Jannis Posted October 29, 2011 Posted October 29, 2011 Hello everyone, I have done a fair bit of googling, and reading on this particular forum but almost all posts are regarding how to create a bootable DVD from a Windows 7 ISO image. What I need help with is creating the ISO image from my legit Windows 7 x64 Ultimate retail DVD. The outcome of this is to be able to follow this guide from ARS Technica (http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2009/12/-the-usb-flash-drive.ars) to create a Win 7 USB install drive. I have downloaded the official tool mentioned in the article ("Windows 7 USB DVD Download Tool") and I have then used ImgBurn 2.5.6.0 to create a disc image from my Win7 disc. Steps to create the image file: 1) Start imgburn 2) Selected "Create image file from disc" 3) Set Destination of the image file to my Desktop leaving the default name of the disc alone ("GRMCULXFREO_EN_DVD"). 4) Click the big "read" button to start the process. Now, all of this completed successfully creating one ~3GB ISO file and a small .MDS file on my desktop. However trying to point the "Windows 7 USB DVD Download Tool" at this newly created ISO image only returns an error message saying "The selected file is not a valid ISO file. Please select a valid ISO file and try again.". Does anyone know what to do here? Thanks a lot in advance. Jannis
LIGHTNING UK! Posted October 29, 2011 Posted October 29, 2011 Copy + paste the log of you reading the disc please.
Jannis Posted October 30, 2011 Author Posted October 30, 2011 Copy + paste the log of you reading the disc please. Sure thing, here you go: I 21:10:37 ImgBurn Version 2.5.6.0 started! I 21:10:37 Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Edition (6.1, Build 7601 : Service Pack 1) I 21:10:37 Total Physical Memory: 16,767,012 KB - Available: 14,507,064 KB I 21:10:38 Initialising SPTI... I 21:10:38 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 21:10:38 -> Drive 1 - Info: OPTIARC DVD RW AD-7170A 1.NC (D:) (ATA) I 21:10:47 -> Drive 2 - Info: _NEC DVD_RW ND-3540A 1.01 (E:) (ATA) I 21:10:47 Found 2 DVD±RWs! I 21:11:03 Operation Started! I 21:11:03 Source Device: [2:1:0] _NEC DVD_RW ND-3540A 1.01 (E:) (ATA) I 21:11:03 Source Media Type: DVD-ROM (Book Type: DVD-ROM) I 21:11:03 Source Media Sectors: 1,574,704 (Track Path: PTP) I 21:11:03 Source Media Size: 3,224,993,792 bytes I 21:11:03 Source Media Volume Identifier: GRMCULXFREO_EN_DVD I 21:11:03 Source Media Volume Set Identifier: 9b77ad00MS UDFBridge I 21:11:03 Source Media Application Identifier: CDIMAGE 2.54 (01/01/2005 TM) I 21:11:03 Source Media Implementation Identifier: Microsoft CDIMAGE UDF I 21:11:03 Source Media File System(s): ISO9660 (Bootable), UDF (1.02) I 21:11:03 Read Speed (Data/Audio): MAX / 8x I 21:11:03 Destination File: C:\Users\Jannis\Desktop\GRMCULXFREO_EN_DVD.ISO I 21:11:03 Destination Free Space: 59,283,124,224 Bytes (57,893,676.00 KB) (56,536.79 MB) (55.21 GB) I 21:11:03 Destination File System: NTFS I 21:11:03 File Splitting: Auto I 21:11:08 Reading Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 1574703) I 21:11:08 Reading Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 1574703) I 21:15:00 Exporting Graph Data... I 21:15:00 Graph Data File: C:\Users\Jannis\AppData\Roaming\ImgBurn\Graph Data Files\_NEC_DVD_RW_ND-3540A_1.01_SUNDAY-30-OCTOBER-2011_9-11_p.m._N-A.ibg I 21:15:01 Export Successfully Completed! I 21:15:01 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:03:56 I 21:15:01 Average Read Rate: 13,344 KB/s (9.6x) - Maximum Read Rate: 18,877 KB/s (13.6x) If this was not what you needed please just let me know and I will update the post. Thanks for your reply. J.
LIGHTNING UK! Posted October 30, 2011 Posted October 30, 2011 Could you also please copy + paste the disc information from the box on the right when you're in Read mode. The answer to the issue probably lies here... http://www.withinwindows.com/2009/11/01/use-the-windows-7-usbdvd-download-tool-with-custom-isos/ But I'm curious as to why the udf anchor isn't at the end of the disc in sector 1574703 where it should be.
Jannis Posted October 31, 2011 Author Posted October 31, 2011 Could you also please copy + paste the disc information from the box on the right when you're in Read mode. The answer to the issue probably lies here... http://www.withinwindows.com/2009/11/01/use-the-windows-7-usbdvd-download-tool-with-custom-isos/ But I'm curious as to why the udf anchor isn't at the end of the disc in sector 1574703 where it should be. Here is what's inside the right box when the DVD is inserted and the app is in "Read" mode. _NEC DVD_RW ND-3540A 1.01 (ATA) Current Profile: DVD-ROM Disc Information: Status: Complete State of Last Session: Complete Erasable: No Sessions: 1 Sectors: 1,574,704 Size: 3,224,993,792 bytes Time: 349:58:04 (MM:SS:FF) Current Read Speed: 6.8x - 16x File System Information: Sectors: 1,574,554 Size: 3,224,686,592 bytes Time: 349:56:04 (MM:SS:FF) TOC Information: Session 1... (LBA: 0) -> Track 01 (Mode 1, LBA: 0 - 1574703) -> LeadOut (LBA: 1574704) Track Information: Session 1... -> Track 01 (LTSA: 0, LTS: 1574704, LRA: 0) Physical Format Information (Last Recorded): Book Type: DVD-ROM Part Version: 1 Disc Size: 120mm Maximum Read Rate: 2.52Mbps Number of Layers: 1 Track Path: Parallel Track Path (PTP) Linear Density: 0.267 um/bit Track Density: 0.74 um/track First Physical Sector of Data Area: 196,608 Last Physical Sector of Data Area: 1,771,311 Last Physical Sector in Layer 0: 0 Does this help clarify the situation? Thanks again for your replies. J
LIGHTNING UK! Posted October 31, 2011 Posted October 31, 2011 Yes, it does help and I notice there's a difference between the file system reported size and the actual size on the disc. Now I think the only thing that would really help here is to examine every sector and find the last anchor. But that's just to satisfy my curiosity and does nothing to help you! You should just run the tool from the site I linked you to and have it fix the ISO. Then the MS USB/DVD tool should work fine.
Jannis Posted October 31, 2011 Author Posted October 31, 2011 Yes, it does help and I notice there's a difference between the file system reported size and the actual size on the disc. Now I think the only thing that would really help here is to examine every sector and find the last anchor. But that's just to satisfy my curiosity and does nothing to help you! You should just run the tool from the site I linked you to and have it fix the ISO. Then the MS USB/DVD tool should work fine. I ran the USB tool and now the ISO image created by ImgBurn is working just fine with the MS USB tool. If you would like to satisfy your curiosity let me know what I could do to help. Thanks a lot for your help! J.
LIGHTNING UK! Posted October 31, 2011 Posted October 31, 2011 I think the disc just wasn't created/burnt (pressed) correctly in the first place. If you'd used ImgBurn to build a new ISO (by just adding 'E:\' to the 'source' box), it probably would have created a new ISO that you could use with the USB/DVD tool. Another option may have have been to trim the ISO made by Read mode to a size of 3,224,686,592 bytes. But anyway, you've got it on USB now so no need to keep messing with it
Jannis Posted November 1, 2011 Author Posted November 1, 2011 I think the disc just wasn't created/burnt (pressed) correctly in the first place. If you'd used ImgBurn to build a new ISO (by just adding 'E:\' to the 'source' box), it probably would have created a new ISO that you could use with the USB/DVD tool. Another option may have have been to trim the ISO made by Read mode to a size of 3,224,686,592 bytes. But anyway, you've got it on USB now so no need to keep messing with it Quality control at Microsoft aye.. you'd think that at least that part they get right when charging this much money for 1 disc Anyway, it's working now so thanks again for your help.
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