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From: robinb on 18 Jan 2009 13:08
oh and I did it using the iso download- not burned to a DVD
robin

"Steve Jain [MVP]" <noreply.-@-.essjae.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:33:00 -0800, BoyBlue
> <BoyBlue(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>>No.
>>Software able to use an ISO image directly obviously has to have built-in
>>functions that enable it to open, read, and, up to a point, make use of
>>the
>>functionalities found on the ISO.
>>
>>But if the app trying to install from the CD (or DVD, as is the case here)
>>rigoroulsy checks whether it's being launched from a CD-DVD player, it
>>will
>>most likely fail since it obviously won't find the markers it's looking
>>for.
>>
>>This is a typical demonstration of the saying that clains that "The proof
>>is
>>in the pudding": Trying to install Windows 7 directly from the ISO does
>>NOT
>>work, whereas mounting the ISO in a virtual drive WORKS flawlessly.
>>
>>You can keep on looking for a technical explanation if you want, but
>>you're
>>likely to only waste a lot of your time. This is not a bug nor a
>>deficiency.
>>It is programmed behaviour by the makers of the Windows 7installer program
>>(err.... I think....;>).
>
> You're incorrect here. I've installed Windows 7 directly from the ISO
> mounted in VPC and VMWare's "built-in" virtual DVD drives.
> Others here have as well.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
> http://vpc.essjae.com/

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