MSDN Vista Beta 2 Download Issue

[Guest]

I downloaded Vista Beta 2 expecting the file
en_windows_vista_beta2_x86_dvd.iso but instead two different files were saved
to my HD.

FTMBE.tmp

FTMBE.tmp.SegmentInfo.bin

I tried to convert the .bin file to an iso using WinISO but I got the error
of "unexpected format or file type"

Why didn't Microsoft FTM download and save this file as the .iso image that
I was expecting?

What can I do to either download the correct file or convert this to iso?
It seems so far my attempts to convert the file that did get saved is not
going to work.

 

[Richard Urban]

The Vista Beta 2 is sent/downloaded as an .iso file. Where did you go to
download what you have received?

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Guest]

from the mdsn website

The Vista Beta 2 is sent/downloaded as an .iso file. Where did you go to
download what you have received?

--
Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Guest]

from MSDN

The Vista Beta 2 is sent/downloaded as an .iso file. Where did you go to
download what you have received?

--
Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, OE/WM]

I got that (or something close to it) for my first download and had to
download again.

 

[Guest]

Thanks, Frank and Richard.

It turns out that several of my early attempts hung at 99% but others went
to 100% and appeared to be completed, but what I failed to notice is that
there is a file integrity check that happens after the file is downloaded
100% and after the check is done, these two files disappear and the ISO image
appears. The file checking is not at all obvious in MS FTM, but I noticed it
after about the 15th time today. That was at 4:30PM, on Friday! *sigh* boy
I'm glad it didn't take me any longer than that.


So... wait until the status changes from "Active" to "Completed"