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How to access 7.8GB of data in DVD iso

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  • 11-08-2014 1:37pm
    #1
    barneysplash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,205 ✭✭✭


    Hi all

    I have an iso image of DVD data that is 7.8GB in size.

    This is program data from the public domain, it is not copyrighted or
    some movie dvd I want to copy.

    I cannot put this data on a blank DVD as they only take 4GB.

    Can I use a program like unetbootin or imgburn and a 16GB usb stick
    to create an unpacked usb that would be "live" ?

    The ideal outcome would be using the usb stick like a DVD and being able inserting
    it into a computer and access the contents of the disk.


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    DublinDilbert
    Registered Users Posts: 5,366 ✭✭✭DublinDilbert


    You need to mount the ISO image file onto your PC, this will mount it as a read only drive and give it a new drive letter.

    Something like MagicISO should do this for you fairly easily.


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    bonzodog2
    Registered Users Posts: 6,210 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    If its a bootable image you want to boot from, use unetbootin or YUMI (http://www.pendrivelinux.com/downloads/YUMI/YUMI-2.0.0.7.exe) to write it to a USB stick


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    free_man
    Registered Users Posts: 161 ✭✭free_man


    There are many free ISO emulator which will allow you to open ISO files
    1> Isobuster
    2> DAEMON Tools Lite
    3> Microsoft Virtual CDRom Control Panel
    4> WinCDEmu (I used this and its very handy)
    many more

    Search for ISO emulator on google. I cannot post links


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    TrustedApple
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,678 ✭✭✭TrustedApple


    DAEMON Tools Lite

    Or buy Duel layer DVDS that support 8.5GB http://www.amazon.co.uk/Verbatim-43666-Double-Silver-Spindle/dp/B0015Y9LQY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1407774327&sr=8-1&keywords=dvd+dual+layers

    But see if your DVD burner supports the discs as for backing up my 360 games i had to use a over burner DVD drive


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    djerk
    Registered Users Posts: 162 ✭✭djerk


    you could re-encode the movie to fit onto a standard dvd with dvd shrink http://www.dvdshrink.org or rip into some avi/mkv format.
    Most DVD video titles are simply too large to fit, without modification, onto a single recordable DVD-R disk. DVDShrink overcomes this problem by compressing or "shrinking" the data from your original DVD.

    if you have windows 8 it has built in emulation, simply right click the iso and mount it (or use some of the software mentioned in the post above)


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    barneysplash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,205 ✭✭✭barneysplash


    djerk wrote: »
    if you have windows 8 it has built in emulation, simply right click the iso and mount it


    The data in question was program files not film data.

    I have Windows 8 and this has worked perfectly.

    Maybe Windows 8 isn't a total failure after all :)

    Thanks to all for posting.


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