Xp

[GhostInTheSystem]

hi there
i downloaded a Windows XP corporate file.
when i try to open it...it says that it's not a Win32 program.
is there anything that i can do? what am i doing wrong? when i right click the file is tells me that it's an application but not anything else.
is there anything i can do or did i just waste 5 hours of downloading...
not really a waste, becasue i did some music and "stuff" and others were able to upload
problem is...others are uplaoding this file too and if it doesn't work i want to be able to tell them.
this is the name of the file
windows_xp_pro_corporate_final 504,102kb

damn, it just dawned on me...could it be in iso format?
that doesn't help me though, becasue i am not familiar with iso at all...can anyone help me or should i just kiss it goodbye?

[Virtualbody1234]

It's a CD image file. What's the complete filename including it's extension?

Edit: Ok, I found it. It's an .iso file.

To burn the .iso to a CD, get Nero burning rom and click recorder>burn image>find and select the file and burn.

or http://www.klboard.ath.cx/index.php?showtopic=56059

[GhostInTheSystem]

thank you

nero? downloadable? i have roxio just the basic one - will it work or no? and any particular kind of cd? or can i use data and music cd's interchangably? i hope so because i just ruined most of my data discs. and i have music discs coming out my...well i'm up to chin in music discs.

[fobulous]

or you can use Alcohol120% i use it and love it.

[boyzeee]

you could also download winiso or isobuster to open the file, extract all the files to a folder and then burn them to disc, you can use any cd and in easycd make a data disc and when it says to add files just point it to the folder you have just unpacked corp to and select all and burn...easy. also if you go to NERO (http://www.nero.com/en/nero-prog.php) you can download a fully working nero6 demo which is easily cracked, just search in kazaa for "Nero 6.0 Ultra Edition Keygen.exe" by orion. if you want to boot from the disc you can make it bootable but if you not that sure of how to do it go to here (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=83F53BE9-28FA-40E8-8EC2-631504EF5E26) and download the boot discs from microsoft.

[clocker]

Of course you can use a "music" disc.

After you're finished with the install, burn another copy and keep in it your car to listen to.

XP Corp has an excellent beat and it's easy to dance to.

I give it a 8, Dick.

[chinook_apache]

Originally posted by clocker@10 November 2003 - 14:19
Of course you can use a "music" disc.

After you're finished with the install, burn another copy and keep in it your car to listen to.

XP Corp has an excellent beat and it's easy to dance to.

I give it a 8, Dick.
LOL :lol:

[Virtualbody1234]

You should be able to burn the .iso with Roxio. Insert a blank CD and in CD Creator click: File>Record Disc from Image...>Select the file and click 'ok' to burn.

[GhostInTheSystem]

Originally posted by clocker@10 November 2003 - 14:19
Of course you can use a "music" disc.

After you're finished with the install, burn another copy and keep in it your car to listen to.

XP Corp has an excellent beat and it's easy to dance to.

I give it a 8, Dick.
LOL
:P

[Virtualbody1234]

@GhostInTheSystem, did it work???

[GhostInTheSystem]

you're all great thank you

not yet, i have to get the stupid thing to open. i must have done it wrong because everytime i try to open the E drive i get a big huge error message and my pc locks up...now i can't get the dumb thing to eject. will let you know. have to shut down and reboot and open the drive as the power comes on. *sigh*

oh, if you can you use either kind of blank cd why do they label them differently and why do the data discs cost more and give less? aside from a ploy to get more money from this gullible fool? or is that the answer?

[GhostInTheSystem]

here's the deal...it doesn't show up as a .iso file

i see the file as
Windows_XP_Pro_Corporate_Final.exe

with a .exe file extension shouldn't it be an executable file? maybe i'm just too much of an idiot. oh well, what's one more disc.

[ObiWan]

have you tried renaming it to .iso

you should try WinISO to make sure the image is valid before burning to disc

[GhostInTheSystem]

could this be DOS based? this time when i clicked on properties it gave me more information.
on the program tab:
program: Window~6
cmd line: e:\WINDOW~6.EXE
so do i go into DOS and type it in?

[GhostInTheSystem]

Originally posted by ObiWan@10 November 2003 - 13:52
have you tried renaming it to .iso

you should try WinISO to make sure the image is valid before burning to disc
okay, WinIso can actually "see" all the file components within the application. can i assume that this means that it is valid?

and if yes does that mean that if i change the file extention to .iso this might actually work?

[ObiWan]

yes change the extension to .iso

[Johnny_B]

Get CDmage (http://cdmage.orcon.net.nz/frames.html) and scan the file for corruption before burning ('Action' > 'Scan for corruption').
You can see if the file is .bin or .iso with CDmage or WinISO.

In WinISO go to 'File' > 'Properties...'. If it says "Sector size is 2352 bytes" then it's a .BIN file. If it says "Sector size is 2048 bytes" then it's an .ISO file.

In CDmage, it displays the sector size in the left window. It should say something like "Track 1 [MODE1/2352]" for .BIN files or "Track 1 [MODE1/2048]" for .ISO files.

[GhostInTheSystem]

okay WinIso says the sector size is 2048 so i'm going to change the extention and try it again.

just out of curiousity, and at the risk of totally confusing myself, what is the difference between joliet and standard ISO9660?

and don't tell me that the joliet is part of the blues brothers :)

[ObiWan]

i think it is a method used to allow long filenames

[Johnny_B]

Joliet is an extension of the ISO9660 standard that allows you to burn filenames up to 64 characters long.

The ISO9660 standard has 3 levels. In level 1 the filename can't be longer than 8 characters. In level 2 the filename can't be longer than 255 charcters. Level 3 is basically the same as level 2 but it's intended for packet writing (when you use DirectCD or InCD to burn).

[GhostInTheSystem]

ah. thank you both. could i ask one more favor. i've tried looking in the faq's and i've tried following the links that several people have posted. can you direct me to where i can find out how to use the cracks that i have downloaded?

meanwhile, i'm off to burn the wizard....oh no, wait ...that was supposed to be off to burn the cd...sorry :D

[Virtualbody1234]

joliet is a bit newer filesystem over ISO9660 and as ObiWan says, allows longfilenames.


As for the Windows XP. just rename the .exe to .iso and you most likely will see that the file icon changes to one for 'Easy CD Creator Image' file. If that's the case then just click the file and Easy CD will launch automatically. If the icon doesn't change then you'll have to burn it like I said in my previous post.

As for the data CDs being more expensive than audio. That's not what I see. I see the audio ones are more expensive.

[ObiWan]

cracks for what?

if it is for the activation the one you downloaded probaly wont need one

[GhostInTheSystem]

Originally posted by ObiWan@10 November 2003 - 15:19
cracks for what?

if it is for the activation the one you downloaded probaly wont need one

As for the Windows XP. just rename the .exe to .iso and you most likely will see that the file icon changes to one for 'Easy CD Creator Image' file. If that's the case then just click the file and Easy CD will launch automatically. If the icon doesn't change then you'll have to burn it like I said in my previous post.

i can't...people are using the blasted file. *sigh* i hate shutting it down when people are downloading from me. but i am now in possession of WinISO, Nero, and CDMage. I also have the cracks for WinISO and Nero(this one only comes for XP and 2000 - unfortunately - and don't laugh at me - i have Me :( ) so to use the crack for Nero i have to be on xp...WinISO looks like it could extract everything without having to change the file extension. It can actually read the file. Nero got a touch complicated there for me and I didn't want to pester you all more than i already am. both nero and winiso are trial files...got them from the actual sites...bad idea? but to use any crack, i need to know how to use it...if you can point me in the right direction for a little block of instruction, i would truly appreciate it.

thanks for all your help, all of you. you're all the bomb!!

as for the price of the discs, maybe it's because i buy them at costco, 25 audio cd's were cheaper than 22 data cd's. and the rw disc's are even more.

i know, i know...but hey i got 3 more and they cost lest. every penny counts now-a-days. :)

[clocker]

Originally posted by GhostInTheSystem@10 November 2003 - 13:47


as for the price of the discs, maybe it's because i buy them at costco, 25 audio cd's were cheaper than 22 data cd's. and the rw disc's are even more.


Ah yes, but were they the same manufacturor and the same quality?

Typically I find that the CDs marketed as being "audio" quality are more expensive. Fortunately, at my age I can't tell any difference so I buy the least expensive ones. And I never use RW discs at all, when blank CDs cost about a nickel, what's the point?

[Virtualbody1234]

Whatever you do don't extract the files from the image and the burn the CD with the extracted files. The CD won't be bootable if you do that.

Just burn directly from the .iso to get a bootable CD.

[GhostInTheSystem]

i understand. thank you. i probably would have done that. of course, someone did mention earlier with a link to get the boot discs from microsoft. but i would rather not do that.

one thing at a time.

do you believe this all happened because i was being lazy about teaching myself html code and web authoring? i think i probably put in twice as much work this way. all because i wanted macromedia dreamweaver, and if i was going to get that...might as well get studio and if i was going to do that might as well get xp pro...and then i saw the corporate...and lusted after it....sheesh. see where laziness gets you <_<

and now i&#39;m going to have to learn how to crack keys... :blink: maybe i should have stuck to the html LOL

[Virtualbody1234]

You want a corporate key?

[GhostInTheSystem]

i have the serial number for the corporate program...and i&#39;m in the process of downloading nero with a serial number...i believe i only need one for winiso but i downloaded the crack, i just don&#39;t know how to implement it.

[Virtualbody1234]

i have the serial number for the corporate program

Is it a valid one? There has been some blacklisted ones that won&#39;t let you update to the service pack 1. Does yours start with FC... something?

[GhostInTheSystem]

you know what I&#39;m not sure...i tried to extract the 5MB file and when i look in the folder there is nothing there. weird.

[Virtualbody1234]

Originally posted by GhostInTheSystem@10 November 2003 - 17:58
you know what I&#39;m not sure...i tried to extract the 5MB file and when i look in the folder there is nothing there. weird.
Sorry that&#39;s not clear to me. Could you rephrase that?

[boyzeee]

Ive just pm&#39;d you a valid corp key, it updates at microsoft just fine ;) also i dont know if its been mentioned but it is much better to do a "clean" install of xp on an ntfs formatted drive rather than upgrading over your old os. :D

[GhostInTheSystem]

Originally posted by Virtualbody1234+10 November 2003 - 18:01--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Virtualbody1234 @ 10 November 2003 - 18:01)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-GhostInTheSystem@10 November 2003 - 17:58
you know what I&#39;m not sure...i tried to extract the 5MB file and when i look in the folder there is nothing there. weird.
Sorry that&#39;s not clear to me. Could you rephrase that? [/b][/quote]
i&#39;m sorry, i downloaded a 5 mb file that was supposed to be winiso and key generator. it was a zipped file. when i tried to extract it into a folder it acting like it was doing something, but when i opened the folder, there was nothing there. it was an empty folder. does that help?




this is going to be painful isn&#39;t it? what does ntfs mean? this means that i need to uninstall my os and then install the new one. *sigh* this had better be worth it&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; that&#39;s all i have to say.

[clocker]

Originally posted by GhostInTheSystem@10 November 2003 - 16:39





this is going to be painful isn&#39;t it? what does ntfs mean? this means that i need to uninstall my os and then install the new one. *sigh* this had better be worth it&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; that&#39;s all i have to say.
No pain, no gain, pal.

You don&#39;t really need to "uninstall" your old OS... the format will do that for you.

NTFS="new technology file system" Inspired, eh?

[LTJBukem]

Are you sure it was a zipped file and not an exe?

[Virtualbody1234]

Why do you need to install and crack Winiso? You&#39;re going to format and reinstall and loose that anyway.

Just burn the CD from the .ISO with Roxio. I explained that earlier.

So what ever happened with that CD burning anyway? Did you burn it yet? Now that&#39;s what I call a slow burn. ;)

[GhostInTheSystem]

i&#39;m going to do it in about 10 minutes, that&#39;s when the person that&#39;s been downloading the longest will be done...i just can&#39;t bring myself to close out kazaa while theres&#39;s someone there downloading a hefty program. i know how difficult it is to get some of these...i just want to help. but 10 minutes and i shut if off.

[GhostInTheSystem]

alrighty then, the cd is burned. it seems to be okay. hopefully evrything will go well. but i have been working on this non stop since yesterday night without sleep.


is he saying i have to reformat my hard drive?

people thank you for today and tonight, I can&#39;t tell you how much i appreciate it. i&#39;ll look back here before i do it.

thanks agai,
Ghost

[GhostInTheSystem]

Originally posted by clocker+10 November 2003 - 18:45--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (clocker @ 10 November 2003 - 18:45)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-GhostInTheSystem@10 November 2003 - 16:39

this is going to be painful isn&#39;t it? what does ntfs mean? this means that i need to uninstall my os and then install the new one. *sigh* this had better be worth it&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; that&#39;s all i have to say.
No pain, no gain, pal.

You don&#39;t really need to "uninstall" your old OS... the format will do that for you.

NTFS="new technology file system" Inspired, eh? [/b][/quote]
what am i going to loose when i format? for instance should i put all the programs that i have downloaded on discs so i don&#39;t loose them? i know i should probably put them there anyway. so, i suppose i&#39;ve answered myself there.

back up my hard drive before i do anything else.

then is the format included within the xp disc? so that once i start the disc everything should be there that i need, right? i know "should" is always iffy.

alright, i&#39;m off to do battle....wish me luck

and as for no pain no gain......phft :P
some things in life should be just a little easier and they probably would be if i had the hundreds of dollars to pay for all the programs that i want. or if i had learned programming and did it myself.

all this because i wanted to make a website...the reason i wanted a website? 2 links. really just for two links...i still haven&#39;t decided what else i&#39;m going to put on it. anyone have any brilliant ideas? i already have the amber alert ticker going on it...i just want to put the project gutenberg link on it. after that i&#39;m open to suggestions....no "about me" page...as if that would really be interesting...

[MUSLEMAN]

you will loose every thing when you format boss, save what ever you like, if your programs and documents are on a different partition then your os and the partition that has your os is the only one you are formating then you loose nothing

[Virtualbody1234]

Yes, backup everything you want to keep.


then is the format included within the xp disc?
Yes, just insert the CD and turn on the power to bootup from the CD. The partitioning and formatting tools are right there before the setup starts.

[GhostInTheSystem]

okay, thank you both...it&#39;s very good to know.

do i need to worry about my anti-virus software?

[Virtualbody1234]

do i need to worry about my anti-virus software?

If you format and reinstall Windows then you will loose everything including your Antivirus.

Does that answer your question?

[clocker]

Originally posted by Virtualbody1234@11 November 2003 - 16:11


If you format and reinstall Windows then you will loose everything including your Antivirus.


When he says everything, he means everything.

Up to , and including, your sense of pride and quite possibly your sanity, also.

In Windows, no one can hear you scream....

[GhostInTheSystem]

yes, thank you Virtualbody. i was sort of thinking that that might be what happens.

and clocker, i&#39;m trully beginning to learn that. don&#39;t really have any sanity to lose but my pride is already beginning to hurt. i&#39;m one of those stubborn people that doesn&#39;t really like to ask for help, but after having to reformat my hardrive once on this pc and once on another one...i really didn&#39;t want to go through that again, hence i crawl meekly to all of you. and you have all been exceptionally helpfull. thank you.

....but i still like mrs. bates&#39; little boy. he does have an eye for talent. and apparently knows how to pay them....otherwise he wouldn&#39;t keep getting them. the only other place i can think of wanting to work if i had the talent is pixar. ;)

[Virtualbody1234]

I have an idea for you, GhostInTheSystem.

Before you format and loose everything there is another option. It will allow you to get yourself familiar with the installation of Windows XP without erasing your current setup.

Unplug your current harddrive and put it aside.

Buy another harddrive and install it in your PC. You can then install XP and if at some point you run into problems you can just stop and unplug it.

You can plug your first drive back in and you&#39;re back with all you configurations untouched.

It&#39;s just an idea to take away all the fear when venturing into the unknown.

[clocker]

This Mrs. Bates...?
http://www.usatoday.com/life/gallery/scarymovies/psycho.jpg
Or did you mean Mrs. Gates?

[Evil Gemini]

Originally posted by Virtualbody1234@10 November 2003 - 21:55
Whatever you do don&#39;t extract the files from the image and the burn the CD with the extracted files. The CD won&#39;t be bootable if you do that.

Just burn directly from the .iso to get a bootable CD.
I downloaded windows 2000 and it wouldnt boot so i downloaded an original boot disk for it and extracted all the files from the cd, booted up nero and made a bootable cd.

I used the boot image from the floppy.

Im sure you can do this with windows XP ive never tried.

[GhostInTheSystem]

Originally posted by clocker@11 November 2003 - 23:04
This Mrs. Bates...?
http://www.usatoday.com/life/gallery/scarymovies/psycho.jpg
Or did you mean Mrs. Gates?
it was a typo....really

but norman&#39;s not too bad of a boy better than his father...Mr. Bates :P

[GhostInTheSystem]

Originally posted by Virtualbody1234@11 November 2003 - 22:42
I have an idea for you, GhostInTheSystem.

Before you format and loose everything there is another option. It will allow you to get yourself familiar with the installation of Windows XP without erasing your current setup.

Unplug your current harddrive and put it aside.

Buy another harddrive and install it in your PC. You can then install XP and if at some point you run into problems you can just stop and unplug it.

You can plug your first drive back in and you&#39;re back with all you configurations untouched.

It&#39;s just an idea to take away all the fear when venturing into the unknown.
i&#39;m sorry. i din&#39;t mean to give the impression that i was afraid of the unknown...have to re-format 2 separate hard drives should tell you that i&#39;m not afraid to dive in. i just spent many hours downloading programs that i wanted and just didn&#39;t want to loose them. no big deal...i now also have nero which will back up my hard drive. i didn&#39;t before. i didn&#39;t have a back up program and have lost stuff before. chalk it up to a learning experience.

no biggie. i was just trying to do it a little more inteligently this time, instead of the rash, devil may care way that i usually go about things.

*sigh*

damned if you do....damned if you don&#39;t....

<_< :D