Questions tagged [iso-image]
An image file of an optical disk, such as a CD-ROM or DVD.
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Mac OS X: Best Way to Make an ISO from a CD or DVD
Both command-line and screen-oriented pointers appreciated!
update:
I verified the disk utility, hdiutil, and dd methods. dd seems the fastest, 30 minutes on my macbook pro vs. 40 minutes for ...
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Where can I download Windows 7 (legally from Microsoft)?
I just bought a serial for Windows 7 on-line from the Microsoft store (the most painful shopping experience EVER!). I selected that I wanted to download my version of Windows 7 after purchase. After ...
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How do I place a bootable ISO on a USB drive?
What's the best way of placing a bootable ISO on a USB drive, such that the drive is bootable? ISOs such as a live Linux preview disk, Windows installation ISO, etc.
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How do I burn an ISO on a USB drive on Mac OS X?
what's the best way to get an ISO "burned" to a USB stick on a Mac? Restoring using Disk Utility does not work.
The ISO is ubuntu mini.iso. It is the minimalist install ISO for installing ubuntu. It ...
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How to convert .img to usable VirtualBox format
I have a .img file for Windows 10, and I need to turn it into something which I can use in VirtualBox, such as an ISO, or turning it into a bootable virtual disk for an ICT project.
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Difference between English and English International for Windows 10 .ISO?
I've been researching into Windows 10 recently. On the .ISO download page, one of the choices to make is which language you want Windows to be in. There are two English choices: English and English ...
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How to install Debian from a USB drive?
I've got a shining new x64 laptop running Windows 7 and I want to dual boot Debian stable.
I've installed Ubuntu on loads of laptops in the past using a USB drive, but I can't find decent ...
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Why is a .ISO called a .ISO? [closed]
A .ISO is a digital copy of a cd or dvd. Almost 90% of all digital copys end on ".ISO". Why is this? Was there someone that called it .ISO and everyone just copied it?
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Burn Image context menu item missing in Windows 7
My understanding is that in Windows 7 if I right click an ISO image I should have an option Burn Image, or if I double click an ISO I should get a dialog to let me burn the image....
Not happening ...
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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 to create a bootable USB from a bootable ISO with the command line on Linux?
I have a CD that's created from an ISO file which I use to install a custom version of Ubuntu via plop linux.
The cd works fine but I'd like to use a bootable USB drive instead.
I used the command dd ...
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Open source / freeware application for Windows 7 to create ISO images [closed]
I'm looking for a freely available utility I can run on Windows 7 to create CD/DVD ISO images from actual CDs and DVDs.
Any suggestions?
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grub: boot from ISO
How can I boot into an ISO file in GRUB? The ISO file is on a reiserfs partition and GRUB can access it (already tested that).
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Where can I get a clean ISO of a specific build of Windows 10?
I need to repair my Windows 10 installation. Where can I get a clean ISO (with install.wim, no Install.ESD, so that I can run DISM against the WIM) of the specific Windows 10 build required for this?
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How to edit bootable ISO for free?
Under Windows, is there any way to edit the contents of a bootable ISO for free?
(Note: I am not interested in commercial software, but want free iso editor functionality)
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Creation of 1.3 GB file takes only 1 second. How?
I have folder which contains over 200 files and has size of over 1.3 GB:
I use Gizmo Drive software to create an .iso file from that folder.
The interesting thing is it takes only 1 or 2 seconds!
I ...
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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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Find a Windows 10 or 11 ISO to install it in a virtual machine
I know how to install an ISO in VirtualBox or Virtual PC, but I don't know where to find a Windows 10 ISO file. Microsoft provide a tool to download Windows 10 but it seems that it's only usable to ...
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Is it possible to boot from an ISO over the network, and how?
I have a machine with a bootable ISO stored on it, and I have another blank machine, which I want to install the ISO on. They're both on the same LAN (attached to the same switch). How would I go ...
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How to make a multiboot CD that will start a user-chosen ISO file
I have many CD ISOs downloaded from the Internet. They are each about 100 MB in size and consist of repair/diagnostic programs and other tools. Some of them are Linux-based; others are based on DOS ...
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Simple utility to rip ISO's on Windows (7) [closed]
I'm after a really simple utility to rip ISO's from CD's and DVD's on Windows 7.
Ideally it would be very small, free and have no spammy-ness to it (no advers, no nags etc). A simple right click of ...
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Is it possible to "virtualize" an existing PC?
I'm running Ubuntu Desktop 12.04, and I was wondering if it was possible to somehow take my whole filesystem (everything under /) and create an ISO from it. Then, perhaps, use that ISO as the file ...
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How can I mount an ISO via PowerShell/programmatically?
How can I mount and dismount ISO images from PowerShell in Windows 8 without 3rd party programs?
This question's original revision got me wondering if it's possible to mount an ISO via PowerShell in ...
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Option to mount .iso in Windows 8 missing
I just upgraded from Windows 7. I hear that Windows 8 has native mounting. However, when I right-click the .ISO file, there is no mount option. I really need to do this, because I got a message that ...
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How do I extract an ISO on Linux without root access
I have a large ISO file on a server, and I need to access the file in it, without having root access. Thus, I can't simply mount it. What should I do to be able to extract an ISO on LInux without root ...
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How do you extract/install from an .iso file?
I've downloaded an .iso file but don't have a DVD writer at the moment - is there a recommended Virtual DVD drive that I can use to install from the .iso file?
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How to copy an ISO image onto USB with dd
The last paragraph of the SliTaz 3.0 Release Notes says the following about the liveCD:
The ISO image now uses a 'hybrid' system: it can also be copied onto an USB stick without formating it (using ...
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Can I burn a CD ISO to DVD?
So can I burn an CD ISO to DVD? We've just got a bunch of DVD-R's lying around and I don't want to bother with torrents to download the new Fedora DVD.
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What is it that makes some USB sticks not-bootable?
I recently got a 64GB USB stick and planned to make it a system repair multitool, with different Linux and Windows installers and live images, but I seem to have a USB stick that cannot be booted.
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VirtualBox: How can I add (mount) a ISO image file from command-line?
There used to be a VirtualBox command with this syntax:
VBoxManage controlvm <VM> dvdattach <filename>
So attaching (inserting) a CD/DVD was as easy as:
VBoxManage controlvm "MyVM ...
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How to remove iso 9660 from USB?
I have somehow managed to write an iso 9660 image onto my USB drive, which makes all my computer think that the device is actually a CD. I have tried various methods of removing this partition, but ...
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windows 10 iso on usb refuses to boot after using dd to write it [duplicate]
I am using a windows "standard" ISO file: Win10_1511_1_English_x64.iso and I have verified its md5 matches the expected. The iso is mountable in OS X as a "UDF" format.
I then ...
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Create Windows 10 USB installation drive with Linux only
By udisk, I mean a 2.5 inch HDD placed in an External Hard Drive Enclosure
I'm quite familiar (not professional, daily use only) with Linux (Arch&Ubuntu) but newbie to Windows. Sometimes I ...
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How can I check whether an ISO image is bootable?
On Windows, how can I check whether an ISO image is bootable, without writing it to a DVD or running it on virtual machine?
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How do I determine if an ISO is a hybrid?
According to this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_image#Description
"A more recent example is the release of hybrid ISO files that can be booted or started from both BD or DVD and USB flash drive ...
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How to boot from a USB device using an ISO image
I want to re-install Windows XP on my laptop.
I have the ISO image for Windows XP.
How can I boot from a USB device using simply my ISO image of Windows XP?
My laptop is an IBM T42.
If you are running ...
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Create bootable CD from ISO [closed]
I need to create a bootable CD from an ISO. Is there free software available?
I am using Windows 7.
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Where can I download "bootrec.exe"?
I have my Windows 7 x64 ISO on my pendrive, but WinToFlash app forgot to install the MBR (again).
The only PC I have, uses x86 Win7 , so it won't install the bootrec.exe, since that is a 64bit ...
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How to validate a DVD against an ISO
I have an ISO file and a DVD burned from that ISO file. Is there a way I can validate that the DVD contains the same as the ISO file and that nothing is wrong with the DVD?
I have the tools available ...
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Best way to mount an image in Windows 7 64-bit [closed]
What is the best way to mount an image in Windows 7 64-bit?
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Where can I download a legitimate Windows 8 ISO image? [duplicate]
I bought a product key for Windows 8 a while ago, but I never got around to using it, because I can't seem to find a 64-bit Windows 8 ISO image anywhere.
My processor is 64-bit, but my current ...
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what is the difference between the usb booting mechanism and optical disk booting mechanism?
Many distributions of linux/bsd have separate usb and dvd images and writing the dvd image doesn't seem to work. What is fundamentally different between these two mechanisms?
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Usable, free ISO file editor that runs on Windows? [closed]
I need a free (libre) utility for Windows that allows a person to edit an ISO file.
The goal is to be able to:
Mount the ISO file with the ISO filesystem being readable and writeable.
Make changes ...
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Safe way to verify that a Microsoft ISO has not been tampered with
I'd like to make sure an ISO (disc image) I have for a Microsoft Windows 10 OS is genuine. The way I usually do this with any file is by computing a hash of the file and comparing the result to the ...
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How I do to modify the contents of a ISO file? [closed]
I want to open a ISO file, add files and then burn it to a disc.
By example, I get the Windows98 SE boot disk. That ISO have 2.6mb, and if I burn the iso, I will lost the remainder 697mb of the disk! ...
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Difference between ISO, MDS & BIN/CUE disk image formats?
What is the difference between these major disk image formats? Are there any specific advantages / disadvantages for any of them?
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Why I cannot copy install.wim from Windows 7 ISO to USB (in linux env)
I need to make a USB bootable disk of Windows 7 ISO.
My USB is formatted to NTFS, ISO is not corrupt. I can copy install.wim elsewhere but I cannot copy it to USB. I even tried rsync.
rsync error
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Boot Camp Assistant not accepting Windows 10 .iso file
Using bootcamp to create a mountable installable USB drive with a Windows 10 .iso gives me an error saying:
Boot Camp only supports Windows 7 or later installation on this platform. Please use an ISO ...
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Multiple Operating Systems or ISO's Bootloader for a USB Stick?
I have no idea how to do this.
I have 7 iso's that I want to be able to easily boot from using a USB Stick and they are:
Windows 7 Ultimate x86
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Windows 8.1 x64
Hirens BootCD
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Why is my Linux reporting an allowable size error when building an .ISO?
I have played with Linux customization, when I want to build the .ISO I get this error:
$ mkisofs -r -o rhel.iso -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat ./
INFO: UTF-8 character encoding ...