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aguywhoisme
Dec 23, 2008, 08:30 AM
As a college student I have access to MSDN which provides free downloads of Windows XP SP3. I have downloaded the .iso file and stored it on the shared documents folder of my windows PC. I have my mac on the same network and have access to this folder. During Boot Camp installation the instructions have be inserting the XP CD but I have no means (that I know of) of burning the file onto a CD to use. If anyone has any advice on how to use the pre-downloaded .iso fil with Boot Camp or know of an easy way to get this file onto a usable DVD please let me know. Thank you.


Tallest Skil
Dec 23, 2008, 08:34 AM
You have to burn it to a disk. How is it that you can burn a DVD but not a CD? Just burn it to a CD by some means.

And by burn, I mean with Disk Utility so that it's not just an ISO file on there.
edesignuk
Dec 23, 2008, 08:34 AM
You don't have access to any computer with a DVD-R drive so you can just burn your ISO image to disc and do everything as normal?
aguywhoisme
Dec 23, 2008, 08:43 AM
It was the software to burn the image to a disk that I was lacking but I'm in the process of burning it using Disc Utility. Thank you for the advice and I think I'm good now.
pumaking
Dec 28, 2008, 01:56 AM
Im having the same exact problem. How did you burn it using disk utility?
Alorain
Dec 28, 2008, 02:01 AM
Hey, I've burnt my ISO with disk utility as well, but this does not appear to have worked because i'm given a "no bootable devices" message when I start the installation process with the burnt CD in my drive!
Nermal
Dec 29, 2008, 01:56 PM
Im having the same exact problem. How did you burn it using disk utility?

In Disk Utility, go to Images > Burn (or press Burn on the toolbar) and navigate to the ISO image. I'm on Tiger and it may be in a slightly different place on Leopard.
Dohbrain
Jan 2, 2009, 08:06 PM
Hey, I've burnt my ISO with disk utility as well, but this does not appear to have worked because i'm given a "no bootable devices" message when I start the installation process with the burnt CD in my drive!

I have this exact same problem. Anyone know how/why this is happening?
balamw
Jan 2, 2009, 08:31 PM
I have this exact same problem. Anyone know how/why this is happening?

You could just have a non-bootable ISO, either because you downloaded it from somewhere nefarious, or as in one previous case here the ISO provided by the school was not bootable.

Try booting from it on a PC and see if there is really something wrong with the disc.

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