Slipstream Windows Vista with SP1 & Create a Bootable Vista SP1 DVD
This guide illustrates the various steps required to
integrate Service Pack 1 files into
Windows Vista installer via a process commonly known as
slipstreaming.
Once the
Vista SP1 slipstream pack is ready, you can burn those files to make a bootable
Vista Service Pack 1 DVD.
Before we get started, here are four things you need to slipstream
Windows Vista and
Service Pack 1 files:
a.
Windows Vista Installer DVD and
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Installer – x86 or x64
b. vLite Installer – link
c. A blank
DVD disc for writing the
Vista SP1 files and few gigs of free hard disk space.
Now that you have all the ingredients ready, let’s get slipstreaming Vista SP1:
1. Insert the original
Windows Vista DVD disk and start vLite (install the program if you haven’t done that already).
2. Browse for the folder that contains your
Windows Vista files (i.e., your
DVD Drive letter). vLite will now copy all the files to some local folder that is specified by you.
4. Once all the pre-
SP1 Windows Vista files are copied to the local hard disk, specify the
Windows Vista Edition that you want to slipstream. This step is necessary because installers for all
Vista Editions are shipped in one DVD.
5. On the next screen, select the following tasks
"Service Pack Slipstream" and
"Bootable ISO" -> next -> select the location of standalone
Windows Vista SP1 installer file.
6.
vLite can take
60-90 minutes for integrating all the
SP1 files into Vista Installer. Once this process is complete, change the mode to
"Direct Burn", pop a blank
DVD and
Burn.
Your
Windows Vista SP1 Bootable DVD will be ready in few minutes.
Finished Installing Windows Vista SP1 ? Now Remove All The Junk FilesWhen you install
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 on your computer, the
SP1 installer will not remove the older versions of
Vista files from the hard drive. This is because the older files may be required in case you decide to uninstall
SP1 later from the system.
Naturally, these files occupy important disk space. If you are satisfied with the performance of
Windows Vista SP1 and are unlikely to remove it later, why not reclaim some disk space by removing all the older Vista files.
There are no manual steps involved. Just open your Windows command prompt and
type vsp1cln.exe (short for Vista SP1 Cleaner). It takes less than a minute to execute.
*vsp1cln.exe is added to your
Windows Vista System folder after you install
Vista SP1.
This will make
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 permanent on this computer. All the older files are deleted now and your hard disk has tons of extra space for other important files like videos and photos.
You computer need not be connected to the Internet for running the
Vista SP1 cleaner tool. And you won’t be able to remove
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 later.
