Vista on boot disc

[nojok3]

I've downloaded the Windows Vista ISO and burnt to DVD-RW on my Desktop machine. I am trying to install on my Dell laptop. When I try to boot the disc on startup, I get a blank cmd prompt with a blinking underscore, but not the usual OS boot screen because nothing is shown and I cannot type anything either. It isn't the DVD drive on the laptop because I have tried another drive to no avail. I am running Win XP and I was wondering if it could be because I burned it from my desktop and was trying to install it on my laptop, but I know that you don't need to finalize DVD-RWs (now that I think of it, I think I chose the finalize option). I used Nero burning ROM and when I got into the program I went to File>Open to open the iso to burn the iso. Any help/comments would be appreciated. thanks

[EXreaction]

Where did you get this ISO from? If you didn't get it from the Microsoft site, you could have a modified/hacked one.

You can run the disk from in windows XP, just stick in the disk and run the installer.

[nojok3]

I got it from Microsoft.com but I'm not sold that the file is bad because I believe this is the second time I have had the same problem. I'll try it with my desktop like you said. I don't know about you guys but I've seen a few problems with people burning with Nero. For those of you that downloaded the iso, what did you use to burn the iso and what options did you select? that would help a lot, thanks

[EXreaction]

I just burned it to a DVD with the image writer, I always turn on the error check(don't remember the exact name of it, but after it writes it goes over everything and reads and compairs it to the original file to make sure its good).

I have never had any problem with Nero.

(I am on Vista B2 now BTW, its sweet)

[nojok3]

I'm curious as to what I'm doing wrong now. I just opened it to boot with my main system and when I chose to boot the disc, it just had a blinking underscore and nothing to do. Thanks again for your help

[nojok3]

This is what I was choosing in Nero

[JLK03F150]

When I burned my iso w/ Nero I didn't check Determine Max Speed. Write & Finalize were checked & I selected 2x Write Speed.

That reminds me, I need to see if I can install Nero on the Vista box now.

[cmptrgydv]

You should burn it at the slowest speed possible, 2X or 4X
I burned it five times, never worked, it would start install, then fail loading files,
Burned it at slow speed, installed just fine,

[nojok3]

Problem is its not being recognized at all. I was burning it 2.4x, but I'll try lower. Thanks for advice

[nojok3]

*It will only let me burn at 2x, with 'determine max speed' unchecked...