Vista on 5 CDs

I have Vista Business that installs from 5 CDs instead of 1 DVD. I want to
do the following:

1. Copy the installation to 1 DVD so that it installs from that 1 DVD and
2. Slipstream SP1 into the installation.

Please advise if and how I can do these.

Thanks,
~alan

Hi Alan,

No can do on either. Even if you can find a method to convert the multiple
disks to a single, there is no method to slipstream SP1 due to differences
in how the services are implemented.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"~~Alan~~" <> wrote in message
news:...
>I have Vista Business that installs from 5 CDs instead of 1 DVD. I want to
>do the following:
>
> 1. Copy the installation to 1 DVD so that it installs from that 1 DVD and
> 2. Slipstream SP1 into the installation.
>
> Please advise if and how I can do these.
>
> Thanks,
> ~alan
>
>

On Sat, 20 Sep 2008 08:04:57 -0400, "Rick Rogers" <>
wrote:

>there is no method to slipstream SP1 due to differences
>in how the services are implemented.

You should tell these people that it cannot be done:-
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/15...ation-dvd.html
--

Cheers,

DrT

** Stress - the condition brought about by having to
** resist the temptation to beat the living daylights
** out of someone who richly deserves it.

It requires the use of vlite, a third party program, and also breaks the
full disk so that you can only use it to install the one particular version.
I'll give that it's a workaround, but what you get from it is no longer a
full install disk and certainly isn't supported should something go awry.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"DrTeeth" <no-> wrote in message
news:...
> On Sat, 20 Sep 2008 08:04:57 -0400, "Rick Rogers" <>
> wrote:
>
>>there is no method to slipstream SP1 due to differences
>>in how the services are implemented.
>
> You should tell these people that it cannot be done:-
> http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/15...ation-dvd.html
> --
>
> Cheers,
>
> DrT
>
> ** Stress - the condition brought about by having to
> ** resist the temptation to beat the living daylights
> ** out of someone who richly deserves it.

On Sat, 20 Sep 2008 09:14:57 -0400, just as I was about to take a
herb,"Rick Rogers" <> disturbed my reverie and wrote:

>It requires the use of vlite, a third party program, and also breaks the
>full disk so that you can only use it to install the one particular version.
>I'll give that it's a workaround, but what you get from it is no longer a
>full install disk and certainly isn't supported should something go awry.

I just had to stick my nose in <g> as you said that there was no way
to do it...that being an absolute statement.

Personally, I don't have any problems with the limitations that you
mention. A big plus is that it can apparently repair an SP1 install
where the original version cannot.
--

Cheers,

DrT

** Stress - the condition brought about by having to
** resist the temptation to beat the living daylights
** out of someone who richly deserves it.

That Tutorial is on how to slipstream SP1 into a DVD, not CD as this poster
asks. Therefore there is nothing wrong with that tutorial. It works and
many people including myself have used it.

--
Peter
"DrTeeth" <no-> wrote in message
news:...
> On Sat, 20 Sep 2008 08:04:57 -0400, "Rick Rogers" <>
> wrote:
>
>>there is no method to slipstream SP1 due to differences
>>in how the services are implemented.
>
> You should tell these people that it cannot be done:-
> http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/15...ation-dvd.html
> --
>
> Cheers,
>
> DrT
>
> ** Stress - the condition brought about by having to
> ** resist the temptation to beat the living daylights
> ** out of someone who richly deserves it.

I have not tried....yet...but It may or may not work

Install 'WAIK' (http://tinyurl.com/ykoo3x)

and copy all *.swm files into folder.

> imagex /export d:\install*.swm 4 d:\sample.wim "Windows Vista Ultimate"
If everything may go correct and right manner... It export Vist
Ultimate image and save to D drive....

Copy the file *sample.wim *n rename to *install.wim *to CD1 (firs
delete existing install.swm

--
Ramesh Kumar MV

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(https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Ramesh.Kumar)
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