From Wikipedia: An ISO image (International Organization for Standardization) is an archive file (also known as a disc image) of an optical disc, composed of the data contents of every written sector of an optical disc, including the optical disc file system. ISO image files often have a file ...
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windows ISO file to use with VirtualBox
I read here on superuser.com that windows XP ISO files are not generally available for downloads from legitimate sources. What version of Windows can I use then, to mount as an ISO file with ...
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Why is an iso file needed to burn into a USB
I wonder why an iso file is needed to be burned into a USB in general?
For example, I have downloaded the installation iso file of Ubuntu 12.04. I want to install from my USB, so I copy the iso file ...
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PowerISO hangs at 0% for hours, kills computer when converting CD to an ISO file
I need to convert a CD I have to an ISO image but when I use PowerISO it stays at 0% and glitches up my computer (IE9 lags, Windows Explorer stops responding, etc.). It stays at 0% for three hours so ...
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How to convert cue/bin files to ISO format? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How to really convert cue/bin files to ISO format?
I have the same problem as How to really convert cue/bin files to ISO format?
I found this here: How do I convert ...
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Virtual Machine begins with installation again after restarting
I have been trying to set up a virtual machine using VMware/VirtualBox. Everything runs fine- the set up etc. I use an ISO file for the setup, in case that matters.
But when I power off the machine ...
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How do I consistently rip my DVDs to ISOs in Windows Vista?
I'm trying to backup all of my DVDs to ISO files. I've been using ISORecorder but there are several DVDs that I'm unable to copy (e.g. 'Romeo + Juliet', 'Gladiator', etc.) The problem, I think, has to ...
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The Debian CD images Wheezy comes with Gnome 3 graphical interface or without any? [closed]
This is the link i'm going to use to download the CD Image http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/i386/iso-cd/
And the name iso name is "debian-testing-i386-CD-1.iso - 23-Apr-2012 06:29 ...
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How to create a custom Windows 7 ISO file
I have a customised Windows 7 that was written to USB. But I would like to create an ISO file so that i can install this on Virtualbox, as Virtualbox does not boot from USB. However when I create an ...
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Create a multiboot USB drive with Ubuntu and Windows 7 using ISO images
I would like to have a bootable USB drive with some bootable ISO images on it, where some sort of menu appears on boot to select a specific image file on the USB drive and continue boot from that one.
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Unable to Make Bootable USB Stick From ISO
I'm trying to use the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool from the Microsoft Store to make my new 16 GB USB Flash drive bootable to install Windows. It worked the first time that I did this (for Windows ...
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installing a linux iso from within a university network
In order to install gentoo, I need to connect to a university wireless internet network. It requires a username and password login/authentication.
I'm wondering if anyone has any advice in terms of ...
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How to extract XGD2/3 ISO from Windows?
For Mac OS there is an utility called XBOX 360 hacker which can extract ISO to hard drive. However, I wasn't able to find such utility for Windows. Power ISO is not able to show all content.
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Install XP over Ubuntu. (Flash Drive)
My girlfriend needs to install Windows XP over Ubuntu on her PC, because she need to run some software that Wine and a visual machine can't handle as well as the 'real' thing.
Problem is, it seems ...
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Other options than burning an ISO to disk prior to installation?
When installing linux must you always burn the ISO image to disc pior to installation?
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Burn bootable iso image to USB stick using dd: Won't boot (despite USB first in boot sequence)
I have installed Ubuntu on a Lenovo Thinkpad R500 2732, and I must update the BIOS.
On the Lenovo website, I am offered this:
BIOS Update Bootable CD for Windows 7 (32-bit, 64-bit), Vista ...
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Program that converts Windows 7 install files into iso
I recently got to build a custom image of Windows 7 and I can successfully install it on other computers. The problem I have is right now I have to do the installs from a bootable hard drive. I ...
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how to extract files from ISO on linux?
I have an ISO file on a Linux machine for which I don't have root access. I am looking for some command or software that would allow me to extract all the files on the ISO without the need for root. ...
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is there a slackware linux netinstall?
Is there a netinstall for Slackware Linux? If so, where? I cannot seem to find one on their mirrors. Why not? Am I looking on the wrong mirror?
I need a netinstall because I'm making a netinstall DVD ...
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Old Technologies About Floppy
I have a floppy disk with an unknown FS-(FileSystem). I want to make a copy from it but I can't because both Windows and Linux seem to be unable to read from it.
I tried many of the most popular apps ...
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How to burn iso image with Windows 8 Consumer Preview to USB memory stick on Mac OS X
I want to install the Windows 8 Consumer Preview on my netbook Samsung NB30. The netbook doesn't have a CD or DVD drive, so I want to burn the image to a USB memory stick. I only have Mac OS X ...
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ISO on DVD differing across platforms?
I have the 32-bit ISO of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview and I burned it to a DVD (using Nero Express on Windows XP) to install in VirtualBox on my other computer (running Fedora 15).
The problem ...
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Is there a bootable ISO out there that does a performance check on PCs?
I am looking for something that checks CPU speed, memory, disk, graphics, in the same way done by the Windows performance index. I need a bootable ISO.
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Why is the 64-bit version of Windows bigger than the 32-bit version?
The difference in size for the Windows 8 Consumer Preview ISO images, between the 64 bit and the 32 versions is 800 Mb or a difference of 24%.
I've never seen a difference so large.
Why is there ...
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How are Disk Images Written? [closed]
How are disk images such as iso, img, and dmg written? For example, if I make a file with no extension with some text in it and put it in a disk image, how does it get incorporated, with what kind of ...
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Clone Image Without Empty Blocks
I've been using dd if/mnt/sda1/images/$1 of=/dev/$2 to clone some embedded images for compact flashes. I used to only be using one brand of CFs, but, now I have two of them (both 2g, but obviously ...
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When I plug in a USB with windows 8 dev to an xp machine and restart it won't install
I've installed windows 8 on a blank machine and it worked. Now I'm trying t dual boot Windows 8 on my XP computer. I plug in the USB with the ISO and then restart my computer but when I do my computer ...
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Including install.img in CentOS 6.2 custom image
I'm creating a custom image of CentOS 6.2 with an automated kickstart installation based on CentOS-6.2-i386-netinstall.iso. I've successfully created an ISO image that boots the installer, but it ...
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Windows 8 ISO image to USB stick?
I want to make a bootable USB stick from a Windows8 CTP DVD.
(so that I don't have to waste a DVD).
On Ubuntu (Linux) there is a program that does that automatically for oneself,
but I think it only ...
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Native .iso generation in Windows CMD?
Is there some way to natively create a .iso file from a partition or directory via Windows CMD? From what I gather the answer is no, but coming from Linux, where dd accomplishes this so easily, it ...
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Burn ISO file onto multiple CD's [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Split and combine file utility?
I'm trying to burn an ISO file which sized 3.51GB onto multiple CD's..
Any idea..?
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Convert VMDK to ISO
I have a disk image that is in VMDK format, and I would like to convert this to an ISO so that I could use this outside of a virtual environment. I know that, at first impression, these formats don't ...
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VMware virtual WindowsXP - VMDK or ISO for a third person who is going to use it
Our team made a little application, then created in VMware Player a Windows XP virtual OS and installed the application into it. Now the guy who is going to use wants us to make an image of it, burn ...
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How to burn Mac OSX .iso to DL-DVD on Windows 7 PC?
I've made a backup ISO of my Mac OSX DVD. I'm trying to burn that same ISO back onto a Dual Layer DVD (the image size is just north of 7gb).
I created a DVD using Windows 7 image burning software, ...
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How to edit Windows 7 Selection menu on DVD
I have downloaded one Windows 7 ISO from Internet.
At installation i got menu "Select the Operating System you want to install"
While choose, It displays some name one name in description of choose ...
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Best image cloning/restore software? [closed]
I would like to image my current laptop's hard drive and keep that image as a baseline the next time my laptop/HD crashes (to restore from. What is the best software to do this, Ghost, etc?
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convert IMG with CUE to MP3 (or maybe others, like FLAC, OGG, …)
I'm searching for some tool which can convert some IMG+CUE file to MP3 (or other formats).
It should be:
easy-to-use (i.e. preferable a GUI; or if console-only, straight-forward to use, without ...
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Is it possible to repair iso images incorrectly made with dd in OSX Snow Leopard?
About a year ago, I made rips of a bunch of my CD/DVD games and packed the originals away.
The problem is that now I'm trying to use WinXP Pro on VirtualBox on OSX Snow Leopard to play these iso ...
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How to install Ubuntu on another partition? from image, w/o CD, w/o flash-stick
I have one installation of Linux that I want to abandon, and I would like to install Ubuntu on another partition. The problem is that this miniPC does not have a CD-drive and I don't have flash-stick ...
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Create Windows 7 installer ISO with preinstalled softwares?
Is it possible to create a Windows 7 installer ISO image with softwares installed and configured?
For example I install a clean Windows, configure it, install some necessary softwares etc. and I ...
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ISO Archive vs Cd Image
Is getting an image of a disc (eg with brasero) the same thing as going into the cd, selecting everything and putting it into a .iso archive (eg with 7zip or ubuntu's archive manager)?
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Write Fedora.iso to isb and boot it from a macbook
I have an .iso image of the full fedora 16 install (Downloaded from http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora-options#formats as "Fedora 16 DVD")
and the question now is: How do I write it on an usb ...
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prevent mounted iso opening at startup
I have saved some of my children's educational DVDs on my wife's laptop as .iso files and put shortcuts to them on the desktop. When the icons are double-clicked Daemon Tools Lite mounts them and ...
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How to make a USB flash drive bootable like a CD made from an ISO
Apparently my installation of syslinux was incorrect and liveusb-creator installs it somewhat correctly. Now I am getting the error "chain.c32: not a COM32R image".How do I make a USB flash drive ...
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Creating a custom LiveCD
I am trying to build a custom live cd from a Fedora 14 or CentOS 6 install. I have tried the process found on the Fedora Wiki. It's basically using the livecd-tools program and then using some kick ...
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USB boot and newer BIOS and firmware
Is it safe to say that most newer (x64 2010+) desktop BIOS from major manufacturers can be configured for USB boot?
I'd like to be able to boot from USB for GParted 10, Windows 7 pro, and Ghost 2003+ ...
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Unable to burn .iso using Windows Disc Image Burner (Error code: 0x80004005)
When I try to burn a disc image file using Windows Disc Image Burner the burning fails and the Status says "The disc image didn't burn sucessfully because an error occured (Error code: 0x80004005)".
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Where can I download the latest Windows 7 installation DVD? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Where do I download Windows 7 (legally from Microsoft)?
I need to do an in-place upgrade to repair my installation of Windows 7 Professional 32-bit but I want to make ...
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Install an OS, (iso file) without burning it on a CD or making a bootable USB flash drive
I'm trying to install windows 8 developer preview.
I've already downloaded the ISO. Now I should burn it on a CD or create a bootable flash drive....zzz
I was wondering, can I skip this step? Can I ...
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Missing kernel on debian-testing-amd64-DVD-1
I want to install the Debian testing linux version.
But at a certain point of the installation, an error occurs:
Impossible to install kernel. a compatible kernel version is missing.
… or ...
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Burn Windows7 ISO on OS X for Another Computer [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How do you burn an ISO image on a Mac?
1] I am on a Macbook Air OS X Lion
2] I have a Windows7 ISO from MSDN.
Goal] I would like to "burn" it onto a USB stick to ...
