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Vista ISO
Hey, question here regarding a Visto ISO I got from microsoft. I downloaded it, and it says to burn to a dvd, which I did, but that does absolutley nothing, so I am assuming I burnt it the wrong way. I have the Roxio cd/dvd creator software that came with my xps 700. Any help is appreciated!
Scream_And_Fly
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Posted September 20th, 2006 22:00
You need to burn an ISO. The version of Roxio on your system does not have that feature - you have to upgrade it for that (big surprise).
You can use CD Burner XP Pro, which is great and free: http://www.cdburnerxp.se/
Greg- The confusing thing is that you don't want to end up with a .ISO file on the DVD. Instead you want to end up with a normal Vista install DVD with a bunch of individual files. A good analogy is that you don't want a .zip file on the DVD, you want the contents of the .zip file expanded onto the DVD. I used Nero, which came with an optical drive on a non-Dell computer. Its option to expand the .ISO image wasn't intuitively obvious either, but it was something like "burn ISO to DVD".
- I guess you did not do it right way.
Download : http://www.download.com/Ashampoo-Burning-Studio/3000-2646-10041527.html?part=dl-AshampooB&subj=uo&tag=button
40 day free. install. There is going to be an option to burn ISO to DVD. It works. I use it at work.
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I hope you are not installing VISTA as your only OS. I have Problems with allot of programs not compatible with Vista.
ZarMessage Edited by zaraza on 09-20-2006 08:17 PM
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Posted September 21st, 2006 01:00
BEWARE!!! I did the vista thing. It was awesome and sweet. I loved (notice past tense) it. It ran great with MOST of my programs..not virtual drive 10 and a few others. My biggest problem was my gaming experience. My XPS rocked until I put Vista on it. Then I had hang time in my games and glitches that wouldnt go away. I decided to go back to XP but it is not that easy because of the boot sequence of Vista. You have to install XP all over again from scratch. It stunk but I am just getting up and running again after downloading plenty of drivers (new install cleared everything) and all my other data. I am excited for Vista but it still seems unstable with SOME software. Some programs are great but others cause it to crash. If you're not gaming it should run pretty good.
Question: Anyone else have the same problem with Gaming and Vista? Maybe I needed to install or upgrade some drivers? I installed Vista upgrade not clean install.
Thanks- BTW If your machine is powerful enough you can run Vista under MS VirtualPC. Then it installs and runs in its own environment and won't muck up operation of your other OS. Of course, this will slow down both operating systems because you'll be running XP at the same time the virtual Vista environment runs. Vista runs fine for me this way, but I've got an older 256MB video card and don't get the fancy new Vista translucent windows. I have 2GB RAM and Core 2 Duo E6600.
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Posted September 20th, 2006 22:00