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Deploy BottitNG Images of Windows Vista Ultimate Light

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March 03, 2011



Deploy BootitNG Images of Win Vista Ultimate 32 Bit


Vista Ultimate (6000.vista_rtm.061101-2205) 
 
http://drpcdr.ca
March 03, 2011


Deploy My images of Windows onto PCs (laptops, netbooks or desktops). No activation or produuct keys required!


Restoring images wipes everything off the target partition and is NOT for NOOBS!


V32LO.img: Vista Lite image needs 80 GB HD, minimum 1 GB RAM, 2+ GHz


Apparatus:

1.  Desktop PC
2.  DVD burner
3.  Spare 80 GB HD (see above paragraph)
4.  2 blank CDs: 1 to make BootitNG boot CD, the other Vista Boot Recovery CD 

Software needed:

Torrent client to download torrents, http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/u-torrent/uTorrent.html

Help.txt  This help file

Almost always, you need to enter bios to change SATA operation from AHCI to ATA, IDE or Auto

Vista Boot Recovery.iso creates Vista Boot Recovery CD.  
It is NOT a Windows Vista CD and may be necessary for doing boot repairs.

Frequently, the Vista Boot Recovery disk is needed to perform initial boot repairs.
Frequently the Vista image will not boot on newer vista machines. 

If so you can boot spare HD on a compatable PC. 
Use regedit to edit registry settings of HKLM/System/CurrentControlSet/Services/

Change the start DWORD values for msahci from 3 to 0 and, pciide 
from 0 to 3.

Replace spare HD and your boot should succeed.


DrPCDr.flv is an 8 minute movie explaning the bootit rescue procedure 
and how to manage Avast antivirus.

Deploying Windows Vista involves restoring the windows partition onto free space.
Then the data partition is restored onto the remaining free space. The data partition is
resized to max capacity of the HD. 


The images of Windows were created in 2GB blocks:

Vista Ult Lite: V32LO.img, v32LO.001, V32LO.002. DTV32LO.img is data partition for 6 users


METHOD:  


***Step 1:  Download bootitng.iso and the image files (.img)  

***Step 2:  Use Bootitng.iso to create BottitNG boot CD and leave it in the drive.

***Step 3:  Shutdown your desktop PC. Remove top cover of case to expose top side of MB.

***Step 4:  Connect spare HD as slave to MB.

***Step 5:  Turn on PC and check bios to make sure CDROM boot device boots before HD.

***Step 6:  Make Spare HD all free space:

Place Bootit CD into DVD drive. Turn off PC then turn it on again
The PC must be set to boot from CDROM before your HD.

If Bootit does not recognize your mouse then Use [Keyboard] [Shortcuts] in [ ]
If mouse works with Bootit then ignore what’s in [ ] brackets

BootIt setup screen appears:
Click CANCEL [TAB]  [ENTER]
Click OK to you are now entering maintenance mode [ENTER]
Click PARTITION WORK   [ALT] + [W] 
Bootit will automatically list all prtitions on primary HD0
Carefully select the HD that is your spare (probably HD1).
Delete all partitions. Your entire spare HD should be all free space.

***Step 7:  Restore OS Partition of windows Vista to spare HD.

If Bootit does not recognize your mouse then Use [Keyboard] [Shortcuts] in [ ]
If mouse works with Bootit then ignore what’s in [ ] brackets

Click HD0 [ALT] + [0]
If HD0 is partitioned then navigate to the partition containing the downloaded image files
Click Image [ALT] + [i]
Click restore from file [ALT] + [R]
Navigate to where you downloaded the image (.img) files
Click on vista32LO.img
Click OK [ENTER]
When it says Paste Pending at bottom of screen:
Click HD1 (Just below HD0 at top left under work with partitions) [ALT] + [1]
Click Paste [ALT] + [P]

Bootit will start restoring the image. Do not touch keyboard or mouse.

Click OK to operation completed successfully  [ENTER]

Make sure restored Windows partition is active (bootable)

The boot partition of HD1 you just restored should already be selected.
Click view MBR [ALT] + [V]
If the boot partition is not set active then Click Set Active [ALT] + [S]
Click Apply [ALT] + [P]

If you want to make C:\ larger follow step 9 below. You may resize the Windows partition
to a larger size. Remember to leave enough space for the data partition which must be equal 
or greater than the windows partition in order to paste an image of windows onto it.

***Step 8:  Restore Data Partition onto free space below Windows partition

If Bootit does not recognize your mouse then Use [Keyboard] [Shortcuts] in [ ]
If mouse works with Bootit then ignore what’s in [ ] brackets

Click HD0 [ALT] + [0]
If HD0 is partitioned then navigate to the partition containing the downloaded image files
Click Image [ALT] + [i]
Click restore from file [ALT] + [R]
Navigate to where you downloaded the image (.img) files
Click on xpdata.img or vstadata.img or win7data.img
Click OK [ENTER]
When it says Paste Pending at bottom of screen:
Click HD1 (Just below HD0 at top left under work with partitions) [ALT] + [1]
Select free space
Click Paste [ALT] + [P]

Bootit will start restoring the image. Do not touch keyboard or mouse.

Click OK to operation completed successfully  [ENTER]

***Step 9:  Use BootitNG to resize data partition to maximum HD capacity

If Bootit does not recognize your mouse then Use [Keyboard] [Shortcuts] in [ ]
If mouse works with Bootit then ignore what’s in [ ] brackets

The data partition you just restored should already be selected 
Click resize [ALT] + [R]
Click OK to error check the file system [ENTER]
Click in new size window [TAB]
Enter number displayed for max size.  Click OK [ENTER]
Click continue to warning about data loss [ALT] + [C]
When resize is completed click close [ENTER]

***Step 10:  Remove BootitNG CD from drive and power off PC.

***Step 11:  Disconnect your HD.  Connect the spare HD as master. Turn on PC.

If your restored images of Vista don't boot then do a boot repair, Step 12

***Step 12:  Use Windows Vista Boot Recovery CD to do boot repair:

Insert Windows Vista Boot Recovery CD 
Power off PC then power on again.   
When prompted press any key to boot from Windows CD/DVD
Wait while Windows DVD loads files
Click next to Install Windows Vista screen
Click repair your computer
Wait while Windows DVD/CD attempts repairs to your Windows
Click Repair and restart

Step 13:  If image fails to boot set the bios SATA operation to Auto, ATA, IDE or compatability mode
Almost always, you need to enter bios to change SATA operation from AHCI to ATA, IDE or Auto

Vista Boot Recovery.iso creates Vista Boot Recovery CD.  
It is NOT a Windows Vista CD and may be necessary for doing a boot repair.

Frequently, the Vista Boot Recovery disk is needed to perform initial boot repairs.
Frequently the Vista image will not boot on newer vista machines. 

If so you can boot spare HD on a compatable PC. 
Use regedit to edit registry settings of HKLM/System/CurrentControlSet/Services/

Change the start DWORD values for msahci from 3 to 0 and, pciide 
from 0 to 3.

Replace spare HD and your boot should succeed.


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***Step 14.  Install MB devices, peripherals and specialized software:

Everest found in stuff >Tools may help you install uninstalled motherboard devices.
After device manager is perfect proceed to install peripherals like printer and webcam.

Avoid installing drivers and software while connected to the Internet.

***Step 15:  Create an image of the Windows partition for emergency restoration of your Windows.
Images may also be pasted onto a series of blank DVD or CD disks. The peocedure is similar to
step 16 below, however, CDz is selected after it says paste pending. Burn images onto blank
CD-R or DVD-R at 8X speed.  Just follow the screen prompts.

If Bootit does not recognize your mouse then Use [Keyboard] [Shortcuts] in [ ]
If mouse works with Bootit then ignore what’s in [ ] brackets

Put BootIt Boot CD Disk in DVD Drive
BootIt setup screen appears
Click CANCEL [TAB] [ENTER]
Click OK to you are entering maintenance mode [ENTER]
Click PARTITION WORK [ALT] + [W]
Click on Windows partition (MBR Entry 0)
Click IMAGE [ALT] + [i]
When it says paste pending at bottom of screen:
Click Data Partition [Down Arrow] (New MBR entry 1)
Click PASTE [ALT] + [P]
Give the Image File a name, 8 characters max, all 1 word no spaces (default extension is .img)
Click OK [ENTER]
Click YES TO VALIDATE [ALT] + [Y]

If it validates then Operation completes
successfully.

Step 16:  In Emergency, use BootitNG to restore your Windows without losing your files:

If Bootit does not recognize your mouse then Use [Keyboard] [Shortcuts] in [ ]
If mouse works with Bootit then ignore what’s in [ ] brackets

1.  Start computer
2.  Put Boot Restore CD Disk in CDROM Drive
3.  Restart computer
BootIt setup screen appears:
4.  Click CANCEL [TAB]  [ENTER]
5.  Click OK to you are now entering maintenance mode  [ENTER]
6.  Click PARTITION WORK   [ALT] + [W]
7.  Click on Data Partition (new MBR Entry 1 for XP + Vsta, new MBR entry 2, Win7)  [DOWN ARROW]
8.  Click Image [ALT] + [i]
9.  Select Restore from file [ALT] + [R]
10. Click OK [ENTER]
11. Click on image file created in Step 18 above (scroll to see it) [TAB] [DOWN ARROW]
12. Click OK at top [ENTER]
13. When it says paste pending at bottom, 
Click on Windows partition (MBR Entry 0) [UP ARROW]
14. Click paste  [ALT] + [P]
15. Click yes to all data will be destroyed popup  [ALT] + [Y]
16. Click OK to restoring image popup [ENTER]
17. Click No to popup about validate [ALT] + [N]

Restoring should progress to successful completion
Do not touch keyboard or mouse while restoring 

18. Click OK to operation completed successfully [ENTER]
19  Remove Boot CD from DVD drive
20. Power off Computer
21. Power on Computer

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If you decided to paste an image on CD or DVD blanks then do the following restore procedure:

Step 17:  Restore image of Windows from Series of CD or DVD Disks

If Bootit does not recognize your mouse then Use [Keyboard] [Shortcuts] in [ ]
If mouse works with Bootit then ignore what’s in [ ] brackets

Click CDz [ALT] + [Z]
Click Image [ALT] + [i]
Insert image disk 1 DVD into DVD drive.  Click OK [ENTER]
Bootit will request the last disk of recovery set
Remove image disk 1 DVD and insert last DVD disk into DVD Drive. Click OK [ENTER]
Bootit will eject last DVD disk then request disk1 DVD
Remove last  DVD disk and insert disk 1 DVD into DVD Drive. Click OK [ENTER]
When it says Paste Pending at bottom of screen:
Click HD0 (Just above CDz at top left under work with partitions) [ALT] + [0]
Click on free space [down arrow]
Click Paste [ALT] + [P]

Bootit will start restoring the DVD image. Do not touch keyboard or mouse.

Bootit will eject disk1 DVD then request disk2 DVD
Insert disk2 DVD into DVD Drive.  Click OK [ENTER]

Bootit will start restoring the DVD image. Do not touch keyboard or mouse.

Click OK to operation completed successfully  [ENTER]
Remove Last DVD from DVD drive
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Enjoy my disciples!  May the force be with you!


What I installed on all Images

1.  Firefox 3.5.3
2.  Essential PIM
3.  DVD Decrypter
4.  DVD Shrink
5.  Nero 7 *
6.  Power ISO 4.4 *
7.  UndercoverXP
8.  Paltalk
9.  Skype
10. Windows Live Messenger
11. Yahoo Messenger
12. Fruity Loops 9 *
13. CCleaner
14. Hijackthis
15. IlSystem Wiper
16. Regseeker
17. UTorrent
18. Free YoutubeDownloader
19. Free Youtube to Mp3 Converter
20. Camtasia Studio 7 *
21. 130+ old skool games for PC
22  Adobe Reader 9.3
23. PhotoFilter 1.0
24. XnView
25. Office 2007 *
26. Group Mail 5
27. DVD Region + CSS Free *
28. Real Player SP
29. iTunes + QuickTime
30. VLC Media Player 8.6
31. Winamp 2.95
32. ABBY scan tO Office *
33. Avast Antivirus 6
34. PC Tools Firewall Plus
35. SpywareBlaster 4.3
36. WinPatrol
37. Diskeeper 2008*
38. Encrypted FTP
39. Everest 5 *
40. Hidownload 7.03 *
41. IZArc
42. PhoneTray Free
43. RegSeeker 1.55
44. Sequoia View
45. Kid's Typing Tutor
46. KP Typing Tutor
47. DirectX 11
48. Java 6 Update 13
49. Latest Flash in IE7 and  in Firefox 3.5.3
50. Latest ShockWave in IE7 and Firefox 3.5.3
51. Yet Another Webcam
52. My Professional Business Cards
53. Virtual DJ 4.3 *
54. Wave Pad *
55. kirans typing tutor
56. Rapid Typing
57. Stamina Typing
58. Ares regular
59. Step by step tutorials for office and visio
60. ConvertxtoDVD *
61. Free Adobe authorware in browsers
62. SIW, system info
63. Stellar Phoenix *
64. English Grammar
65. Old HTML Tutor
66. Traktor DJ Studio 3
67. RKS Fax *

Big Thank you to all the torrent trackers, uploaders, seeders and commentators. 
Without your help these images would cost more than days of toil.
Thanks to Pirate Bay,btjunkie, snapfiles, cnet, filehippo, oldversion.com,
mydigitalife, blackviper, BootitNG, Avast, Driverguide, Google, CUSTOMERS!

NB my disciples:

Beware of Acer Computers.  Acer HDs change the first partition on the HD.  
Therfore you need to do Step 8 after Step 6.  
This puts a dummy 2 GB data partition onto the beginning of the HD. 
Make the dummy partition botable (set active using BootitNG)
After you restore the dummy partition continue with steps 7 - 11. 
After step 11 use BootitNG to set active the partition immediately below the
dummy then boot PC normally. Remember this will shift everything down by 1.
So MBR Entry 1 becomes MBR Entry 2 and New Volume-2 becomes New Volume-3.

Also beware, if the PC has micro drives then remove the wire from the motherboard first, 
because the drive letter D: may be assigned to one of the micro drives.

Drive letter D: must be assigned to the data partition.
Upon first boot the drive letters should be assigned properly. 
Upon first boot, HD must boot alone without any other hard drives or flash drives attached.
Then shutdown PC and reconnect micro drives. 

If drive letter D: is not assigned to New Volume partition then:

click start >Right click computer >manage >disk management >
Right click on DVD or micro drive that has been assigned letter D: >
Change drive letter and paths >change >
Click drop down arrow and choose available drive letter >
Yes to warning about programs may not run correctly >Change New Volume to D:

Good Luck my disciples! 

May the force be with you!

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