Create a VistaPE Live CD

This tutorial explains how to create a Live CD of Windows Vista, with a script for WinBuilder called VistaPE.

Contents 1 Requirements 2 How to do it 3 Notes 4 Feedback

Requirements

• PC with Windows Vista
• Windows Vista install DVD
• WinBuilder and VistaPE (a link to both is given bellow)

How to do it

1. Download Winbuilder and VistaPE (link to both programs here: Download WinBuilder + VistaPE)
2. Extract the folder "Winbuilder" to some location like "C:\" (the program may give errors if it is runnning from a location with spaces in the folder path, like the desktop)
3. Open WinBuilder and click "Paths", then, in "Source directory (%SourceDir%)" choose the location of the Vista DVD (D:\ or something like that)
4. Click the "Play" button
5. An ISO file (VistaPE-Core.iso) will be created in the folder "ISO", inside the WinBuilder folder (like C:\WinBuilder\ISO\VistaPE-Core.iso)

You can now test the .iso file on a Virtual Machine like VirtualBox or VMware Workstation (to see if it works), and later burn it to a CD or DVD (ImgBurn recommended)

Notes

• The iso created (with the default settings) is less than 200 MB

Feedback

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