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darthlinux · 05-05-2008, 11:40

I have a legit key for vista so I got a image from the internet and when I burnt it to a dvd it was fine I try and boot from dvd nothing check my drive can boot from cd or dvd and it could look on the cd to see the files and nothing there I thentryed a different blank dvd and the same happended I dont mind and buy a copy of vista that much but I have a legit key and that means paying twice any ideas?

Cobbydaler · 05-05-2008, 11:44

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Originally Posted by darthlinux

I have a legit key for vista so I got a image from the internet and when I burnt it to a dvd it was fine I try and boot from dvd nothing check my drive can boot from cd or dvd and it could look on the cd to see the files and nothing there I thentryed a different blank dvd and the same happended I dont mind and buy a copy of vista that much but I have a legit key and that means paying twice any ideas?

You did burn it as an image & not just copy the iso over?

(Sorry, had to ask...

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bopdude · 05-05-2008, 11:55

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Originally Posted by Cobbydaler

You did burn it as an image & not just copy the iso over?

(Sorry, had to ask...

)

It sounds like it, if the OP can't explore the disk even.

abailey152 · 05-05-2008, 11:57

The Vista DVD does copy okay. I have a backup of my copy in case something happens to the original, and this boots and installs fine.

Perhaps you have a bad image file?

Druchii · 05-05-2008, 11:58

Burn the ISO again, but at 2x, I've had many many issues burning Vista discs at anything above 2x... Some of the problems you described make it sound like the disc was written, but not quite how it should have been. Trying it in another machine may or may not show it as working, depends on how good at error correction the drive is.

LSainsbury · 05-05-2008, 12:11

Don't think it's anything to do with keys etc. I think it's more of a fundemental issues with your DVD / writer / image.

One of my DVD drives refuses point blank to boot from TDK DVDs yet they work perfectly in another drive.

Jonathan90 · 05-05-2008, 13:00

lol u did check that the image was bootable?

darthlinux · 05-05-2008, 13:20

yeah it is bootable but the image doesnt show on the disc once burned I have used these DVD's before to use as bootable with OS on really confused all tho in my computer its shows the dvd drive as a CD drive could this cause a problem

LSainsbury · 05-05-2008, 13:34

Tried another know bootable CD?

darthlinux · 05-05-2008, 13:55

my windows xp cd boots fine I downloaded linux and made a bootable cd not dvd though

LSainsbury · 05-05-2008, 14:12

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Originally Posted by darthlinux

my windows xp cd boots fine I downloaded linux and made a bootable cd not dvd though

Must be the media /image that duff then...

At least you've ruled out a hardware issue.

darthlinux · 05-05-2008, 14:25

however I am planing on making my machine just use sata soon anyways so that means HD and psu and dvd drive will be gone at some point

boroboi · 05-05-2008, 23:32

Probably not a good idea, ive heard of lots of problems with using SATA optical drives along with hard drives.

Jonathan90 · 06-05-2008, 00:12

Try Uninstalling the dvd drive in device manager then scan for new hardware changees let it pick it up again and then try the dvd.

TraxData · 06-05-2008, 01:00

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Originally Posted by boroboi

Probably not a good idea, ive heard of lots of problems with using SATA optical drives along with hard drives.

Unless your using stupidly cheap sata leads (like the ones that come with motherboards, basically) then you wont get any problems what so ever with sata drives being mixed like that.