trying to download VS2005 from MSDN

2 Jun 2006 3:18 PM

cj

I have a MSDN subscription and I'm downloading the first CD of VS2005
now. But I'm not sure I'm doing it right. I put a blank CD in the CD
drive and told it to write it to D: (the cd drive). It said there was
not enough space. I went to mycomputer then d: and right clicked and
there was a format option so I said ok format it. I then went back to
MSDN site and now it's downloading to the CD.

But, I've now been told this probably will not work. I'm told I need to
download it to my c: and then extract the files from the .iso to the CD.

Can anyone explain this process better to me?

2 Jun 2006 4:51 PM

Ahmed

Hi,

I am not sure if Windows can burn iso images. You need to use a burning
software and choose the option to burn the image (iso) to the cd.

cj wrote:
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> I have a MSDN subscription and I'm downloading the first CD of VS2005
> now. But I'm not sure I'm doing it right. I put a blank CD in the CD
> drive and told it to write it to D: (the cd drive). It said there was
> not enough space. I went to mycomputer then d: and right clicked and
> there was a format option so I said ok format it. I then went back to
> MSDN site and now it's downloading to the CD.
>
> But, I've now been told this probably will not work. I'm told I need to
> download it to my c: and then extract the files from the .iso to the CD.
>
> Can anyone explain this process better to me?

2 Jun 2006 5:57 PM

cj

apparently your right. It just saved the .iso to the cd and I had to
use and IBM utility that is on my pc to burn it from that cd to another.
So for CD2 I'm saving to my c:.

Ahmed wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> I am not sure if Windows can burn iso images. You need to use a burning
> software and choose the option to burn the image (iso) to the cd.
>
>
> cj wrote:
>> I have a MSDN subscription and I'm downloading the first CD of VS2005
>> now. But I'm not sure I'm doing it right. I put a blank CD in the CD
>> drive and told it to write it to D: (the cd drive). It said there was
>> not enough space. I went to mycomputer then d: and right clicked and
>> there was a format option so I said ok format it. I then went back to
>> MSDN site and now it's downloading to the CD.
>>
>> But, I've now been told this probably will not work. I'm told I need to
>> download it to my c: and then extract the files from the .iso to the CD.
>>
>> Can anyone explain this process better to me?
>

2 Jun 2006 6:53 PM

Oenone

Ahmed wrote:

> I am not sure if Windows can burn iso images. You need to use a
> burning software and choose the option to burn the image (iso) to the
> cd.

Alternatively, install WinRAR and use it to open the .iso file. It'll treat
it just like a .zip or .rar file and you can extract the contents directly
to your hard drive without going anywhere near a CD or DVD.

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2 Jun 2006 9:59 PM

Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]

"cj" <cj@nospam.nospam> schrieb:
>I have a MSDN subscription and I'm downloading the first CD of VS2005 now.
>But I'm not sure I'm doing it right. I put a blank CD in the CD drive and
>told it to write it to D: (the cd drive). It said there was not enough
>space. I went to mycomputer then d: and right clicked and there was a
>format option so I said ok format it. I then went back to MSDN site and
>now it's downloading to the CD.
>
> But, I've now been told this probably will not work. I'm told I need to
> download it to my c: and then extract the files from the .iso to the CD.

The download IIRC is an ISO file which contains a representation of the
content that can be burned onto a CD. However, copying the ISO file to the
CD is not sufficient. You may want to use this tool to burn the ISO file to
CD:

<URL:http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/isorecorder.htm>

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