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.iso file not visible on disk drive...

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  • 06-08-2012 7:45pm
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    makeorbrake
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    I have written a .iso file to a cd-rom. It shows with the correct size - and as I labeled it on this windows 7 laptop. When I load the disk into another (windows xp) laptop, nothing shows under the cd-rom directory. I had already changed the folder options to 'show hidden files' (although I dont think an .iso should be affected by this in any event - it's not a system file).



    Anyone have any ideas as to what the issue is?


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    uch
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    What did you use to burn the .iso

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    makeorbrake
    Registered Users Posts: 4,664 ✭✭✭makeorbrake


    uch wrote: »
    What did you use to burn the .iso
    I'm not even sure of that - I think thats something that's included - incorporated into - with Windows 7?


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    homer911
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    You need to use iso burning software, and you need to close out the recording session...


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    Capt'n Midnight
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    this free program ticks most of the cd burning boxes
    http://cdburnerxp.se/en/home


    how to and overview of other burner programs
    www.petri.co.il/how_to_write_iso_files_to_cd.htm


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    makeorbrake
    Registered Users Posts: 4,664 ✭✭✭makeorbrake


    homer911 wrote: »
    You need to use iso burning software, and you need to close out the recording session...
    Ok, but if i place the disk in my win 7 machine, it recognises it?


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    Capt'n Midnight
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    makeorbrake wrote: »
    Ok, but if i place the disk in my win 7 machine, it recognises it?
    In teh olden days I'd have said are you sure the XP machine has a CD Writer and ye olde CD rom readers couldn't read rewritable / certain colour media

    note some programs can treat an iso as a folder, 7zip etc.


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    makeorbrake
    Registered Users Posts: 4,664 ✭✭✭makeorbrake


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    In teh olden days I'd have said are you sure the XP machine has a CD Writer and ye olde CD rom readers couldn't read rewritable / certain colour media

    note some programs can treat an iso as a folder, 7zip etc.
    When it had finished, it had filename.iso listed within that disk - nothing else. If I put it back in the win 7 machine, it will show with that filename - and the label that I put on it.


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    OneIdea
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    Does the "other (windows xp) laptop", read all other cd/dvd disks, some drives over time can still write to disks but they fail to read the same, its just ware and tare.

    Are you trying to load windows 7 over the XP laptop?


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    Capt'n Midnight
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    makeorbrake wrote: »
    When it had finished, it had filename.iso listed within that disk - nothing else. If I put it back in the win 7 machine, it will show with that filename - and the label that I put on it.
    that's your problem


    copying the file to the disk means you just have a file on a disk,

    you need to use a special program to make the entire disk from the 1's and 0's contained within .iso file - if the "boot sector / boot files" aren't in exactly the right spot on the disk it won't be bootable


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    makeorbrake
    Registered Users Posts: 4,664 ✭✭✭makeorbrake


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    that's your problem


    copying the file to the disk means you just have a file on a disk,
    I thought I 'burned' the file to the disk? It said as much. However, when I went back to check on it, I just saw the total file there - with the correct data size. I then closed down that window. When I checked back on the machine, it asked me to click here to finish. I *think* I had already removed the disk at this stage. Is that relevant here?

    Is it' borked then - and therefore, I have to start all over again?


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    Capt'n Midnight
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    http://www.petri.co.il/how_to_write_iso_files_to_cd.htm


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