BonzaiDuck
Lifer
Here's the narrative . . .
I'm building a Z68 system with the i7-2600K CPU. All of this is under "budget constraint." And ALWAYS -- in these projects -- one finds that there is unplanned spending. For instance, I ordered a pile of rubber fan-mounts that I don't need (but that's chump-change.) I may change my plan to use ISRT with a WD Caviar Black SATA-III, and spring for a 600GB Veloci-Raptor.
I figured I could get the thing to complete a system post, get into the UEFI BIOS, then run MEMTEST on the RAM. No over-clocking until I have the OS installed and ISRT working. Want to see what this thing is like with default settings.
Several months back, I bought a VISTA-64 "Promo" version and CD-key for less than $75. My research could be incomplete, but I concluded that these "promo" licenses were good. Only problem -- which all VISTA aficianados know -- there's NO WAY you'll successfully install a pre-service-pack VISTA on a machine using single memory modules of 4GB each. You HAVE to have an SP1 install.
I thought I'd use this VISTA installation to test the system. Maybe . . . Instead of spending another $100+ on Win-7-64-Pro (probably around $140 -- with luck . . ) I might just feel good about sticking with the VISTA.
To make a story already too long a bit shorter -- I downloaded vLite v.1.2, studied the "procedures" for slipstreaming an SP1 on the VISTA-64 installation, and burning the disc.
vLite seemed to create the ISO file just fine except for the warning that the file would "exceed 4GB." Following the available advice, I chose to attempt burning the ISO to a DL DVD. vLite hung as the disc seemed locked in a perpetual "closing" process. My workstation couldn't recognize any sort of files on the DL disc -- thrown off as another "coaster." My hardware is good: a Samsung SH-222 DVD-DL-burner.
Decided to burn the ISO with Roxio Creator. It reported that the ISO needed about 4.3GB, and this time I chose a single-layer DVD-R -- which should handle up to 4.7GB. It burned the image without any mishap. The "new" VISTA-64-SP1 boots without incident.
vLite has not become obsolete. I read where people were using it to slipstream Win 7. I'm wondering if it isn't capable of burning a DL disc: when I was doing it, it showed "Write successful!" and I proceeded to exit v-Lite -- which then hung as "not Responding."
Apparently, there was also a problem for people who jettisoned parts of VISTA with their slipstream creation, and were unable to then install SP2 once they'd installed their slipstreamed disc.
Anyone try burning a DL disc from within vLite? I'm not all that happy with Win-7. I have to work with it servicing the computers of colleagues. Every time MS attempts to make things "easier" for the mainstream user, it seems troublesome finding new ways through the menus to do something mainstreamers might not do -- but things that one forthrightly needs to do in a hurry . . .
Well, tomorrow or Saturday is "blast-off" for the new Z68 rocket . . . . Guess we'll see how this is going to work . . . . Weather seems good; haven't discovered a problem with O-rings yet . . . 😀
I'm building a Z68 system with the i7-2600K CPU. All of this is under "budget constraint." And ALWAYS -- in these projects -- one finds that there is unplanned spending. For instance, I ordered a pile of rubber fan-mounts that I don't need (but that's chump-change.) I may change my plan to use ISRT with a WD Caviar Black SATA-III, and spring for a 600GB Veloci-Raptor.
I figured I could get the thing to complete a system post, get into the UEFI BIOS, then run MEMTEST on the RAM. No over-clocking until I have the OS installed and ISRT working. Want to see what this thing is like with default settings.
Several months back, I bought a VISTA-64 "Promo" version and CD-key for less than $75. My research could be incomplete, but I concluded that these "promo" licenses were good. Only problem -- which all VISTA aficianados know -- there's NO WAY you'll successfully install a pre-service-pack VISTA on a machine using single memory modules of 4GB each. You HAVE to have an SP1 install.
I thought I'd use this VISTA installation to test the system. Maybe . . . Instead of spending another $100+ on Win-7-64-Pro (probably around $140 -- with luck . . ) I might just feel good about sticking with the VISTA.
To make a story already too long a bit shorter -- I downloaded vLite v.1.2, studied the "procedures" for slipstreaming an SP1 on the VISTA-64 installation, and burning the disc.
vLite seemed to create the ISO file just fine except for the warning that the file would "exceed 4GB." Following the available advice, I chose to attempt burning the ISO to a DL DVD. vLite hung as the disc seemed locked in a perpetual "closing" process. My workstation couldn't recognize any sort of files on the DL disc -- thrown off as another "coaster." My hardware is good: a Samsung SH-222 DVD-DL-burner.
Decided to burn the ISO with Roxio Creator. It reported that the ISO needed about 4.3GB, and this time I chose a single-layer DVD-R -- which should handle up to 4.7GB. It burned the image without any mishap. The "new" VISTA-64-SP1 boots without incident.
vLite has not become obsolete. I read where people were using it to slipstream Win 7. I'm wondering if it isn't capable of burning a DL disc: when I was doing it, it showed "Write successful!" and I proceeded to exit v-Lite -- which then hung as "not Responding."
Apparently, there was also a problem for people who jettisoned parts of VISTA with their slipstream creation, and were unable to then install SP2 once they'd installed their slipstreamed disc.
Anyone try burning a DL disc from within vLite? I'm not all that happy with Win-7. I have to work with it servicing the computers of colleagues. Every time MS attempts to make things "easier" for the mainstream user, it seems troublesome finding new ways through the menus to do something mainstreamers might not do -- but things that one forthrightly needs to do in a hurry . . .
Well, tomorrow or Saturday is "blast-off" for the new Z68 rocket . . . . Guess we'll see how this is going to work . . . . Weather seems good; haven't discovered a problem with O-rings yet . . . 😀
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