I don’t have much to write for this one, Last year I threw up some info on installing Windows Vista from a USB drive and this time around I’ve sadly got the exact same guide for you.

Windows Vista USB install guide

When you see the word Vista, think 7.

Follow the steps and it couldn’t be easier.

Requirements:

• USB Drive flash drive
• Computer running Windows XP / Windows Vista
• Vlite
• Windows Vista DVD

Following this guide is easy, once complete you will be able to install Windows Vista from a USB flash drive.Vlite is optional, but you will need to have sufficient HDD space for the install. Vlite is strongly recommend to create a customised installation suitable for the EeePC.

Step 1:

Make sure the USB flash drive is connected

Step 2:

Open the command prompt, Start > Run > cmd

Step 3:

Type diskpart in the cmd window, press enter. Then type:

list disk

and press enter. Confirm the disk number that your usb drive has, for this guide disk 1 is the example.

Step 4:

Now that we know our usb flash drive is disk 1 we can begin. Enter the following in the cmd window you currently have open, adjust accordingly to your configuration.


select disk 1
clean
create partition primary
select partition 1
active
format fs=fat32
assign
exit

Step 5:

D: drive letter that contains the installation files (Windows vista dvd) and G: is the USB flash drive.

We will now copy the installation files to the flash drive, using the cmd once again enter the following command:

xcopy d:\*.* /s/e/f g:\

Finished!

Put the usb flash drive into your EeePC and boot from it, Finished!