Help With ISO File

[Agaruvala]

Hi guys, I need help.

I'm building a new rig and need a OS, so my brother gets an ISO file with with a VALID key.

Can I burn that ISO file of XP pro ona cd and use it as a install disk.

Its being installed to a new drive

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: Agaruvala
Hi guys, I need help.

I'm building a new rig and need a OS, so my brother gets an ISO file with with a VALID key.

Can I burn that ISO file of XP pro ona cd and use it as a install disk.

Its being installed to a new drive

How about you buy your OS? Piracy discussions aren't allowed here.

 

[Agaruvala]

Originally posted by: MrChad

Originally posted by: Agaruvala
Hi guys, I need help.

I'm building a new rig and need a OS, so my brother gets an ISO file with with a VALID key.

Can I burn that ISO file of XP pro ona cd and use it as a install disk.

Its being installed to a new drive

How about you buy your OS? Piracy discussions aren't allowed here.

Kick back turbo, I said VALID KEY, I no OS burning mofo. cool your jets

I bought it through the microsoft academic alliance.

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: Agaruvala

Originally posted by: MrChad

Originally posted by: Agaruvala
Hi guys, I need help.

I'm building a new rig and need a OS, so my brother gets an ISO file with with a VALID key.

Can I burn that ISO file of XP pro ona cd and use it as a install disk.

Its being installed to a new drive

How about you buy your OS? Piracy discussions aren't allowed here.

Kick back turbo, I said VALID KEY, I no OS burning mofo. cool your jets

I bought it through the microsoft academic alliance.

Ok, well valid key does not always mean legal key.

So it the ISO file from Microsoft Academic Alliance? Or from some other source?

 

[Agaruvala]

Originally posted by: MrChad

Originally posted by: Agaruvala

Originally posted by: MrChad

Originally posted by: Agaruvala
Hi guys, I need help.

I'm building a new rig and need a OS, so my brother gets an ISO file with with a VALID key.

Can I burn that ISO file of XP pro ona cd and use it as a install disk.

Its being installed to a new drive

How about you buy your OS? Piracy discussions aren't allowed here.

Kick back turbo, I said VALID KEY, I no OS burning mofo. cool your jets

I bought it through the microsoft academic alliance.

Ok, well valid key does not always mean legal key.

So it the ISO file from Microsoft Academic Alliance? Or from some other source?

microsoft academic alliance

 

[Agaruvala]

Can't I just burn the ISO file to a CD and use it as a install disk, OR no.

IF yes then do i need to burn it using a special program or method ?

THank you for your time.

PS: I like microsoft I do not make illegal coppies of their stuff

 

[LuckyTaxi]

Burn from Image under Roxio

 

[Agaruvala]

I heard I can use alcohol 1.20 and its free for 30 days

PS: I have no buring software

 

[LuckyTaxi]

download a free trial of nero

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: lilcam
download a free trial of nero

Or use the free DeepBurner.

 

[Agaruvala]

but it WILL Work as a install disk ?

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: Agaruvala
but it WILL Work as a install disk ?

Yes, it should if it came from Microsoft as you stated.

 

[Agaruvala]

Chad you need to stop the hacker crap.

Anyway, I talked to microsoft they said that it should work fine BUT.

Because its a ISO file it will not be a bootable a disk and that i need to make a book Disk (floppy) or insert a retail cd boot off that, then when it gets to the first part of windows setup, switch the disk from the retail to the ISO.

Chad, I pay for my software, not ever one is a thief. lay off

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: Agaruvala
Chad you need to stop the hacker crap.

Anyway, I talked to microsoft they said that it should work fine BUT.

Because its a ISO file it will not be a bootable a disk and that i need to make a book Disk (floppy) or insert a retail cd boot off that, then when it gets to the first part of windows setup, switch the disk from the retail to the ISO.

Chad, I pay for my software, not ever one is a thief. lay off

😕

I'm not accusing you of being a thief. You say you have a valid, legal key and I believe you. An install CD can come from anywhere, however. You could download an XP ISO off of BitTorrent and use a legal key and you would have a legal install of Windows.

Some of these install CD images are not bootable, but most (all?) the CD and CD images that Microsoft provides are bootable images, so it should work just fine.

 

[Agaruvala]

yes this came straight from the microsoft academic alliance so i hope its bootable.

 

[Shamrock]

you can download Nero trial, and there is a section about bootable CD's. if you check that, you should be able to boot from it, as well as use it as an install disk

 

[ofiraltarasy]

i will help you with nero there is a simple function of Burn image to Disk i did the same thing so i know what your going through just burn the image to disk and boot from it, it should work and by the way .ISO is an image file so you'll always need to burn them to disk unless its a game if its a game just get alcohol 120% and that will make a virtual drive for youso you can do it like that but thats only for games and applications

 

[daniel49]

Originally posted by: ofiraltarasy
i will help you with nero there is a simple function of Burn image to Disk i did the same thing so i know what your going through just burn the image to disk and boot from it, it should work and by the way .ISO is an image file so you'll always need to burn them to disk unless its a game if its a game just get alcohol 120% and that will make a virtual drive for youso you can do it like that but thats only for games and applications

hope you had better luck with nero trial then I did. I downloaded it, installed it, then started it up, and it said my free trial was over.

 

[Agaruvala]

ok download nero, will let you know what happens .

The ISO file is in a zip file do i unzip it into a folder and then burn or burn it in the zip, if i unzip it to a file what do i call it

Nevermid it just looks like a zip but it says .iso

 

[GhettoFob]

Originally posted by: daniel49

Originally posted by: ofiraltarasy
i will help you with nero there is a simple function of Burn image to Disk i did the same thing so i know what your going through just burn the image to disk and boot from it, it should work and by the way .ISO is an image file so you'll always need to burn them to disk unless its a game if its a game just get alcohol 120% and that will make a virtual drive for youso you can do it like that but thats only for games and applications

hope you had better luck with nero trial then I did. I downloaded it, installed it, then started it up, and it said my free trial was over.

That happened to me too. 😕