Vista CD

My friend just bought an Acer computer with Vista SP1 on it. It came with
no literature or CDs. Is there a way he can make a bootable CD with Vista
Sp1 on it for emergencies?

Panic wrote:

> My friend just bought an Acer computer with Vista SP1 on it. It came with
> no literature or CDs. Is there a way he can make a bootable CD with Vista
> Sp1 on it for emergencies?

AFAIK slipstreaming Vista is an iffy proposition so far. Supposedly the
makers of nLite (an excellent tool for slipstreaming and streamlining XP)
have created vLite for Vista. I haven't tried it so YMMV. If others reading
your post have tried it, I'm sure they will report what happened.

In any case, your friend doesn't have a real Vista DVD install disk. H/She
should definitely create the Acer System Restore disks (refer to the Acer
Help file/manual/website for how to do this) but that's just an aside.

The download at this site might help:
http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/window...disc-download/

I don't know if the image from there includes SP1 or not. You could contact
them to find out.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
Don't Panic!

there may be a way to make a backup of the entire drive, call support.
I had a new lenovo come the same way, it had backup software installed. I
had to
call support to figure out how to use it,
"Panic" <> wrote in message
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> My friend just bought an Acer computer with Vista SP1 on it. It came with
> no literature or CDs. Is there a way he can make a bootable CD with Vista
> Sp1 on it for emergencies?
>

Acer Recovery Media Purchase Program
https://secure3.tx.acer.com/RCD/Main.aspx

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience -
Windows Vista Enthusiast

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"Panic" <> wrote in message news:%23JbW9$...
My friend just bought an Acer computer with Vista SP1 on it. It came with
no literature or CDs. Is there a way he can make a bootable CD with Vista
Sp1 on it for emergencies?

There will be a "hidden" partition on your Hard Drive containing Recovery
Files to take your computer back to factory standards.

You make a bootable back-up DVD from the files there.

If there is no "nagging" screen coming up about doing it, and nothing in a
Manual for your computer, check out Acer's website, or contact them to ask
how it is done.

Each manufacturer has their OWN way to do it!
--
Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


"Panic" wrote:

> My friend just bought an Acer computer with Vista SP1 on it. It came with
> no literature or CDs. Is there a way he can make a bootable CD with Vista
> Sp1 on it for emergencies?
>
>
>

Well ... wasn't that clever !
Sell them Vista...Then sell it again !
Acer sell viagra too ?
What a low down scummy business this has become

--
Hobbes
Tiger Extraordinaire/ TDTK, QZ,MissAK
"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <> wrote in message
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> Acer Recovery Media Purchase Program
> https://secure3.tx.acer.com/RCD/Main.aspx
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Desktop Experience -
> Windows Vista Enthusiast
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "Panic" <> wrote in message
> news:%23JbW9$...
> My friend just bought an Acer computer with Vista SP1 on it. It came with
> no literature or CDs. Is there a way he can make a bootable CD with Vista
> Sp1 on it for emergencies?
>
>

Mick Murphy wrote:
> There will be a "hidden" partition on your Hard Drive containing Recovery
> Files to take your computer back to factory standards.
>
> You make a bootable back-up DVD from the files there.
>
> If there is no "nagging" screen coming up about doing it, and nothing in a
> Manual for your computer, check out Acer's website, or contact them to ask
> how it is done.
>
> Each manufacturer has their OWN way to do it!
I had a Compaq that did this with XP.
The program botched the disk creation then deleted itself.
You're only allowed to do this once...even if it doesn't work.
And there's nowhere to download the program.
Response from Compaq support was, "sorry for the inconvenience".

Use a disk imaging program to image ALL partitions and save that
away before you do ANYTHING with/on/to a computer.

"mike" <> wrote in message
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> Mick Murphy wrote:
>> There will be a "hidden" partition on your Hard Drive containing Recovery
>> Files to take your computer back to factory standards.
>>
>> You make a bootable back-up DVD from the files there.
>>
>> If there is no "nagging" screen coming up about doing it, and nothing in
>> a Manual for your computer, check out Acer's website, or contact them to
>> ask how it is done.
>>
>> Each manufacturer has their OWN way to do it!
> I had a Compaq that did this with XP.
> The program botched the disk creation then deleted itself.
> You're only allowed to do this once...even if it doesn't work.
> And there's nowhere to download the program.
> Response from Compaq support was, "sorry for the inconvenience".
>
> Use a disk imaging program to image ALL partitions and save that
> away before you do ANYTHING with/on/to a computer.

I did this twice with my Acer, worked like a charm as the first thing I
always do is slide in a new drive and test it. There is a saying in this
business, "it is broken until tested" and for me, the test was successful.
I am not sure if Acer has a limit, I made 2 copies.

For Acer, it backs up the recovery partition to a DVDs and makes it
bootable.