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  • castman
    Newbie
    • Jun 2010
    • 5
    #1

    Burning ISO's - file too big

    I have an .iso disk image of a program which is a direct rip from the original DVD. Trouble is, when I try to burn the file to DVD it tells me the file is too big for the media. The file size is big 7,828,090kb but it did come off a DVD so why won't it go back on?

    I tried the DVD burning software that comes with Windows 7 and tried Poweriso both give the same answer

    Is there something I'm missing?

    May be relevant - what's all this 'Mount' an image beuisness about, is that something I should be doing prior to burning, it's not obvious.

    Any advice appreciated
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    • Bulld0g
      V.I.P. Member
      • Apr 2008
      • 7158
      #2
      That size is a dual layer DVD are you trying to burn it on a normal 4.5 gig dvd. If you do'nt have a dual layer burner, shrink it down to 4.5 gig using Dvd shrink

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        • castman
          Newbie
          • Jun 2010
          • 5
          #3
          will DVDShrink shrink data files?
          Also:
          1. do you need a special DVD drive to burn to dual layer disks?

          2. Another possibility would it burn to blu ray OK do you think?

          As you can guess I'm not the worlds most knowledgeable when it comes to burning .iso's and the like

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            • Canker_Canison
              V.I.P. Member
              • May 2010
              • 3905
              #4
              Unless your DVD drive is over 3 years old it should burn dual layer DVD's.

              Go to your local shop & buy a single dual layer disk & try it. Should cost you less than ?1 to buy.
              Canker

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                • manxspud
                  DK Veteran
                  • Jul 2009
                  • 1768
                  #5
                  almost there ...

                  Originally posted by castman
                  I have an .iso disk image of a program which is a direct rip from the original DVD. Trouble is, when I try to burn the file to DVD it tells me the file is too big for the media. The file size is big 7,828,090kb but it did come off a DVD so why won't it go back on?

                  I tried the DVD burning software that comes with Windows 7 and tried Poweriso both give the same answer

                  Is there something I'm missing?

                  May be relevant - what's all this 'Mount' an image beuisness about, is that something I should be doing prior to burning, it's not obvious.

                  Any advice appreciated
                  You are almost there m8 ... the advantage to power iso is never having to burn the img to disk at all. You create a virtual drive, mount the img and install it.

                  In this pic you see 2 optical drives attached to my acer laptop.
                  Drive E is the real drive that came with it, drive F is the virtual drive i created with power iso ...



                  Next right click on the img you want to mount ... click power iso ... mount img to drive (in my case F) see pic below :



                  Now back to my computer, you will see the img is mounted to the virtual drive ...



                  Now double click the drive to open it ... and run the program setup ex ...



                  Jobs a good 1 ... finished and dusted

                  There are other programs that will do this, but as you already have mentioned power iso ... i used power iso.

                  @manx

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                    • castman
                      Newbie
                      • Jun 2010
                      • 5
                      #6
                      Thanks guys I've been busy so not had chance to check it. The 'Mounting a virtual drive' trick worked a treat - thanks

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                        • logray
                          Newbie
                          • Jul 2010
                          • 1
                          #7
                          You could also try overburn.

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                            • manxspud
                              DK Veteran
                              • Jul 2009
                              • 1768
                              #8
                              Originally posted by logray
                              You could also try overburn.
                              How could you overburn 7,828,090kb onto a 4.8gb disk ...

                              The point of programs like power iso is there is no need to burn discs at all.

                              Any way welcome to DK logray, enjoy the forums m8

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                                • castman
                                  Newbie
                                  • Jun 2010
                                  • 5
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by logray
                                  You could also try overburn.

                                  I do that in the Sun!

                                  You're getting technical now!!!

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