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Is the W7 installation DVD an iso file

Digital

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Posted November 11, 2012 at 4:10PM

I have a genuine W7 installation DVD; is the data on there in the form of an iso file?

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lotvic

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Posted November 11, 2012 at 4:33PM

No, it is a bootable install DVD.

an .iso file is a compressed image of a CD/DVD that you would burn to a CD/DVD using a program such as ImgBurn (free) http://www.imgburn.com/

If you want to have a look at the contents of the DVD you have: Hold down the Shift key on keyboard and put the DVD in drawer, keep the Shift key held down until DVD drive light activity stops. You can then look at the files in Windows Explorer as you would with any other drive listed.

Holding down the shift key stops the DVD from automatically running the menu for choices of what you want to do.

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lotvic

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Posted November 11, 2012 at 4:36PM

I should have said, nothing terrible will happen if you don't hold down the shift key. You would just have to X close the menu to exit the DVD and then you could look at the contents in Windows Explorer.

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Fruit Bat /\0/\

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Posted November 11, 2012 at 5:26PM

No but you can make an iso file of your dvd to burn to another DVD as a backup in case your original gets lost, scratched or otherwise damaged.

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Digital

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Posted November 11, 2012 at 9:09PM

Thank you lotvic & Fruit Bat. What I really want to do is make an iso file from an installation DVD so's I can then make a bootable USB key for a netbook using the Windows 7 USB tool which only offers a choice of an iso file as a source. Any ideas gratefully accepted!

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Fruit Bat /\0/\

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Posted November 11, 2012 at 9:20PM

You can get an iso from here

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Marg7

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Posted November 11, 2012 at 11:01PM

You can create an iso from your DVD using imgburn http://www.filehippo.com/search?q=imgburn and choose the option to create image from disk. this will create the iso file on your hard drive which you can then use.

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lotvic

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Posted November 12, 2012 at 2:27AM

Yep, use ImgBurn to 'create image file from disc' (image file is the .iso file) you save that to a folder on your hard drive. Then you 'write image file to disc' (you should have option in rightclick menu 'Burn using Imgburn') or you can open Imgburn and click on menu.

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Digital

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Posted November 12, 2012 at 8:50PM

Thanks everyone. I used ImgBurn to create the image file but when I tried to use the W7 USB/DVD download tool, it said "...not a valid iso file". I'll recreate the image tomorrow, see if that helps.

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