is Vista Home DVD Retail Bootable

[dlchurch21]

First thank you for your patience. I am pretty new to the whole computer building scene. I ordered a PC with all the hardware installed, including a HDD that is "Pre-Formatted" with no operating system installed on it.(obviously)

My question is: Is the Windows Vista DVD retail software that you would buy in a computer supply store able to boot from CD. and Have me set a partition aside for the OS. Then continue with installation. If this is not the case, how would I go about getting Vista installed on this machine.

Thanks in advance.

 

[peterhuang913]

Yes, it's suppose to or else you can't install Windows.

 

[dlchurch21]

Thank you for your quick reply on that one.

 

[peterhuang913]

No problem.