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bootable DVD for VISTA
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Re: bootable DVD for VISTA -
01-02-2007
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Should be a bunch of files and folders, not just one big one. Clint ooh, I didn't "write from an ISO file", just copied it. I'll try & do |
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sdeyoreo (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news  q9gp2lvc1s7q8tucqjtf6rjtdgtreasbe (AT) 4ax (DOT) com...On Sun, 31 Dec 2006 06:18:18 GMT, "Clint" <cneufeld (AT) mysocks (DOT) shaw.ca wrote: When you made your DVD, you made it with software that could handle ISO images? It handles ISO and the file extension on DVD is .ISO. Can you view a bunch of files on it in XP, or just one large file? I don't know, I'll look. What should it be? Clint sdeyoreo (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news:nkidp2tr4nrnvbo5t3e785s1d9g26tf0l8 (AT) 4ax (DOT) com... On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 19:01:48 +0000 (UTC), Andrew Smallshaw andrews (AT) sdf (DOT) lonestar.org> wrote: On 2006-12-30, sdeyoreo (AT) hotmail (DOT) com <sdeyoreo (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote: Vista comes on a DVD, requiring a bootable DVD drive. How is that done for a new build? If I install a DVD drive, say Lite-On or LG, and set bios to boot from CD-ROM drive, will it be able to read and boot from the DVD that VISTA is on? Yes. The procedure is identical as that used for a CD-ROM. Even the technical details are identical to quite a low level so there are no exceptions waiting to catch you out. I haven't played with Vista yet. The disks are lying around but I'll leave someone else to do Microsoft's beta testing ;-). However I'd expect there still to be a option to create a set of boot floppies from the DVD in any case - these have been invaluable to me in the past with SCSI systems that didn't support CD booting. Thanks. I asked because I have a copy of Vista Release Candidate 1 on a DVD. I put it in a new build, but just get errors about unable to boot from it. So I put in a copy of XP, it installed ok.(can't activate it cause it's already on my main comp) Vista Release Candidate 2 is out, but closed now. I guess I'll have to wait and buy a real copy. |
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Should be a bunch of files and folders, not just one big one. Clint Ahh, much better using "write from ISO". |
Googling on it, it's a big bug. gotta try a few things)
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sdeyoreo (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news q9gp2lvc1s7q8tucqjtf6rjtdgtreasbe (AT) 4ax (DOT) com...On Sun, 31 Dec 2006 06:18:18 GMT, "Clint" <cneufeld (AT) mysocks (DOT) shaw.ca wrote: When you made your DVD, you made it with software that could handle ISO images? It handles ISO and the file extension on DVD is .ISO. Can you view a bunch of files on it in XP, or just one large file? I don't know, I'll look. What should it be? Clint sdeyoreo (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news:nkidp2tr4nrnvbo5t3e785s1d9g26tf0l8 (AT) 4ax (DOT) com... On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 19:01:48 +0000 (UTC), Andrew Smallshaw andrews (AT) sdf (DOT) lonestar.org> wrote: On 2006-12-30, sdeyoreo (AT) hotmail (DOT) com <sdeyoreo (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote: Vista comes on a DVD, requiring a bootable DVD drive. How is that done for a new build? If I install a DVD drive, say Lite-On or LG, and set bios to boot from CD-ROM drive, will it be able to read and boot from the DVD that VISTA is on? Yes. The procedure is identical as that used for a CD-ROM. Even the technical details are identical to quite a low level so there are no exceptions waiting to catch you out. I haven't played with Vista yet. The disks are lying around but I'll leave someone else to do Microsoft's beta testing ;-). However I'd expect there still to be a option to create a set of boot floppies from the DVD in any case - these have been invaluable to me in the past with SCSI systems that didn't support CD booting. Thanks. I asked because I have a copy of Vista Release Candidate 1 on a DVD. I put it in a new build, but just get errors about unable to boot from it. So I put in a copy of XP, it installed ok.(can't activate it cause it's already on my main comp) Vista Release Candidate 2 is out, but closed now. I guess I'll have to wait and buy a real copy. |
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On Mon, 01 Jan 2007 16:00:51 GMT, "Clint" <cneufeld (AT) mysocks (DOT) shaw.ca wrote: Should be a bunch of files and folders, not just one big one. Looks like one big file with a .iso extension. Not right? |
DVD. What you should have done is "Burn Image" under the Recorder menu
in Nero which would have asked you to select a .nrg, .iso or .cue file.
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Conor
"You're not married,you haven't got a girlfriend and you've never seen
Star Trek? Good Lord!" - Patrick Stewart
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Should be a bunch of files and folders, not just one big one. Clint Works good when I boot up from the Vista DVD! Thanks. sdeyoreo (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news q9gp2lvc1s7q8tucqjtf6rjtdgtreasbe (AT) 4ax (DOT) com...On Sun, 31 Dec 2006 06:18:18 GMT, "Clint" <cneufeld (AT) mysocks (DOT) shaw.ca wrote: When you made your DVD, you made it with software that could handle ISO images? It handles ISO and the file extension on DVD is .ISO. Can you view a bunch of files on it in XP, or just one large file? I don't know, I'll look. What should it be? Clint sdeyoreo (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news:nkidp2tr4nrnvbo5t3e785s1d9g26tf0l8 (AT) 4ax (DOT) com... On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 19:01:48 +0000 (UTC), Andrew Smallshaw andrews (AT) sdf (DOT) lonestar.org> wrote: On 2006-12-30, sdeyoreo (AT) hotmail (DOT) com <sdeyoreo (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote: Vista comes on a DVD, requiring a bootable DVD drive. How is that done for a new build? If I install a DVD drive, say Lite-On or LG, and set bios to boot from CD-ROM drive, will it be able to read and boot from the DVD that VISTA is on? Yes. The procedure is identical as that used for a CD-ROM. Even the technical details are identical to quite a low level so there are no exceptions waiting to catch you out. I haven't played with Vista yet. The disks are lying around but I'll leave someone else to do Microsoft's beta testing ;-). However I'd expect there still to be a option to create a set of boot floppies from the DVD in any case - these have been invaluable to me in the past with SCSI systems that didn't support CD booting. Thanks. I asked because I have a copy of Vista Release Candidate 1 on a DVD. I put it in a new build, but just get errors about unable to boot from it. So I put in a copy of XP, it installed ok.(can't activate it cause it's already on my main comp) Vista Release Candidate 2 is out, but closed now. I guess I'll have to wait and buy a real copy. |
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On Mon, 01 Jan 2007 16:00:51 GMT, "Clint" <cneufeld (AT) mysocks (DOT) shaw.ca wrote: Should be a bunch of files and folders, not just one big one. Clint Works good when I boot up from the Vista DVD! Thanks. sdeyoreo (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news q9gp2lvc1s7q8tucqjtf6rjtdgtreasbe (AT) 4ax (DOT) com...On Sun, 31 Dec 2006 06:18:18 GMT, "Clint" <cneufeld (AT) mysocks (DOT) shaw.ca wrote: When you made your DVD, you made it with software that could handle ISO images? It handles ISO and the file extension on DVD is .ISO. Can you view a bunch of files on it in XP, or just one large file? I don't know, I'll look. What should it be? Clint sdeyoreo (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news:nkidp2tr4nrnvbo5t3e785s1d9g26tf0l8 (AT) 4ax (DOT) com... On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 19:01:48 +0000 (UTC), Andrew Smallshaw andrews (AT) sdf (DOT) lonestar.org> wrote: On 2006-12-30, sdeyoreo (AT) hotmail (DOT) com <sdeyoreo (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote: Vista comes on a DVD, requiring a bootable DVD drive. How is that done for a new build? If I install a DVD drive, say Lite-On or LG, and set bios to boot from CD-ROM drive, will it be able to read and boot from the DVD that VISTA is on? Yes. The procedure is identical as that used for a CD-ROM. Even the technical details are identical to quite a low level so there are no exceptions waiting to catch you out. I haven't played with Vista yet. The disks are lying around but I'll leave someone else to do Microsoft's beta testing ;-). However I'd expect there still to be a option to create a set of boot floppies from the DVD in any case - these have been invaluable to me in the past with SCSI systems that didn't support CD booting. Thanks. I asked because I have a copy of Vista Release Candidate 1 on a DVD. I put it in a new build, but just get errors about unable to boot from it. So I put in a copy of XP, it installed ok.(can't activate it cause it's already on my main comp) Vista Release Candidate 2 is out, but closed now. I guess I'll have to wait and buy a real copy. |
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