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Windows Vista End of Support Windows Vista reached End of Life in April 2017 from this date Windows Vista is totally unsafe to use online. Internet Explorer is not supported, Chrome is not supported, Firefox is not supported and the OS is not supported. Download wise Windows Vista reached End of Support in February 2015 when Microsoft removed the Windows Vista Downloads from their Digital River servers. I do not recommend Reinstallation of this legacy Operating System.

The rest of the guide below is obsolete and no longer works Legacy Contents. ← Broken as of February 2015. This guide has a complimentary.

Download Links – Retail And OEM RETAIL VS. OEM This guide explained how to download media for the Retail Full License (which is the only license most other guides address) and it also explains how to download media for the Retail Upgrade Only License.

Particular attention is paid towards the Dell OEM License and HP OEM License (which other guides poorly address). If you are unsure what license applies to you see:. RETAIL FULL The Windows Vista Setup Files could be downloaded directly from Digital River which could then be converted to a.iso and used to make installation media. The same procedure below may be carried out for the files of the different languages. Unfortunately Service Pack 2 wasn’t integrated into these images.

Its advised to download the Service Pack alongside all Windows Updates and patch your Windows Vista installation immediately offline after the reinstall. To do this see my other guide on using the. Note if you have lost your retail product key and your old installation could boot you can use to find your product key. RETAIL “UPGRADE' ONLY Many Windows Vista licenses were “Upgrade” only. The original installation media for these licenses may require the user to run them in a previous version of Windows In short the installation media that came with such a license was terrible and should have immediately been discarded.

The Windows Vista Setup Files could be downloaded directly from Digital River which could then be converted to a.iso and used to make installation media. The same procedure below may be carried out for the files of the different languages.

Unfortunately Service Pack 2 wasn’t integrated into these images. Its advised to download the Service Pack alongside all Windows Updates and patch your Windows Vista installation immediately offline after the reinstall. To do this see my other guide on using the. The newer.isos did allow for a direct clean installation however for an upgrade license one would have had to skip entry of their product key during installation otherwise they would have got an error message stating their key was an upgrade only key. Skipping the product key on the other hand allowed them to circumvent this and proceed with direct clean installation with a 30 day trial. If one tried to input the upgrade key normally within system properties they would get the same error message. As a consequence the recommended method was inputting the product key and activating is via the command prompt:.

This allowed direct clean installation of an upgrade license and is a perfectly valid workaround when used on a computer which came with another version of Windows such as Windows XP (without installation media for the old Windows or to save the time required for a double install). Note if you had lost your retail product key and your old installation could boot you can use to find your product key. It was advised to download all Windows Updates and to patch your Windows Vista installation offline immediately after the reinstall.

To do this see my guide on the. OEM Although the download links from Digital River were generic retail.isos only intended for retail installs only these could be converted into a Dell/HP OEM install by use of a few tricks and utilities. The Windows Vista Setup Files could be downloaded directly from Digital River which could then be converted to a.iso and used to make installation media.

The same procedure below may be carried out for the files of the different languages. Unfortunately Service Pack 2 wasn’t integrated into these images. Its advised to download the Service Pack alongside all Windows Updates and patch your Windows Vista installation immediately offline after the reinstall. To do this see my other guide on using the. Special notes for the Major OEM license.

The OEM System Locked Preinstallation activation was generic for a Edition of Windows Vista for a particular OEM for instance every single Dell shipped with Windows Vista Home Premium had the same product key and this product activated if and only if an eligible Dell BIOS certified to run Windows Vista Home Premium was detected. The activation from a single Dell OEM Windows Vista Home Premium license could be backed up using the Unofficial Activation Backup and Recovery program as a cert file. Windows Vista Home Premium could then be clean installed on any Dell shipped with Windows Vista Home Premium by skipping the product key to initiate a 30 day trial.

The Unofficial Activation Backup and Recovery Program could apply the Cert file to the “Retail Windows Vista Home Premium Trial” converting it into an activated Dell Windows Vista OEM License. I had personally obtained the certs for all Dell and HP OEM Editions however if you weren’t using a Dell or HP you had to manually do this yourself before Clean Installation. For more details see:.

This would create a clean install identical to the Dell/HP OEM install which you would of got from a Reinstallation DVD with the exception of superficial touches (Dell/HP branding). Checking the Size of Downloaded Files – “A Required CD/DVD Drive Device Driver is Missing' You should verify that the download sizes are correct. There has been much issues with the Digital River server recently and downloads may terminate prematurely. In some cases the download links won’t work at all:. For Windows Vista 64 Bit English the file sizes should be Boot.wim 147,856 KB, Install.wim 3,503,069 KB and MicrosoftInstaller.exe 89,847 KB. For Windows Vista 32 Bit English the file sizes should be Boot.wim 130,010 KB, Install.wim 2,717,937 KB and MicrosoftInstaller.exe 83,182 KB If one makes the installation media with the incompletely downloaded.iso the following error message will be displayed during attempted installation.

A required CD/DVD drive device driver is missing. If you have a driver floppy disk, CD, DVD, or USB flash driver, please insert it now.

Note: If the Windows installation media is in the CD/DVD drive, you can safely remove it for this step. Hint: I tend to test the.iso by installation of a Virtual Machine using the free version of VMWare Player before utilising it for a proper installation.

If the VM installs okay the.iso is fine. Building the Windows Vista.iso You will need ImgBurn to create the.iso. Unfortunately the installer for ImgBurn is bundled with Malware/Spyware which are installed by default.

Its possible to install ImgBurn without the junk t herefore follow the instructions here carefully to install ImgBurn:. Once you have downloaded the 3 setup files boot.wim, install.wim and MicrosoftInstaller.exe (previously X14-xxxxx.exe) of your desired architecture to the same folder run the MicrosoftInstaller.exe (x14-xxxxx.exe) to extract the Vista installation files.

Once extracted the Vista setup Windows will open, these can be used to install Windows Vista directly but don’t allow for a complete clean install or for installation on a new hard drive or unbootable Windows installation. Therefore its recommended to use these setup files to instead create a Windows Vista.iso and a bootable USB for clean installation. Close the setup. You should now note that there is a Vista folder which contains the extracted setup files. Launch ImgBurn and select create image file from files/folders Select the folder icon and then select the Windows Vista folder.

Next select the destination folder you wish to save the.iso Select save. Next go to the Advanced tab and select Bootable Disc. Under options tick Make Image Bootable. Click the folder icon and select the etfsboot file within the extracted Vista/Boot folder.

Select open and change the rest of the options as specified: Platform ID 80×86 Developer ID: Microsoft Corporation Load Segment: 07C0 Sectors to Load: 4 Check all the settings match and when ready select this button Select ok at the next few prompts Imgburn will inform you that the operation completed successfully and now you will have your Windows vista.iso. Creating a Bootable USB You may use Rufus to create a bootable USB:. Rufus does not need to be installed and can be run directly by double clicking on the application Use the drop down arrow to select your device. Press the disc button and browse for the Windows Vista.iso and select open The partition scheme and target system type should be set as MBR partition Scheme for BIOS or UEFI Computers by default and this should be used. Select Start. Select Ok It will begin creating the bootable USB.

The status will say done and the progress bar will be full when complete, you can now close down the program. Evaluation If you want to install Windows Vista for a 30 day evaluation period you may skip entry of a product key. Detailed Installation Instructions See here for detailed installation instructions:. Hello I followed all of the steps to create a USB bootable disk. After starting the computer with the USB disk, I get the error: “Windows cannot open the required file f: sources install.wim. The file may be corrupt or missing.

Make sure all files required for installation are available, and restart the installation. Error code: 0x80070570”. I have downloaded the install.wim file at least half a dozen times and went through this whole process the same # of times with the same result. The WIM file is in the Sources folder and the size is 2,097,153 every time I download it. How can I tell if the file is corrupt? Regards, Rod.

If you have your old version of Windows Vista installed, you should run the activation backup and recovery program to backup the OEM system locked preinstallation files. When installing you can skip the input of a product key and select Vista Home Basic. For product activation run the activation backup program to restore the product activation and restart the computer. If the system is Dell and you have not backed up the product activation you may use the files I have provided which are valid only for eligible Dell systems with a Vista COA or later COA (via downgrade rights). The procedure of using the activation backup and recovery program is explained in detail in Windows Reinstallation Guide/A Clean Install of Windows Vista Step 2 and 11b. A demonstration of what happens in an ineligible system of product activation failure is demonstrated in Step 11f. If the system is not Dell and you haven’t backed up the product activation then you may follow Step 11e and input your OEM product key, you will then need to activate using phone activation usually to an automated Microsoft Activation centre.

Step 11e was previously the most recommended mechanism for the OEM install in my guides but is more hassle and can be problematic if the COA is faded. The install.wim is already compressed.

You are best to attempt the download late at night when your isp has less traffic alternatively at a friends or at a library. I can’t upload the.iso installation files as this site will likely be taken down if I do. If I could I would of had direct links to all the.isos and the.isos split into 100 MB chunks with 7zip. As mentioned several times on this site, Microsoft seriously lack in their distribution and deployment of Windows making life severely difficult for its end users. For Vista there are the 3 setup files and some work has to be done to make the.iso, for Windows 7 deployment was great a direct download to a.iso and for Windows 8 and 8.1 its absolutely ridiculous the lack of a direct download link and the lack of a standalone service pack update. The file is compressed as mentioned above the.exe extracts installation files from the 2.wim files.

They are still large however. In the end the Vista SP1 x86.iso is 2.90 GB, the downloads are 2.79 GB collectively. Install.wim being 2.59 GB by itself.

If your internet connection limits you to 0.9 GB for a month you have no chance downloading it. You simply need to use a better connection e.g. At a public library or coffee shop or get a better home broadband service. Theres not much else I can advise.

Hi Phlip I apppreciate your effort and patience in claryfing our doubts, THANKS IN ADVANCE! I have followed your recommendations for the Windows Vista 32 Bits SP1 installation, I am creating the image in windows 7 64 bit using the following files and sizes: MicrosoftInstaller 81,2 MB (83182 KB), install.wim 2,59 GB (2.717.937 KB) and boot.wim 126 MB (130.010 KB). It completes successfully the first three phases: 1) Copying files, 2) Expanding Files and 3) Installing features but I find this the following error after starting the 4th stage: Installing updates, it doesn’t complete this phase nor the 5) Completing installation, the error message is the following: “Install Windows: Windows could not set the offline locale information: Error code: 0x80FE0000' After of that I try without creating a new image (I use the same pendrive), it only completes the first and the 2nd phase and this error arises: “Windows cannot install required files. The file may be corrupt or missing. Make sure all files required for installation are available, and restart the installation. Error code: 0x80070017'.

I am deleting the partition, creating a new one and then formatting it before start the installation process. Regarding the Driver for SATA the installation wizard discard all the options downloaded both from Intel and Dell websites. The other option: I have tried installing Windows Vista 64 bits SP1 and it is installed, however the big issue is that once is installed it does not allow me to install the SP2 neither update any drver such as video, RAS Async adapter plus the computer is very slow, it is a Dell Latitude D630. Sorry for the long explanation, I will appreciate your kind support!

Best regards! Give the ones on Heidoc.net a try again, its working for me again now. Sometimes there are temporary issues with those files on the Digital River server. The 3 files from HeiDoc.net are 2.wim and the.exe. The.exe extracts the 2.wim files. The OEM product key.txt and cert files are used with the ABR program and apply the OEM product activation when a system is eligible. The ABR program comes as.exe which extracts the program into a folder called ABR.

The 2 files must be copied into this folder and then the activation restore from the folder ran. Hello Philip – Nice detailed instructions. I believe I followed them correctly; however, I was not able to get the system to boot (Dell OP960sff) form the burned iso. All file sizes mentioned in the instructions check out OK. Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause Status:0xc000000f Info: The boot selection failed because a required device is inaccessible.

I burned the iso to DVD using a Mac (AppleDiskUtility) – the only computer I have w/a DVD burner. Burned DVD is UDF format. If I execute the setup file on the DVD using a Win7 box, the Vista Install slash screen comes up.

Is it possible to run the setup.exe on a Win7 box and install to a DiskDrive connected via USB? Please let me know if you have any suggestions.

About this setence in this page: “Sadly Microsoft never seemed to release these files with Service Pack 2 integrated so that has to be installed manually after you install Vista.” This was only true when obtaining the Vista setup files from Digital River. However, Microsoft DID release the Vista ISO images already slipstreamed/integrated with SP2 only to MSDN/Technet subscribers. Here are two of the Vista SP2 ISO image files from MSDN/Technet: enwindowsvistasp2x64dvd342267.iso – SHA1: AAEE3C04533899F9F8C4AE0C4250EF5FAFBE29A3 (released 5/11/2009, file size 3.6Gb) enwindowsvistawithsp2x86dvd342266.iso – SHA1: 25AD9A776503E6A583BEC07879DBCC5DFD20CD6E (released 5/11/2009, file size 3.1Gb) These ISOs are AIO (all-in-one), meaing they contain multiple editions of Windows Vista.

The product key entered during setup determines what edition of Vista gets installed. At the end of your article you state: “Unfortunately, Service Pack 2 can be integrated but it’s a lengthy process and actually involves installing Vista and then SP2, and re-imaging back to DVD.” Are you referring to actually installing the newly-created (w/SP1) disk on a system and then updating with the SP2 update (which I do have) and then creating a second and newly-updated.iso image which can be used to burn an updated Vista install disk (as you stated,”re-imaging back to DVD”)? If so, how is that accomplished from an installed OS? Sorry for my ignorance. “Back “in the day” I did slipstream an XP install to it’s latest iteration so I’m a bit familiar not much, but a bit.

Thanks for this info! This is a very useful page, thank you for keeping it maintained. Unfortunately I’m having a problem successfully getting the install.wim for Vista32, the download keeps failing at 2GB, but not always the same amount. This is with Firefox. I’ve tried two other web.archive.org snapshots from 2014 as well as the link you give, neither are working for me. I’m trying again with Free Download Manager to see if that helps. In case it doesn’t, do you have any ideas?

I need to create an install DVD to reinstall VistaHP on a 32bit laptop. Will, very sorry to read that you had problems with this! I just got the 2.59GB file from the provided link above in about 38 minutes using a public library internet access PC.

That doesn’t seem particularly slow to me, so I’m sorry to say I think it’s just you experiencing this problem. However, I have not yet checked the Hashes, so I do not know if the file integrity is intact. If I get a failed checksum on this file I will post back and let you know in about a week. In the mean time, may I suggest that you try a public library PC just as I have, you may have better luck! I am getting the 3.3GB (64Bit) file right now from the link provided above and it is going very S-L-O-W-L-Y!!! The browser reports the download has “21 hours left”, at the previous download rate of speed for the 32Bit file I would have expected around 1 hour maximum.

I think this may just be a case of getting on “the archive” when it is not in great demand or overtaxed. I still have not checked the previous download hashes but I will post back here and let you know about that in a week or so. Hi Will, I didn’t notice your post was from 7 months ago, oops!!! If you are still returning here to read (some 7 or more months later) I have to tell you that I have now successfully got the 6 files from the archive and all the SHA1 hashes matched correctly. So I did not share your bad experience, sorry to say it was just you.

Although the largest file was going to take me 21 hours on my first attempt, I obviously could not wait that length of time so cancelled it and restarted it afresh on another day, it then came through in about 30 minutes instead! Strangely that file is 1/3 bigger than the one that took me 38 minutes to download a few days earlier, so it probably should have took 1/3 longer too. Clearly download times from the archive are erratic and can vary quite dramatically and may be ridiculously slow on occassion.

All I can suggest is to persist, persist, persist! Also, do consult Google, it appears that it is possible to resume downloads coming from the archive. While I wish I could help you out and send you the files you need on DVD-R, it is not possible to safely swap our details in this public forum. Best wishes and good luck! Thanks for the information about storage capacity of DVD/USB. I have followed your tutorial and successfully created the ISO file.

Now using Imgburn even with speed of 4x or 6x I am not able to write. It says at the end that verify failed as there is mismatch and my DVD remains blank.

What should i do? The install.wim could be downloaded with a download manager after several attempts. The size is 2717937 KB is the size of the downloaded install.wim file. The size does not match with the one given by you.

But the hash tag has matched using MD% & SHA Checks. Please guide. When you create the ISO file, how big is it and does it contain all the files from the Vista folder? If the size is correct at around 2.7GB then there could be an issue with either your media or burner. A mismatch is a problem with the burn and not the files you are trying to burn, try at the slowest speed. Secondly, the size of the Install.wim should be 2,783,166,763 bytes when you right click on the file and select Properties. You have converted the file size to KB which matches, if it didn’t the SHA-1 hash check would be different to the one listed.

So the Install.wim is OK. Since my computer didn’t get shipped with a bootable DVD diskand since my hard drive (or whatever faulty driver) decided not to cooperate, I was on Google searching for solutions. Thankfully, I found your tutorial. Other than initially downloading the very large 3gb install.wim (user error—stupid Internet timed out) I was able to extract the files with another attempt. Next I tried to make the files bootable. I ran into trouble with the Disk—the “broken” computer didn’t recognize the Disk with all three files as bootable.

(I followed the steps, but I’m thinking user error again!). So, I attempted the USB installation. After changing the BIOS on my “broken” computer, I was able to get Vista installed! With a new Vista installed, I wasn’t able to log into the Internet as I didn’t have a network adapter driver. After using a “workable” computer to download the HP Internet drivers, I was golden. With an Internet connection, I was able to download all the missing drivers, and now I’m happy again!

Thanks again for the tutorial! Hi – I’m a newbie around computers and was searching for a solution to a problem on my laptop. Currently turns on to screen Windows Boot Manager and requests insert installation disk to repair – cause being recent hardware fix has resulted in this (I tried to reset to factory default). Underneath it also tries to look for a file which is missing – system32/winload.exe.

Wondering whether this Windows Vista installation files are what it’s looking for? Also once this is installed, everything on the laptop will be wiped out – no chance of recovery? I’m not sure if you reply to these comments anymore or what, but I was wondering if you had a tutorial on how to burn Windows Vista to a USB flash drive (with the program Rufus) rather than a disk. I’m having trouble on what file(s) to choose on the ‘Browse’ button since this tutorial shows only how to transfer it onto a disk and the Imgburn program has a way different layout. I’m so sorry to bother, but I have tried and tried this to the point where I was so frustrated I feel the need to finally ask for help. It would mean tons if you replied!

Hello Jae, unfortunately it’s not possible to bypass creating the ISO and going directly to Rufus as the steps with ImgBurn are required to enable the Vista disk to boot, which is what you do in step 4. With Rufus you can’t manually add the boot file (efsboot) and need to select an already bootable ISO image. If you are stuck at step 5, when you download the files and double click the exe a folder called Vista will appear at the same location as the 3 files. When you click the browse button in ImgBurn simply look for and select the Vista folder.

Make sure to click the browse for folder button and not the browse for file button. Update: The article has been updated with a guide how to write the Vista files directly out to bootable USB, hope this helps you and others.:).

I feel incredibly dumb right now because last night, after posting this comment, I finally figured out that the program Imgburn isn’t for burning the ISO to a disk, but making the ISO file. I’m so sorry for bothering you about that, but I have gotten Windows Vista’s up and running. I had to install without my product key from underneath my laptop though because it had said the key was invalid. Now my Windows says I must activate in 30 days. How will I activate if my key does not work?

I would contact Microsoft, but you need proof of purchase and I actually bought this laptop from someone else with cash and I have no way of getting a hold of them either. Thank you very much for replying! Thank you so much for this article. This has helped me in two ways, first of all I can get a clean Vista disk to re-install on old computers that I refurbish and give away.

Second, the trick of using the Wayback machine to get software that is no longer offered for download: brilliant! I had to try a couple times to get the Archive to download the complete file.

I actually went to archive.org and pasted in the file URL and chose an older backup, which then presented me with the correct size download. After that, I clicked on the link you provided, and it also offered the correct sized download. Thanks again.

Hello to all! Great site, very informative but here’s a question I’ve not been able to find either here on Raymond.cc or any other website I’ve been searching regarding a particular question I have and the answer I’ve been looking for. This would also pertain to all those others out there with the same situation I have regardless of which operating system they have (XP, Vista, 7, etc) desktop or laptop. My desktops “original” operating system is Windows Vista Home Premium (no service packs) however sometime back Windows Update did install Service Pack 1 onto my desktop. “Originally” my desktop did not come with Service Pack 1 pre-installed, Windows Update installed Service Pack 1 after the factjust need to make that part clear:o) The key to any successful hard drive format and re-installation of any type of operating system is of coarse a legitimate product key coded to that particular desktop/laptops version of operating system already pre-installed.

My product key is legit and came with my desktop, however, I did not have a Windows Vista Home Premium installation CD but do have a “genuine/legal” ISO download for Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 and have already created the installation CD. What can I say, Windows Vista Home Premium has worked perfectly for me for years and I’m not quit up to the task of upgrading to Windows 7 just yet:o) “Genuine/Legal” Windows Vista Home Premium ISO downloads I’ve seen available all include Service Pack 1, which is also the one I’ve already acquired, but I’ve not been able to locate a Windows Vista Home Premium ISO download anywhere w-i-t-h-o-u-t Service Pack 1. Here’s my query.my product key was coded particularly to the Windows Vista Home Premium operating system originally installed on my desktop (without Service Pack 1, Windows Update installed after the fact), would an ISO file (or any such file) of Windows Vista Home Premium “with” Service Pack 1 work for me???

Formatting the hard drive will remove any and all files, etc, including the Windows Update installation of Service Pack 1 but I don’t believe the Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 ISO installation CD I have, or the download available on this site will work for me because it contains Service Pack 1or will it??? Any insight or help locating such a file “without” Service Pack 1 would be greatly appreciated.

Hello and Thankyou so much for clarifying my concerns and the super fast response after posting here on your siteExactly the answer I was looking for!!! HP laptop with 320gb hd, Linux Mint installed, but NO other files, hd is otherwise empty. I burned the disk successfully. From vista disk, ran setup.exe, error message says “not enough space. Must have at least 448 mb for temporary files” Tried turning laptop on with vista disk in drive, it accepted product code, then showed a screen with a primary and logical drive partition, error message “drive must be formatted to NTFS” Tried formatting both, got failed error msg 0x80004005. I don’t care if I keep linux on a separate partition or just delete and install vista. I can always come back and install linux later if I want it badly enough.

Would just like to get vista running at some level. Thanks for the reply. Hashes matched perfectly.

Did a clean install from the iso disk. At the risk of going to the well too often Network Adapter not found. No internet, cable or wireless. Graphics Card not found. I looked in the files on the iso disk, couldn’t find anything that looked like I could install additional drivers or devices that didn’t get installed already. In Device Manager/Other devices, there are 5 listed, all with errors 1 Coprocessor 2 Ethernet Controller 3 Network Controller 4 SM Bus Controller 5 Unknown Device Display Adapters lists only: Standard VGA Graphics Adapter, but there is a NVIDA card.

Tried reinstalling drivers for all devices, no soap. I downloaded vista sp2 on another computer, carried it to my laptop and it installed successfully. It didn’t change any of the problems in device manager though.

I tried ‘rescan for new hardware’, didn’t help. Should mention, with Minitool Partition Wizard I created a 25 gb partition, and it is labeled ‘primary’, balance of 288 gb is labeled ‘unallocated’. Don’t know if that is hosing things up? I’ll try next to search for the missing drivers on ms web site, on another computer. If anyone has any other ideas, I’m all ears. Or I guess I should start off by saying when I try to just RUN the executable file, it says “C: V Microsoft Installer.exe This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect.

Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.” Another website I’ve been to says you need to unzip the file, which I’ve been trying to do, and then following all of your instructions. It doesn’t automatically begin the install window, so I can’t close it, but then I do everything else, but the error message in my previous comment pops up after I’m done. Any help would be so much appreciated! I’m not that computer tech savvy but I have a valid COA sticker and I don’t want to purchase a Vista CD, although I might have to.

I keep trying and following the instructions exactly but it doesn’t work =( I’m running Windows XP on a Sony Vaio, I have the Vista product key on my laptop case, so I can input a valid product key. I download all three items, put them into one folder, ImgBurn them, then write them onto a DVD. Should I try a USB drive instead? When I try to install from the DVD it says “Windows was unable to locate required installation file boot.wim. Verify that the installation source is valid, and restart the installation. Error code: 0x80070002”. Unfortunately I’ve had no luck with the 64 bit.exe Microsoft really needs to get it together.

My hard drive died (and old PATA drive). I originally upgraded from 98 to XP to Vista to Win7. Unfortunately, the only original non-upgrade I have is 98SE. But the new SATA drives are different format and not compatible with anything older than Vista, and so I have to have Vista or newer. I have licenses, but because MS won’t allow me to dl Win7 and install from the full version–they say my license is for an upgrade, so they prevent me from doing a clean install, I have to upgrade from an older version–I am trying to dl Vista and upgrade from it. It’s frustrating as I’m going on 2 weeks trying to get this file. Seems like MS wants to force me to do it the illegal way.

Really Really frustrating!!! Does anyone have the checksum value for the 64 bit ISO (one that works, of course)? While the 32 bit Vista worked like a charm, I I’ve tried a few times but have not been successful in producing a 64 bit Vista disk that will boot (weird huh?). Disk appears to work when the setup is executed in a 64 bit OS that’s already running, but keep getting the “please insert bootable media” message on boot. Checksum – yes Verify burn – yes Start with all new downloads each time – yes Do all the steps as provided in the post – yes Do everything the same way as the successful 32 bit disk I created – yes.

March 2014 – I just purchased a 2nd hand HP Elitebook 2530p via Ebay to simply use as a monitor for a solar system. Advertised that Vista Business was the operating system. Fine, however, after it arrives in the mail, hard drive had been completely sanitized – nothing / zilch. Luckily OEM label was intact on the bottom. Took me pretty much the entire day to find your blog, however, it was worth it.

Created 64 bit install disk that did the business as promised. I now have a functional, although dated lap top as opposed to a paper weight. Cheers, Brett. This worked perfectly for me! I had lost the supplied boot disk that came with the computer. It’s an older laptop (7+ years) that was passed on to my young daughter and I really dreaded the idea of paying God knows how much to have it professionally repaired for a simple registry error.

Without being able to get into the system, I couldn’t do anything to fix it until I came across your article. I really have come to hate Vista with a passion as I’m sure many people do. The newly made restore disk worked like a charm and she was thrilled to have her computer back. Thank you so much Raymond.CC for this detailed yet easy to follow tutorial. I downloaded the Vista 32 bit and successfully created an installation disk.

I was using my 64 bit Windows 7 computer to do this. I wanted to install Windows Vista 32 bit onto a PC that has a Celeron processor. On booting with the disk files start to load but I then get the message “Attempting to load a 64-bit application, however this CPU is not compatible with 64-bit mode.” The file it is trying to load is “ windows system32 boot winload.exe” Help! Is it because I created the disk on a 64-bit PC?

Hello, My error is somewhat different, 1st I found that I had downloaded the wrong ISO lol, I dl’ed the 32bit version of Vista instead of the 64bit, easily corrected. The following error has occurred this time: Can not extract Windows Vista Setup to your hard drive. Please ensure that you can create files and folders in the same folder where VistaSetupPrep.exe was downloaded. It then gave me this address to check for more information, which proceeds to send me to a news site or Microsoft’s software storeg.msn/WHFUSEN/102322 for more information. I used Hash Generator to check the install.wim file and size matches up to your posted size of bytes, with the SHA1 HASH Length 20. With the 32bit Download, I did not have this problem, my problem of course was my 32 bit product key number was not activating the 64bit version of Vista.

So I am stumped ATM. It’s probably something so simple that I am glossing right over it. Any advice and help would be greatly appreciated. Alright, so I followed all the instructions, then put the disk into my computer. And I get the following error after I put in my product key: Windows cannot open the required file E: Sources Install.wim. The file may be corrupt or missing. Make sure all files required for installation are available and restart the installation.

Error code:0x80070570 Help? Edit: I also tried redownloading it and making a different disk. Got the same error. Then I tried making a USB bootable with a fresh download, and still the same error. I’m not sure what’s going on. That error is quite infamous and there are several possible solutions.

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They can range from a faulty ROM drive, wrong BIOS settings or faulty RAM, to the Install.wim not downloading correctly and actually being corrupt like the error says. To verify you have the full and verified install.wim, I’ve added the true size and SHA1 checksum for you to check against. Make sure they match. I’m sure I had a similar issue during testing and found out my wim file was 400MB too small! If your wim file is OK, here’s a possible quick fix I found while searching (not tried it though): When you see the error “0x80070570 can’t access files” on install click - Cancel - you will be returned to the “Install Now” startup screen and – WITHOUT REBOOTING – just re-start the install.

Did you receive any errors or anything while trying to create the ISO? Also, have you tried burning the ISO to re-writable DVD if possible to see if it boots?

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Alternatively run the ISO file with MobaLiveCD and report back. Raymond.cc/blog/how-to-run-livecd-iso-image-file-directly-in-windows/ If it boots OK with either method, there could be an issue with WinUSBMaker. If it doesn’t work at all, there’s been a problem while you were following the steps. This method works 100% IF you follow the article exactly.