Installing Vista via Boot Camp w/o Vista DVD

[johngloid]

Hi there,

I've been reading up on ways to install Leopard from an external HDD image (.dmg), and I'm wondering if it is possible to do a similar function, but with Vista in boot camp. I'd like to backup both installers to an external HDD and make them mountable if the disks have a snafu.

Can you install Vista from an external HDD via Boot Camp? I imagine this would be an .iso or similar file type.

Thanks,
John

 

[cronnos]

Hi there,

I've been reading up on ways to install Leopard from an external HDD image (.dmg), and I'm wondering if it is possible to do a similar function, but with Vista in boot camp. I'd like to backup both installers to an external HDD and make them mountable if the disks have a snafu.

Can you install Vista from an external HDD via Boot Camp? I imagine this would be an .iso or similar file type.

Thanks,
John

I have the exact same question. The internal DVD drive of my Macbook does not work, and you cannot use an external USB drive to do any type of installation. I finally was able to do a fresh install of Leopard by mounting it on a drive, but I now want to install Vista through Bootcamp with an iso or a mounted image of Vista... Hopefully someone will enlighten us John...