Burning a Windows Vista Install CD from install files downloaded from Microsoft

[theodrak]

Hi, I have bought a version of Vista from Microsoft Online Uk Store which allowed me to download the files. (https://emea.microsoftstore.com/UK/) This came in the form of....

Vista_HomePremium_SP1_32bit_English_Download_Part1_66I-01938.exe
install.wim
boot.wim

I tried burning this to disc and runnning BootCamp Assistant to install.
After partitioning the drive Bootcamp asks to install the Windows Vista Install Disc.

However i constantly get the error
"The installer disc could not be found"

How do I burn the files mentioned above so that it will be recognised by my mac inorder to install Vista?

Really appreciate any help on this.

Theo

[Guiyon]

Hi, I have bought a version of Vista from Microsoft Online Uk Store which allowed me to download the files. (https://emea.microsoftstore.com/UK/) This came in the form of....

Vista_HomePremium_SP1_32bit_English_Download_Part1_66I-01938.exe
install.wim
boot.wim

Assuming that both the online store and MSDN sites have a similar delivery scheme (I've only downloaded OS images, etc. from the MSDN site) you will actually need to run the exe on a Windows machine. It will then download an ISO which you will need to burn to a DVD and, finally, you will be able to boot off the CD and install it. It always seemed to be a mildly braindead method to me seeing how they are offering OS installs for purchase...

[theodrak]

Thanks for the prompt reply,

I think it is a different method of download to MSDN, as in total the three files are 2.8GB which i assume is a compressed version of the full install.

Vista_HomePremium_SP1_32bit_English_Download_Part1_66I-01938.exe = 81MB
install.wim = 2.6GB
boot.wim = 128 MB

Would you know of any way of transforming this into a "disc image"?

[Guiyon]

It looks like the "install.wim" is a Windows Image containing the actual guts of the system while "boot.wim" is a BartPE system that will boot from a DVD and actually perform the install. I would have to guess that running the EXE will either burn a bootable DVD or create an ISO. There doesn't appear to be an easy way to get a bootable disc out of those files without having some sort of pre-existing Windows install.

This site (http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/05/10/how-to-make-vista-bootable-dvd-with-wim-downloaded-files/) has instructions on how to burn the DVD but, after doing a quick scan of the page, it still appears to be very Windows-centric.

[theodrak]

Thanks. Ill see if there is anything i can do with the files then