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. Also checkout the Windows Vista SP1 Cleaner.
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Nice simple tutorial for slipstreaming (vlite helps). I remember a while back slipstreaming seemed to be a bit difficult or tedious…
Vow! This is a good one. Its really gonna help me
Remember to use vlite v1.1.6 beta , it has Vista SP1 Integration (Slipstream)option.
Has anybody else tried this ? I was getting some Error in the SP1 integration phase.
This was when I tried with SP1 obtained from connect a month back, Now Have to try with General availbility SP1.
So does this mean that if needed i could do a vista repair installation without having to uninstall sp1 first?
Can it also be used to slipstream drivers for hardware not included in Vista?
Has anyone been able to get the size down to fit on standard DVD5 dvd. I just integrated SP1 and did nothing else and its 4.9GB :(
Looks like you can only make a 64x DVD in a 64x OS, bummer, I was going to upgrade to that, looks like I’ll have to upgrade twice.
Hey, it works great. No more having to wait through that 3 stage sp1 update process.
You can’t add drivers etc if u goingto make slipstream. After the slipstream you can modify your ISO file. I suggest that you download 4example virtual cd/dvd drive software (Virtual clonedrive or Alcohol free 52%) and use it to make new slipstream with drivers etc.
Ofcourse you can burn that iso file to dvd but it is faster use virtual drive.
I have all my important soft’s on ISO file and use those by Virtual CloneDrive.
Can this slipstream operation of Vista OEM 64bit be performed using a windows xp 32 bit system to create a Vista sp1 slipstreamed intal disk?
Has anyone else noticed that there seems to be a step (3) that is missing. It goes from 2 to 4. I just found this page and am in the midst of preparing for this process and I get a bit concerned when I think I am missing some information on a detailed instructions.
Is it not posible to end up with a version complete vista install dvd with SP1?? I mean, with alle the versions at hand, like before the slipstream process..
I work in an environment, where i frequently need to installe different versions and the disc containing all versions has been great in that respect…
TS711
Hi all,
I own a Toshiba notebook, and it came with a “remastering DVD” (Vista Home Premium) only.
OS is updated with SP1 but I have some trouble (after a malware attack….)
Does anyone know if I can use a slipstreamed SP1 DVD (based on a RETAIL VISTA DVD) can be used to do a “repair install” on this notebook, knowing the OS on it is a OEM version ?
Thanks in advance !
Hi all,
I have follow every step you instruction until step 6 I get “verification failed!”. I decided to do it over again and still get same thing. Any solution? Or I should just go head and click Apply?
Thanks,
Rob
I’ve used vLite to slipstream SP1 to all the versions, using the 32bit download from Digital River. That gives me 3.2 gigs of files. Then I used this command with CDIMAGE
cdimage.exe -lVISTA_EN_DVD -m -u2 -bC:\VistaWithSP1\Vista\boot\etfsboot.com C:\VistaWithSP1\ C:\VistaWithSP1\Vistax86.iso
That somehow produces an almost 7 gig .iso! What do I need to do with vLite to fix this? I want one .iso with ALL versions slipstreamed to SP1, otherwise unaltered. (vLite needs an option to slipstream SP1 to ALL versions then cleanup in ONE job.)