Vista SP2 install off a bootable CD

[NavJitsU4]

Just checking to see if this is possible; I just want to install SP2 off a bootable CD, is there a way I can make a SP2 redistributable.... err... bootable?

 

[Nothinman]

It's just a win32 executable, so no.

 

[JackMDS]

Boot able means that there is an OS of sort on the CD/DVD and the bootstrap tells it to load the OS at startup.

If it is not the whole OS but just the SP2 update file , then there is Nothing to Boot.

Otherwise you need the original Vista DVD, and you first slip stream the SP2 file into it and create a Bootable Vista SP2 DVD.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/230249-sliptream-vista-sp2.html

If you use it for upgrade an exsiting installation it has to be the type that is compatible with the current installation.

Otherwise you need a new key, and activate after you use this DVD.

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