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From: bud on 20 Sep 2006 17:38

"Craig" <netburgher(a)REMOVEgmail.com> wrote in message
news:bphQg.3739$6S3.83(a)newssvr25.news.prodigy.net...
> Howdy;
>
> I've been stymied by this for several weeks now. I'd like to use
> autostreamer (http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=223562) to
> create a slipstreamed cd install for one of our sony laptops.
>
> Sony only offers their system restore disks. The files carry a .img
> suffix. I need to unpack them to be able to proceed. So far, I've tried
> the following:
>
> - autostreamer (hey, worth a try!)
> - cdmage
> - extractnow
> - IZarc
> - 7Zip
> - CDBurnerXP
>
> I've googled around on the subject and sifted through neowin's forums but,
> still no go. Anyone have any suggestions?
>
> tia,
> -Craig

ISO buster does .img images. Just choose the free functions of it and it
should unpack them for you.
http://www.isobuster.com/


From: Susan Bugher on 20 Sep 2006 17:59
Roger Hunt wrote:

> On Wed, 20 Sep 2006, Susan Bugher typed this :

>>A small portion of it (MagicDisc Virtual DVD/CD-ROM) is free. If you
>>want a challenge try finding the free app on the author's site. . .
>>http://www.magiciso.com/

> Wake up Susan!
> http://www.magiciso.com/tutorials/miso-magicdisc-overview.htm
> Hit No 1 with Google. :-)

The name was kind of a give-away. . . like the "spelling test" where
the teacher absently-mindedly spelled all the words after she said them
(true story from the days of my childhood).

Susan
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From: Roger Hunt on 20 Sep 2006 18:43
On Wed, 20 Sep 2006, Susan Bugher typed this :
>Roger Hunt wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 20 Sep 2006, Susan Bugher typed this :
>
>>>A small portion of it (MagicDisc Virtual DVD/CD-ROM) is free. If you
>>>want a challenge try finding the free app on the author's site. . .
>>>http://www.magiciso.com/
>
>> Wake up Susan!
>> http://www.magiciso.com/tutorials/miso-magicdisc-overview.htm
>> Hit No 1 with Google. :-)
>
>The name was kind of a give-away. . . like the "spelling test" where
>the teacher absently-mindedly spelled all the words after she said them
>(true story from the days of my childhood).
>
Ah - so you weren't the teacher, then.
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Roger Hunt
(dives for cover)
From: aafuss on 20 Sep 2006 20:58

bud wrote:
> "Craig" <netburgher(a)REMOVEgmail.com> wrote in message
> news:bphQg.3739$6S3.83(a)newssvr25.news.prodigy.net...
> > Howdy;
> >
> > I've been stymied by this for several weeks now. I'd like to use
> > autostreamer (http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=223562) to
> > create a slipstreamed cd install for one of our sony laptops.
> >
> > Sony only offers their system restore disks. The files carry a .img
> > suffix. I need to unpack them to be able to proceed. So far, I've tried
> > the following:
> >
> > - autostreamer (hey, worth a try!)
> > - cdmage
> > - extractnow
> > - IZarc
> > - 7Zip
> > - CDBurnerXP
> >
> > I've googled around on the subject and sifted through neowin's forums but,
> > still no go. Anyone have any suggestions?
> >
> > tia,
> > -Craig
>
> ISO buster does .img images. Just choose the free functions of it and it
> should unpack them for you.
> http://www.isobuster.com/

I find ISOBuster useful for any image extraction. Sony ESI (service
center site) doesn't have any tool for extraction.

From: Craig on 20 Sep 2006 21:25

aafuss wrote:
> bud wrote:
>
>>"Craig" <netburgher(a)REMOVEgmail.com> wrote in message
>>news:bphQg.3739$6S3.83(a)newssvr25.news.prodigy.net...
>>
>>>Howdy;
>>>
>>>Sony only offers their system restore disks. The files carry a .img
>>>suffix. I need to unpack them to be able to proceed.
>>>
>>>tia,
>>>-Craig
>>
>>ISO buster does .img images. Just choose the free functions of it and it
>>should unpack them for you.
>>http://www.isobuster.com/
>
>
> I find ISOBuster useful for any image extraction. Sony ESI (service
> center site) doesn't have any tool for extraction.
>

Yea;

Sony's official email response was:
> It's not possible to extract any file from the Recovery CD.

Go figure. I tell ya, on the one hand Sony lappies are very good. On
the other hand, some of the decisions they make are really frustrating.

Wrt ISOBuster, the free portions are definitely nagware. While using it
over the space of one hour, six popups informed me they needed a roof
over their collective head. No problem there, I was feeling a tad
sheepish about using it anyway...especially after the "roof over the
head" comment.

But, alas, ISOBuster's non-paid version wasn't able to extract the img's
either. In a nutshell:

I'm still looking for something to bust open the *.img's on the Sony
Recovery CDs.

tia,
-Craig
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