Re: Extracting "precompact"... DONE!

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Great! Sorry I couldn't help you there, but I was getting
at the problem with Virtual PC not capturing an ISO
disk image as a CD.

Just a Q... have you captured other ISO images before
under Virtual PC 6? And what size files are/were they?

I don't have 6, so I can't figure out what the real problem is.


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-- tonza.


"Evanapp" <Evanapp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> "Tony Kavadias" wrote:
>
>> Evanapp's problem includes Virtual PC not displaying files of the
>> expected type in an "Open..." dialogue box.
>>
>> Steve, what possibilities are there for Virtual PC not recognising a
>> candidate file?
>>
>> I have not had problems in this regard, so because I cannot see the
>> problem, it makes it that much more difficult to resolve. Maybe
>> knowing more about why Virtual PC would possibly exclude
>> ISO files from view would be a good insight.
>>
>> Which dawns the question to Evanapp... are you sure the ISO got
>> copied over properly? Like, have you checked the file sizes between
>> the ISO image in the Virtual PC 2004 installation directory and the
>> copy you made in your Shared Folder?
>>
>> Here's another overkill tactic... make a new hard disk image file
>> using Virtual PC's Disk Assistant, format it for FAT32, and
>> after rebooting Windows to accept the new disk drive, copy
>> the ISO image file to the new drive.
>>
>> Then, shut down the virtual PC, and using the "PC Settings..."
>> command, select the new disk you made and copied the ISO
>> image to, and click "Mount". The disk should be visible as an
>> MS-DOS volume on the Macintosh desktop, and you should be
>> able to copy the ISO image from that filesystem to any place
>> you choose on the Macintosh filesystem using the Finder.
>>
>> Then... continue to get Virtual PC to attach the ISO image file
>> as a CD-ROM disc when you next reboot your virtual PC and
>> take it from there.
>
> SUCCESS!!!???
> The copied ".iso" file appears identical to the original. And is your new
> "overkill" tactic any different from what I did when I mounted the "iso"
> file
> on the Mac and tried unsuccessfully to capture it in the Virtual Machine?
>
> In the meanwhile, however, I have had success in an unexpected and
> puzzling
> way. I reinstalled the Virtual PC 2004 SP1 Trial. It seemed to stall
> during
> the installation, taking something like an hour to finish. I still could
> not
> capture the iso file by your procedure, but I was able to run the
> compact.exe
> file successfully, and the precompaction completed in fifteen minutes or
> so.
> Shutdown, run the Disk Assistant utility, and EUREKA, the disk is
> compacted.
> I can't say I know yet what is going on, or why things are behaving so
> differently for me than for you. I guess I'll have to do some further
> research.
>
> Evanapp


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