CD-R Size Problems

pp79wc · 20-August-04, 02:43 PM

I posted two weeks ago about this disk size issue (my ISO is 733 MB). I was told to try BlingWrite when Nero said the disk was too small for the ISO image. So, I tried Blindwrite, but it failed saying there was not enough space on the disk for the image. Then yesterday I posted again explaining my problem. The respone came back that I probably had a bad disk. So I tried BlindWrite again - same result. It errored saying the image was too large to fit the disk. Then I reconfigured Nero to be sure it was set to overburn - same result. I have wasted six disks trying to bun a valid OS ISO onto a disk. How do major software manufacturers get past the 703 MB disk size limit? So, far every suggestion has failed. People are telling me that they burn ISOs larger than 703 MB all the time, but I'm yet to figure out how they are doing it. What should I try next?

Lunamods · 20-August-04, 03:10 PM

your burner may not support overburn. You can also open up the ISO in WinRAR if it is in ISO format and delete some files that are not needed to bring the size down. If it is in another disk image format like bin/cue files or mdf there are other programs that will extract the files and you can delete stuff.

20-August-04, 02:43 PM		#1 (permalink)
pp79wc Apex Techie Lite	CD-R Size Problems I posted two weeks ago about this disk size issue (my ISO is 733 MB). I was told to try BlingWrite when Nero said the disk was too small for the ISO image. So, I tried Blindwrite, but it failed saying there was not enough space on the disk for the image. Then yesterday I posted again explaining my problem. The respone came back that I probably had a bad disk. So I tried BlindWrite again - same result. It errored saying the image was too large to fit the disk. Then I reconfigured Nero to be sure it was set to overburn - same result. I have wasted six disks trying to bun a valid OS ISO onto a disk. How do major software manufacturers get past the 703 MB disk size limit? So, far every suggestion has failed. People are telling me that they burn ISOs larger than 703 MB all the time, but I'm yet to figure out how they are doing it. What should I try next?

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20-August-04, 03:10 PM		#2 (permalink)
Lunamods Apex Tech Maniac Supreme	your burner may not support overburn. You can also open up the ISO in WinRAR if it is in ISO format and delete some files that are not needed to bring the size down. If it is in another disk image format like bin/cue files or mdf there are other programs that will extract the files and you can delete stuff.