Install Windows Vista from Bootable USB Flash Memory Drive
Why install Windows Vista from a USB flash drive?
The answer is very simple.This is much faster than using a DVD, gigabit Ethernet, or possibly even some external USB 2.0 hard drives, due to differences in access speed & transfer rate. So below the step to create a bootable windows vista on flash memory drive.
All you need is a high speed 4GB flash memory only to create a bootable Windows Vista on flash memory drive. ,
Play-by-play guide to installing Vista from a USB flash drive:
1. Acquire an ultra-fast USB 2.0 flash drive
2. Format the ultra-fast flash drive
Run CMD.EXE and type the following. WARNING: This set of commands assumes that the USB flash drive is addressed as “disk 1?. you should double check that by doing a list of the disks (type “list disk”) before cleaning it. If you have multiple hard drives, like an SDFlash drive or a Multibay drive, you could end up wiping your second drive using this command.
1. diskpart
2. select disk 1
3. clean
4. create partition primary
5. select partition 1
6. active
7. format fs=fat32
8. assign
9. exit
3. Copy Windows Vista’s DVD ROM content to the Flash Drive
Simply issue the following command to start copying all the content from the Windows Vista DVD to your newly formatted high speed flash drive.
* xcopy d:*.* /s/e/f e:
And that’s it. Boot up the machine, have it boot off the USB drive, and watch how fast the installation completes. If you thought Windows Vista installed quickly before (usually 20-25 minutes per install of Windows Vista Ultimate Edition) then let’s see how you like having Windows Vista install in less than 5-10 minutes. The slowest part of the install will probably be the computer waiting for you to type in information in the setup fields, and even that can be automated using the Windows Automated Installation Kit.
Windows Server Longhorn can be installable in the same way
Note & Warning: The above information was obtained from a forum post and proved to work; however, be aware we does not offer a warranty or support for above actions.
