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Use *.iso files without burning?
Name: The Greatest DJ Date: December 31, 2001 at 20:50:52 Pacific
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Hi.
Is there a way to use a *.iso file for an install without burning it first on a cd?
Name: techcentral Date: December 31, 2001 at 21:05:26 Pacific
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I wish there was .. from what I know an ISO is an image (snapshot) of the cd at a byte/bitwise level It must be burned for the system to be able to make sense of it. I am 90 % sure about this so If i am not totally correct please feel free to correct me. If there is a program out there that will do iso without the cd then I want to know about it please???? I am running out of wall space for my cd's LOL
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Response Number 2
Name: ShutMeUpOrDown:) Date: December 31, 2001 at 21:11:27 Pacific
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http://www.undisker.com/features.html
Just found out about this a week ago. Havent tried it myself but a coworker swears by it.
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Response Number 3
Name: John Date: December 31, 2001 at 23:37:12 Pacific
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Couldn't you just "expand the Iso" into a folder and run it there??? using WinImage??
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Response Number 4
Name: Bessy Lou Date: January 1, 2002 at 05:37:05 Pacific
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Do you have another partition that you could store it on? I do that with DriveImage, which takes a snapshot of my os drive. When I need to restore, I startup DriveImage, select the drive that I have the image stored on and am up and running within 14 minutes or so.
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Response Number 5
Name: Answer Date: January 1, 2002 at 07:15:26 Pacific
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There is a way to install it without burning it first on cd.
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Response Number 6
Name: zippy Date: January 1, 2002 at 14:38:29 Pacific
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Daemon Tools will let you use the .iso without burning it first:
http://www.dtools.de/daemon_tools.htm
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Response Number 7
Name: Undisker Date: January 1, 2002 at 16:01:42 Pacific
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Undisker allows you to run the program from the iso without extracting it or burning it to cd. This means you can play all your favorite video games without needing to have the cd inserted.
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Response Number 8
Name: techcentral Date: January 1, 2002 at 19:48:43 Pacific
Summary: usually you use an iso file to burn to cdr using a cd-rw. but it can be used without a cd-rw http://www.peregate.com/anvil/iso2fcd.html as a virtual cd with the free app from the link above. ...
Summary: There is no easy answer to this question.Most sites offering ISO images do it to maintain the bootable sectors of the cdrom you burn.Freedos.org is one example offering a bootable setup cdrom for the ...
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