xyster Posted November 24, 2010 Posted November 24, 2010 I'm trying to create a Windows 7 64bit boot DVD for a 2007-2008 MacBook Pro. What I am doing comes from these 2 websites: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2372797 and http://jowie.com/blog/post/2008/02/24/Select-CD-ROM-Boot-Type-prompt-while-trying-to-boot-from-Vista-x64-DVD-burnt-from-iso-file.aspx#comment I have to change the ISO 9660 specification to get around an error on old MacBooks during boot. I've followed their guides exactly, and others have been able to burn the new ISO. When I go into Build -> Advanced -> Bootable Disc and "Make image Bootable" then add my BootImage file, and select Windows 7 disc as Source, I get an ISO that is over 7gigs in size. It only has 3.2gigs of data inside, and the exact amount of Folders and Files as original disc. I'm unable to burn the ISO (I've used several ISO burning programs just to see if it was ImgBurn), and they all say it's too large. Any suggestions? Thank you! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- pasted from first website: ON A WINDOWS MACHINE: 1: Download and install ImgBurn.exe from the cloud. 2: Insert your Windows 7 Install DVD, preferably into your ---DVD-ROM drive but if possible into an orifice of whomever is ---responsible for ordinary shmoes like you and me having to spend an ---entire day Googling this problem and then following a simple ---27-step procedure to do the most basic thing you can do on a computer ---which is to install an OS. This is before we can even use the computer ---to do anything useful which at this point is a dubious prospect. But I ---digress... 3: Extract your boot image as follows: ---a. Using ImgBurn, go to "Build" mode. All fields should be blank at -----this point. ---b. Select the "Advanced" tab. ---c. Select the "Bootable Disc" tab ---d. In the dropdown under "Extract boot Image" select your DVD drive -----and then click on the the little disk icon to the right of the -----dropdown. A "Save As" window opens. Choose a location on your hard -----drive to save to and keep the filename "BootImage" and click "Save." -----This operation only takes a few seconds. ImgBurn presents a dialogue -----box upon success. ---e. When it asks if you would you like to use the boot image file in -----your current project say "Yes." 4: Add your disk to your new disc image ---a. On the left side of the ImgBurn window in the "Source" panel -----click the little folder icon (second down from the plus sign) -----and browse to select your Windows 7 Install DVD (Just select -----the entire drive, no files or folders inside it). Hit OK. ---b. Select the "Options" tab on the right. Data Type: MODE1/2048. -----File System: ISO9660. UDF Revision 1.02. ---c. Only the "Recursive Subdirectories" checkbox should be checked. ---d. Select the "Advanced" tab again. ---e. Select the "Restrictions" tab ---f. Select “Level X – 219 Characters” ---g. Select "Standard" character set. ---h. Select only the following checkboxes: -----Allow More Than 8 Directory Levels -----Allow More Than 255 Characters In Path -----Allow Files Without Extensions -----Don't Add ';1: Version Number To Tiles ---i. Select the “Bootable Disc” tab again. Make sure “Make image -----bootable” is checked. ---j. Select "Emulation Type: None (Custom)" in dropdown. ---k. The "Boot Image" (which should already be filled in if you said -----"Yes" in 3e) should be a path to the file "BootImage.ima." If not, -----select the BootImage.ima file you created in Step 3. ---l. Load Segment: 07C0 ---m. Sectors to Load: 8 5: Build your new iso. ---a. Under "Extract Boot Image" select your DVD-ROM drive again. ---b. Enter a name for your new iso on the left under "Destination." -----Use the folder icon to the right of the dropdown, or enter a -----filename manually. You can call it anything. I called mine "New7." -----Make sure you are saving it to your hard drive, not back to the -----DVD-ROM drive. ---c. The "Source" field in the upper left should be blank but the -----directory is "D/:' I know this is confusing but trust me. ---d. Click the big folder pointing at a disc document icon at the -----bottom left to create your new image! This operation may take -----a few more minutes of your precious life. Oh well, there's plenty -----where those came from... ---e. Here is where ImgBurn gets way too helpful. Decline its offer to -----change the setting from "UDF" to ISO9660 + UDF." Just say "No." ---f. Laugh at the politically correct dialogue for "Confirm Volume -----Label" and click "Yes" or just wait 30 seconds for the -----programming gremlin to do it for you. ---g. Click "OK" for the useless (to non-propellerheads) "File, -----Content, and Data" info dialogue box (but thank you ImgBurn!) 6: Burn your new iso. ---a. Go to burn mode, baby. ---b. Select the iso file you created in 5b. ---c. Remove your Windows 7 Install DVD and insert a blank DVD, -----preferably into your DVD-ROM drive but... ---d. Select your destination blank DVD and click the "Burn" button.
LIGHTNING UK! Posted November 24, 2010 Posted November 24, 2010 When I go into Build -> Advanced -> Bootable Disc and "Make image Bootable" then add my BootImage file, and select Windows 7 disc as Source, That's what you're doing wrong. You don't use the entire win7 disc as the source, you use its bootimage (which you extract first). Try to use the info in my guide for the bootable bit. (Use the boot\etfsboot.com file as the boot image) http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=11194
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