Install Windows Vista
For people with access to the Vista betas through MSDN, there is an installation guide over at installvista.com :
Windows Vista Installation Guide
The follow installation guide is for Beta 1 ( Build 5112 ) of Windows Vista.
Pre-Setup
# Download the 2.42 GB .ISO available through MSDN.# Mount the image, also known as the .ISO file, to a DVD disc.
# Alternatively, you can use Daemon Tools to mount the image to a virtual drive. *Not Recommended
# Insert the DVD disc into your CD-Rom drive and restart your computer.
# Hold the key F8 while your computer is booting. You will be prompted with a screen that allows you to choose a device to boot from. Using your arrow keys, select your CD-Rom drive.
Setup
# Windows will then load files and prepare for the setup.# You should see a screen that gives you 3 options: Install now, View the release notes for Beta 1, and Repair problems with Windows startup.
# Click on Install now or press “I”.
# You will then be prompted with a screen that says in a large font: “Install Windows”. Click next.
# Enter your product key and click next.
# Read the License Terms and then click the circle that says “I accept the License Terms”. Click next.
# The only option at this point is to click custom, the upgrade option has been disabled for this build.
# This screen allows you to choose where you want Windows Vista to be installed and what your computer will be named. Click the current computer name, LH-*************, and enter what you would like your computer to be named. Click “Click here to select where to install Windows”. The screen will display your hard drives and their partitions. You will need to install Windows Vista on an empty partition. Please note that the partitions will not be the exact same size in megabytes as the hard drives. Click next to proceed with the setup.
# You will now see a screen that says “Windows is installing…”. Eventually, your computer will restart and the screen will now display “Completing installation…”.
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