Windows 7 SP1 Slipstream - RT7Lite a vLite alternative

eva2000 · 29-08-2010, 04:42 AM

Windows 7 SP1 service pack slipstream is now possible via a vLite alternative application called RT7Lite. Basically it feels and operates like vLite for slipstreaming hotfix and service packs, integrating drivers, removing windows components, tweaking operating system and creating a windows 7 unattented installation. RT7Lite can burn the resulting tweaked operating system to ISO image, burn to cd and even load it onto a bootable formatted USB flash memory drive!

There's a few neat improvements over vLite:

Ability to take either ISO file or source folder files for OS base
Preset configs out of the box
Easier to change windows 7 login logo/images
Blackviper Service config presets for default, safe, tweaked, bare-bones

Official RT7Lite web site - downloaded v2.20 beta 64bit version which adds Win7 SP1 beta slipstream support.

First time using RT7Lite so not sure how much space reduction there is on non-Win7 SP1 Beta slipstream. But for Win7 SP1 Beta 1.22GB file slipstreamed with tweaks and component removal, it only ended up with 0.02GB larger final Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit ISO size than original Win7 Ultimate 64bit RTM ISO and 0.52GB smaller in size than the 3.55GB full Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit SP1 beta slipstreamed ISO. RT7Lite definitely took longer to to run than vLite, the longest part was waiting for RT7Lite to slipstream the Win7 SP1 Beta files.

Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit RTM original cd size = 3.01GB
Windows 7 SP1 Beta ISO size = 1.22GB
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit RTM SP1 slipstreamed FULL ISO size = 3.55GB
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit RTM + SP1 Beta slipstream and component removal = 3.03GB

Windows 7 SP1 Beta - service pack ISO size = 1.22GB

RT7Lite used for Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit + Win7 SP1 Beta slipstreaming

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End result, 3.55GB full Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit SP1 beta slipstreamed ISO vs 3.03GB Win7 Ultimate 64bit SP1 beta slipstreamed + component removal/tweaked unattended ISO. There were alot of components etc that I didn't remove this time round. This is literally my first run.

eva2000 · 29-08-2010, 04:43 AM

Virtualbox test install of Win7 Ultimate 64bit SP1 slipstreamed unattended ISO (3.03GB) resulted in an install foot print of 8.16GB.

eva2000 · 29-08-2010, 04:43 AM

As of August 29th, 2010, there are 5 Windows 7 SP1 beta post-install hotfix updates as follows:

Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 8 for Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Beta for x64-based Systems (KB2183461)
Security Update for Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Beta for x64-based Systems (KB2032276)
Security Update for Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Beta for x64-based Systems (KB2079403)
Security Update for Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Beta for x64-based Systems (KB2286198)
Security Update for Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Beta for x64-based Systems (KB982665)

Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 8 for Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Beta for x64-based Systems (KB2183461)

Download size: 6.0 MB

You may need to restart your computer for this update to take effect.

Update type: Important

Security issues have been identified that could allow an attacker to compromise a system that is running Microsoft Internet Explorer and gain control over it. You can help protect your system by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

More information:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=196549

Help and Support:
http://support.microsoft.com

Security Update for Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Beta for x64-based Systems (KB2032276)

Download size: 578 KB

You may need to restart your computer for this update to take effect.

Update type: Important

A security issue has been identified that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to compromise your system and gain control over it. You can help protect your system by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this update, you may have to restart your system.

More information:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=194164

Help and Support:
http://support.microsoft.com

Security Update for Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Beta for x64-based Systems (KB2079403)

Download size: 1.0 MB

You may need to restart your computer for this update to take effect.

Update type: Important

A security issue has been identified that could allow an authenticated remote attacker to compromise your system and gain control over it. You can help protect your system by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this update, you may have to restart your system.

More information:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=196268

Help and Support:
http://support.microsoft.com

Security Update for Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Beta for x64-based Systems (KB2286198)

Download size: 6.4 MB

You may need to restart your computer for this update to take effect.

Update type: Important

A security issue has been identified that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to compromise your system and gain control over it. You can help protect your system by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this update, you may have to restart your system.

More information:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=197393

Help and Support:
http://support.microsoft.com

Security Update for Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Beta for x64-based Systems (KB982665)

Download size: 111 KB

You may need to restart your computer for this update to take effect.

Update type: Important

A security issue has been identified that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to compromise your system and gain control over it. You can help protect your system by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this update, you may have to restart your system.

More information:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=194906

Help and Support:
http://support.microsoft.com

T_M · 30-08-2010, 02:33 PM

Nice info George.
One of these days ill get around to creating some new lite installs (i keep telling myself this!)

eva2000 · 30-08-2010, 04:22 PM

Thanks Tim it's worth the effort to do it once in a while, saves alot of time when you do reinstall or installs on bench rigs.

Get to test these new Win 7 ISO in live environment sooner than I thought, as my main work pc's OS 640GB Samsung hard drive decided it doesn't want to live anymore and started dying on me, have to reinstall all my apps and transfer my data all over again

nasty 'Current pending sector count' - no longer can successfully backup image the OS partition off this disk, gives me 0x80 error and imaging apps error out around 50GB mark

Spent 20+ hrs reinstalling and transfering data to replacement 640GB Samsung hdd because i couldn't image clone the old disk due to errors.

new disk

youngpro · 01-09-2010, 11:39 AM

yeah r7 seems good, i have made sp1 64 and 32 a few weeks ago and i am using them as benching builds now...

the w7 64 sp1 seems to be fairly good for pcmark 05 with memory latency alot more consistant than i have previously seen

eva2000 · 01-09-2010, 07:33 PM

Thanks James for the piece of info on pcmark05. Consistency in pcmark 05/vantage is always a problem.

Kal-EL · 01-09-2010, 09:25 PM

Do you prefer this alternative to Vlite?

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