about to install vista

[aceofskies05]

im about to install vista on a seperate partition and suggestion befor i do?

 

[SoundTheSurrender]

no.

 

[Nothinman]

Backup your important data?

 

[professor1942]

Brush your teeth?

Seriously, I'd feel much more comfortable doing it on a separate drive rather than a partition, but well, otherwise follow nothinman's advice.

 

[hans030390]

Don't install it if you tried burning your own dvd. If you downloaded the iso, use daemon tools. If you bought it from MS...well, go ahead. I installed mine on a separate partition and it worked fine.

 

[bleeb]

Originally posted by: hans030390
Don't install it if you tried burning your own dvd. If you downloaded the iso, use daemon tools. If you bought it from MS...well, go ahead. I installed mine on a separate partition and it worked fine.

Why is burning the iso wrong? What happens?

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: bleeb

Originally posted by: hans030390
Don't install it if you tried burning your own dvd. If you downloaded the iso, use daemon tools. If you bought it from MS...well, go ahead. I installed mine on a separate partition and it worked fine.

Why is burning the iso wrong? What happens?

The vast majority of the time, a proper working install of Vista happens. I certainly had no problems burning to DVD-Rs or DVD+RWs and installing Vista. Just be sure to check the MD5 hash of your ISO to make sure it downloaded correctly. I also tend to install in VMWare first to make sure it's compatible with critical applications before bothering to install on a spare hard drive.

 

[aceofskies05]

what do i do with vmware? run it from the cd or do i have to install it in vmware

 

[TG2]

VMWare is for testing other OS's without the need for a new partition or putting a new drive in, the OS resides in a folder on a current drive