xp and iso

[Larry]

I recently downloaded XP Pro from my MSDN subscription.
It came to me in an ISO format that is supposed to be the
exact replica of the installation CD. MS explained that
readers were available from several third party vendors
that would permit the mounting of this as a virtual
drive.

What they did not explain how to do was deal with the
reboot process that is part of the installation.
Everything comes to a stop as there is not third party
program loaded to mount the installation material as a
virtual drive.

Has anyone been through this process? Was I missing
something or is there something missing from the
directions?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

An ISO-9660 image file is an exact representation of a CD,
including the content and the logical format. The most common
use of an image file is to write it to a blank CD-R resulting in an
identical copy of the original CD including file name and volume
label information. ISO Images can also be extracted directly to a
file location by many CD-R utilities. For more information about
image files, please visit:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/subscriptions/faq/default.aspx#iso

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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"Larry" (e-mail address removed) wrote in message:

|I recently downloaded XP Pro from my MSDN subscription.
| It came to me in an ISO format that is supposed to be the
| exact replica of the installation CD. MS explained that
| readers were available from several third party vendors
| that would permit the mounting of this as a virtual
| drive.
|
| What they did not explain how to do was deal with the
| reboot process that is part of the installation.
| Everything comes to a stop as there is not third party
| program loaded to mount the installation material as a
| virtual drive.
|
| Has anyone been through this process? Was I missing
| something or is there something missing from the
| directions?

 

[Phil \(purplehaz\)]

Please check your original post before posting again. And give at least 24
hours to receive an answer before posting again. Your first post was
answered by at least 4 people. I suggest you check your first post.

 

[Larry]

That's exactly what the web site said... in fact it looks
like a cut and paste. The utilities recommended at the
site permitted it to load as a virtual derive, but did not
permit saving the image in a usable format. Have you
actually performed this function?

 

[GwD]

Most cd burning software have the ability to burn a ISO image to disk.
This is what you need to do to make the cd.

 

[Larry]

You are correct... and you get an ISO file on the disk.

Has anyone actually done what MS says can be done?

 

[David Candy]

Of course you can't boot from Virtual CD. Yet VCD will allow you to install 99.9% of the downloads. Wake up to yourself and try think a bit. It sounds like MSDN is way beyond your abilities. Now I told you earlier to get DVDBurn or CDBurn

This is one place to get them
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...69-57ff-4ae7-96ee-b18c4790cffd&displaylang=en

However VCD will allow a virtual machine to boot from virtual CD.

If you see a sign that says "Go Back. You Are Going The Wrong Way" do you take it a navigation device.

 

[GwD]

NO you misunderstand what I said.

You can burn a ISO image to the disk using your cd burning software it
should have a option to burn a ISO image NOT copy the ISO image to the disk.

 

[NobodyMan]

You are correct... and you get an ISO file on the disk.

Has anyone actually done what MS says can be done?

If you do it PROPERLY you don't end up with an ISO file on the CD.
You need to use the option to burn an image to a CD...not burn the
image file to the CD. BIG DIFFERENCE.