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How to fit 730mb into a 700mb blank CD?

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IHAVEAQUESTION

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I just bought a used laptop from my friend, I asked him to include a Window XP CD so I can do a clean installation, but instead, he created an ISO file on the desktop and expect me to burn it into CD. Normally I don't have problem with that (except for piracy issue) but the thing is the ISO file is bigger than what my blank CD can hold. I mean I have blank DVD as well, but will my laptop be able to boot using a DVD disc? It's got DVD drive.
 
No, that won't work.
A burnable image needs to be in the .iso format, or other image formats, compressing it with an archiving utility will result in a compressed file, that cannot be made to boot from. (i hope that makes sense) if there are extra files on the disc that you know you can remove, find a good ISO editing util, and delete'em. I'm assuming the guy probably just plopped the SP2 executable file right on the disk image, instead of slipstreaming it into the installation (which would make it smaller) there are many good articles such as this one about how to slipstream SP2 into a windows xp installation.

hope this makes sense.

*edit* this isn't for the feint of heart, or inexperienced, you should do some research into this more than what i've outlined before attempting it. it'll take up alot of harddrive space, and possibly your time/effort as well, good luck.
 
Originally posted by: LoKe
That's illegal, but whatever. DVDShrink.
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No.

Originally posted by: IHAVEAQUESTION
If I compress it, will it still be bootable?
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No.

You'd have to overburn it onto a CD in your case... The other possibility would be to mount then install, but that would obviously be foolish with a Windows install. If for some reason you're against overburning a CD (which would be very odd), You'd be able to burn the ISO to a DVDR...

Any compression would make the file a .rar/.zip/.lz etc eliminating the bootability.
 
ISO files can be bigger than the actual files they contain. You should be fine burning it onto an 80min CD, it would probably work on a 74min (650mb) CD too.

Edit: Roughly, 730mb ISO ~= 73 minutes
 
Damn it! I just asked him why the ISO file is so large and he tells me that it comes with MUI. Arrrhh!! I don't need this MUI thing, do I have the option not to install it during the installation procedure?
 
Originally posted by: IHAVEAQUESTION
Damn it! I just asked him why the ISO file is so large and he tells me that it comes with MUI. Arrrhh!! I don't need this MUI thing, do I have the option not to install it during the installation procedure?
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Extract the .iso file to an empty folder on your desktop. See if you can just remove whatever you don't need. Then burn to cd.
 
toss it into the dryer before burning, it makes the tracks tighter together and so you can hold more information.
 
Just burn the iso. Don t burn it as a data cd (copying the iso to cd), but rather all burning programs have an option to burn an image. Select that. select the iso and you re good. Like a previous poster said the .iso file can be larger than the data it contains.
 
extract the files, and then use nlite to slipstream/remove fluff. Make an Iso with nlite and burn that to the cd.
 
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