email: Since Vista is still in the Beta stage we have no drivers that are supported for your version of

creating Windows 2000 slipstreamed install disk
I know the extra files are taking up an additional ~350mb of disk space that I want to recover. Creating a new WIM file using the /export switch does not remove the files. Does anyone know what files can be removed from the install.wim file to have an En-US only install disk? A Microsoft tech looked at the disk and

Vista now needs CD to boot after installing XP on slave--suggestio
A lot of vendors don't release their hardware information, so it's difficult to for programmers to create Linux device drivers, and a lot of drivers or support programs have to be sought out and various files edited to make the drivers that do exist work. From a blank machine to a working XP installation takes

REMOVING VISTA
As you point out, the C partition is the "active" partition--even though my XP installation doesn't even really work anymore. I just want to delete it entirely and make my Vista disk (the F parition) into the only partition--and ideally rename it C. How do I make the Vista parition active? and then how do I "repair

ping Jeff -Newsreader
All fine and dandy until I go to install it and the key doesn't work. I'm using a generic XP install cd, is that the problem? I know they sometimes have brand If you successfully upgrade from XP to Windows Vista, you should create a set of ... or order replacement disks contact HP Customer Care for assistance.

Loading xp over vista
If you are not going to keep Vista installed, why do you need it left on the hard drive? The Windows XP install CD lets you delete partitions, create new ones, and format them. Nothing of Vista will survive. Hence I thought the best bet would be to boot from CD and when it took us to the installation steps,

extending the C: partition
The fact that microsoft managed to create and market its braindead son (winXP) so soon after win2k became available does not alter the fact that it was win2k, most Live CD versions of Linux have an install to hard disk option which you can exercise if you feel suitably impressed (all CD sluggishness aside).

Installing XP over Vista
John Barnes jbar...@email.net microsoft public windows vista installation_setup You already have the ntdetect.com and ntldr files, that's why you now get the NTOSKRNL message. If you don't have a boot.ini it is more difficult as it can be difficult to create one. On your XP install CD, go into the Recovery Console,

Was XP as bad as this when it came out?
Steps i've gone through I initially tried installing through the setup disk , which didn't work so.. Uninstalled all Canon software deleted the obvious into my DSL router )) Tried to install IJ network driver, recieved error on can't create port Read various posts here on creating port and tried to create port:

Ubuntu, eCS, and XP
I create partition because if Windows' installer don't see target partition until installation so if I create partition under windows installer and specify Primary master disk. It don't have any partitions else. You load vista dvd and say to it to install system to first disk. win vista install files to it

How to install VHIDMINI driver program on VISTA 64BIT OS
The number on the COA, of course, is unique, and is provided for reinstallation when you are using a real install CD and not reinstallation via disk image. I aways record both product keys, the one actually running, and the one on the COA sticker. I create a file called Prodkey.txt that has this information,

hyphenation - possible glitch? ... just passing this on
Robert Millan [4]announced version 0.4.0 of the Debian [5]loader for Windows operating systems including Vista. Joey Schulze [6]reported that [7]security Aurelien Jarno [16]announced that a new installation CD image is available for Debian [17]GNU/kFreeBSD. This [18]port is based upon the GNU C library and the

Vista now needs CD to boot after installing XP on slave--suggestio
To do this, type the following command at a command prompt: Drive:\boot\Bootsect.exe /NT60 All In this command, Drive is the drive where the Windows Vista installation media is located. Note The boot folder for this step is on the DVD drive. 2. Use Bcdedit.exe to manually create an entry in the BCD Boot.ini file

Vista ate my baby. - Rmail
Needing to run msaccess.exe as administrator might be required for operational reasons as well, but if he wants the setup program to be able to create system.mdw I have run Access 97 runtimes on Vista and tested that, but I have not tested installing Office 97 on Vista. The installation of the runtime did not

Windows screwup forces Ubuntu shift
Latoon Lat...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista performance_maintenance My apologies, You are dealing with a novice here. After 24 hours of failing to get into the system I took the advise offered by the system to try to repair via the installation disc,this failed and I saw a suggestion

Installing a bootloader HowTo (was :"Re: NEWBIE-questions")
Wayne Wa...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista performance_maintenance Hi Ronnie Did all as explained and have been able to do complete It appears you can only do a complete pc recovery using a windows installation disc ? Hopefully you can do it somehow as there will be 'days' required to

Vista won't boot up! Please read! HELP!
Afterwards, I followed some directions I found to create a dual boot menu here: http://windowssecrets.com/2008/02/14/01-Make-your-computer-dual-boot-Vista-and-XP Everything works fine--but ONLY if I have the Vista install CD in my CD/DVD drive. Otherwise I get a "DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS

Reloading Windoxs XP on my computer for repair.
Now we know that you don't want to copy a CD, after all, because the Vista installation medium is a DVD. I'm sure that you'll need to use a 3rd party application You'll need to first create an ISO file on your hard drive, and then burn a new DVD from that ISO file. Now I'm confused. I did a Vista backup through