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Is there a way to burn/transfer a cd (iso) into a jump drive?

videopho

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Just got a netbook w/o an optical drive.
I need to install MSOFFICE03 (cd) into it but I do not have access to any external CD/DVD drive and I do not intend to buy one either since MSOFFICE is all I need for now.
IS it possible to burn the cd installation disc into a flash drive (using my desktop)?
 
Use imgburn to make an iso of the CD, copy the ISO to your flash drive, then mount the image using daemon-tools.

Alternatively, if both the netbook and PC are on the same LAN, you could just set up are share on the PC and install over the LAN.
 
Originally posted by: lxskllr
Couldn't you extract the CDs contents, put them on the flash drive, then run setup on the netbook?

Yes, that works sometimes depending on the CD.
 
You can almost always extract the ISO to individual files. WInrar can do it, as can programs like ISOBUSTER or MagicISO
 
Well I now save all my image type files as they are that way they I can mount them for installs and you can even copy file from the mounted media. The thing with copying files to media and not saving the original image file a lot of things that use autorun file wont start properly and sometime wont install at all due to looking for CD/DVD media for its install. The other software for compiling converting building image files I rely on is UltraISO it can make almost any format image file and convert them as well las adding files to images on the fly.
 
Originally posted by: bruceb
You can almost always extract the ISO to individual files. WInrar can do it, as can programs like ISOBUSTER or MagicISO

I like this approach since it requires less "footwork" but will it work?
I guess I will let you know when I receive my new Acer netbook from Fedex.
 
Microsoft has a tool that lets you "mount" an ISO (meaning it acts like its own drive). If just copying the files doesn't work, that ought to, in theory.
 
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