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Download something called the windows dvd download tool.https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/913.using-the-windows-7-usbdvd-download-tool.aspx
It's a Microsoft utility. It should work with vista.
Step 1: The first thig to do is locate the serial key if its not located on your computer you can find in the registry. http://download.cnet.com/%7Bvalue=http://www.download.com/magical-jelly-bean-keyfinder/3000-18487_4-10079600.htmlThe Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder is a freeware utility that retrieves your Product Key (cd key) used to install windows from your registry. It has the options to copy the key to clipboard, save it to a text file, or print it for safekeeping.
Download the Windows Vista startup disk .ISO file. A .ISO file is a "disk image" file, meaning that it is a compressed archive of all the files that would normally be found on a CD contained in one simple file. Microsoft does not provide users with an official Windows Vista startup disk. Because of this, a number of services online provide their own for users free of charge. Download the .ISO (see Below) file to your computer's desktop. http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/download-windows-vista-x64-recovery-disc/ Put a blank DVD in your computer's DVD writer. Open your DVD burning program. As long as your program can burn .ISO files, you can use any software you'd like. Burn the .ISO file to a DVD by selecting the "File" menu, clicking on "Open" and locating the .ISO file from your hard drive. Next, click the "Burn" button in your DVD burning software and the files contained in the .ISO will be burned to the disk. Label your Windows Vista startup disk with a pen or marker and keep it in a place where you won't lose it. If your computer is damaged to the point where you would need a startup disk, you won't be able to use your computer to make one. It is very important that you do not lose this disk.
Download the Windows Vista startup disk .ISO file. A .ISO file is a "disk image" file, meaning that it is a compressed archive of all the files that would normally be found on a CD contained in one simple file. Microsoft does not provide users with an official Windows Vista startup disk. Because of this, a number of services online provide their own for users free of charge. Download the .ISO (see Below) file to your computer's desktop. http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/download-windows-vista-x64-recovery-disc/ Put a blank DVD in your computer's DVD writer. Open your DVD burning program. As long as your program can burn .ISO files, you can use any software you'd like. Burn the .ISO file to a DVD by selecting the "File" menu, clicking on "Open" and locating the .ISO file from your hard drive. Next, click the "Burn" button in your DVD burning software and the files contained in the .ISO will be burned to the disk. Label your Windows Vista startup disk with a pen or marker and keep it in a place where you won't lose it. If your computer is damaged to the point where you would need a startup disk, you won't be able to use your computer to make one. It is very important that you do not lose this disk.
http://systemdiscs.com/?utm_source=neosmart&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=Vista_Recovery $9.75 Click Here to Learn How to Create a System Repair Disc for Free It turns out that Microsoft is going to let you create your own Windows 7 or Vista repair disc when Service Pack 1 comes out in a month or so. If you can't wait that long, the nice people over at Neosmart have created their own Windows 7 or Vista Repair Disc available for download. Update: it looks like the discs are no longer free. The file is an ISO image file... if you are familiar then skip to the link, otherwise we've also got instructions on how to create a CD from the ISO file. Burn Windows 7 or Vista Recovery Disc ISO to CD You may already have a tool to do this such as Nero, but the best tool available for burning ISOs is ImgBurn, a freeware utility that does nothing else but burn ISO images, and it does it well. Open up ImgBurn, and then click on the "Browse for a file" button, selecting the file you downloaded from Neosmart.
Put a blank CD into the drive, and then click the big Write button.
Windows 7: http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/11/10/windows-7-iso-x86-and-x64-official-direct-download-links-ultimate-professional-and-home-premium/ http://www.mydigitallife.info/2010/04/28/download-windows-7-iso-official-32-bit-and-64-bit-direct-download-links/
Windows vista: http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/12/22/64-bit-x64-windows-vista-official-direct-download-links/
You can't. The CD burning software in VISTA does burn an ISO Image, which is what the firmware update must be burned in. XP DOES do ISO, but not Vista. You'll need to download a free CD burning software (Google "Free ISO Image Burner"), then burn the firmware update you downloaded onto a CD as an ISO Image. Then, update the player.
How to make a bootable Windows Vista ISO DVD media
Put all 3 downloaded files (namely install.wim, boot.wim and an
executable X13-49120.exe) in the same folder (for this tutorial, let’s
assume the files are put on C:\ else you need to modify the path
accordingly).
Run the X13-49120.exe executable. Windows Vista Setup Preparation
will create a new folder “Vista” inside the folder and will populate
the folder with all necessary Vista setup files which takes up about
2.52 GB disk space.
Extract CDimage from CDimage.zip to the C:\ root directory.
Open a command prompt shell, and run the following command:
cdimage.exe -lVISTA_EN_DVD -m -u2 -bC:\Vista\boot\etfsboot.com C:\Vista\ C:\Vistax86.iso
Bootable Windows Vista x86 DVD ISO image in UDF format will be created as vistax86.iso in C:\ or any folder you specified above.
Burn the newly create ISO with a CD/DVD burning software such as Nero or Alcohol 120%. Try to burn at low speed (i.e. 4X) and turn on verification to ensure that the DVD creation is fine.
Visit here for illustrative guide on using CDImage GUI version to make the bootable DVD ISO.
Create a Windows Vista ISO image and DVD with Oscdimg
Another possible way to create a bootable Vista ISO and DVD is by
using Oscdimg CD-ROM and DVD-ROM Premastering Utility, available via WinPE (Windows Preinstallation Environment) via Business Desktop Deployment 2007 or Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK).
Complete step 1 – 3 as above.
In the command prompt window, run the following command:
oscdimg -bC:\Vista\boot\etfsboot.com -h -u2 -m -lVISTA_EN_DVD C:\Vista\ C:\VistaDVD.iso
A VistaDVD.iso UDF DVD image will be created and can be used to boot the computer from DVD to install Vista.
Burn the ISO image file by using last step above.
Visit the guide to create Vista bootable DVD using vLite.
Note: For 64-bit Windows Vista, download etfsboot.com and put it into “\Vista\boot” folder. Or users
using WAIK (WinPE), the etfsboot.com can be found at
%Programfiles%\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools\amd64\boot\ folder. So simply
replace -bC:\Vista\boot\etfsboot.com with -bC:\Program Files\Windows
AIK\Tools\PETools\amd64\boot\etfsboot.com when making 64-bit Vista DVD
image.
The general install procedure for USB devices is to install the drivers/software first then connect the device. The PC should then detect and initialize the device.
I however recommend you check and follow manufacture's guidance/steps.
If you don't havethe drivers/softwrae, download the drivers/software from the link below.
How To Make Vista Bootable DVD with WIM Downloaded Files
If
you have purchased Windows Vista online and taken the delivery of the
latest operating system via web download from Windows Marketplace, you
would ends up with a few downloads with .wim and .exe file extensions.
Rather than paying additional shipping and handling charges, you can
burn or create a bootable ISO DVD image from downloaded Vista files
with the following trick, where the .iso image can subsequently write
to a DVD. The DVD created will be the typical 32-bit Windows Vista DVD
that available in retail channel, and can be used to clean install.
How to make a bootable Windows Vista ISO DVD media
1. Put all 3 downloaded files (namely install.wim, boot.wim and an
executable X13-49120.exe) in the same folder (for this tutorial, let’s
assume the files are put on C:\ else you need to modify the path
accordingly).
2. Run the X13-49120.exe executable. Windows Vista Setup Preparation
will create a new folder “Vista” inside the folder and will populate
the folder with all necessary Vista setup files which takes up about
2.52 GB disk space.
3. Exit from the Install Windows screen.
4. Download CDimage 2.52
5. Extract CDimage from CDimage.zip to the C:\ root directory.
6. Open a command prompt shell, and run the following command:
Bootable Windows Vista x86 DVD ISO image in UDF format will be
created as vistax86.iso in C:\ or any folder you specified above.
7. Burn the newly create ISO with a CD/DVD burning software such as
Nero or Alcohol 120%. Try to burn at low speed (i.e. 4X) and turn on
verification to ensure that the DVD creation is fine.
Create a Windows Vista ISO image and DVD with Oscdimg
Another possible way to create a bootable Vista ISO and DVD is by using
Oscdimg CD-ROM and DVD-ROM Premastering Utility, available via WinPE
(Windows Preinstallation Environment) via Business Desktop Deployment
2007 or Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK)
1. Complete step 1 - 3 as above.
2. In the command prompt window, run the following command:
A VistaDVD.iso UDF DVD image will be created and can be used to boot the computer from DVD to install Vista.
3. Burn the ISO image file by using last step above.
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