[Ed17406]

As I said in the post that I added to "3.0.7 'not Responding,'" my recovery disk contains 516 MB of files; my SP3 disk contains 357 MB of files; I have 33 MB of update files. That adds up to 906 MB of files, but the iso file that I created is 983 MB. My CD-R disks hold 700 MB. I know of no way to burn a 983 MB file (or even a 906 MB file) onto a disk that holds only 700 MB.

If I were working with SP2 (477 MB) instead of SP3 (357 MB), the problem would even more pronounced. The iso file would presumably be well over 1 GB. Nevertheless, xp-Iso-Builder obviously assumes that the user has the ability to create an XP installation CD containing XP with SP2 integrated into it.

So, how is one supposed to create such a CD when the iso file is far larger than the capacity of a CD-R disk?

When you went through the process, was the iso file that you created using xp-Iso-Builder too large to fit on a 700 MB CD-R? If it was small enough to fit on a 700 MB CD-R, how did you manage to do that? Have I wasted several hours of my time on a program that cannot possibly do what it is allegedly designed to do?

More than 100 people have viewed "3.0.7 'not Responding'" as I'm writing this, but not one person has posted a comment. Is my problem so unusual that nobody else has experienced it? Can nobody think of anything to say about it?

Does anyone from WinFuture monitor this forum and respond to questions? I know that xp-Iso-Builder is free, but isn't there any tech support at all?

I need some help here.

[Nigg]

you could try nLite instead of WF ISO Builder: http://www.nliteos.com

Dieser Beitrag wurde von Nigg bearbeitet: 27. September 2008 - 11:56

[DON666]

How about lending an original (NOT Recovery) media from a pal? It's a lot easier to integrate Service Packs into that, and there's absolutely no copyright infringement problem, as long as you own a legit CD-Key from Microsoft. I'm aware that this is not exactly the kind of answer you asked for, but at least it's a possible solution for you problem.

Dieser Beitrag wurde von DON666 bearbeitet: 27. September 2008 - 12:29

[tavoc]

or you could try 99 minutes disks. They have a can hold up to 800 MB or a little bit more.

Sure your image is still 183 MB bigger. Best think to do is to follow DON666 advise...

[Ed17406]

Thank you for the responses.

It turns out that the huge expansion in size comes when I convert my recovery version to a full version -- it goes from 516 MB to 1,015 MB. I didn't realize that until I went through the entire process again. I assume that that kind of expansion in size is not supposed to happen.

I have a legit CD-Key, but, unfortunately, I don't have access to a full version CD.

Can I use nLite to convert from my recovery version to a full version? I visited the nLite site, and that issue doesn't seem to be addressed.

[Ed17406]

Additional information:

I'm currently running WinXP SP3.

The instructions that I was given specify that the I386 folder on my hard drive to be integrated with my recovery version should have at least 420 MB of files. The only I386 folder on my hard drive that contains over 420 MB of files is C:\Windows\ServicePackFiles\I386, which contains 462 MB of files. Few, if any, of those files duplicate the files in my recovery version -- they are SP2 and SP3 files.

When the files in my I386 folder are integrated with my recovery version to form the full version, it is not surprising that the full version contains over 1 GB of files. How could it contain only 610 MB of files or any amount much less than 1 GB?

Have I completely misunderstood the instructions that I was given? What is supposed to be integrated with my recovery version to turn it into a full version?

[Samstag]

Zitat (tank2346: 28.09.2008, 12:10)

As long as you have got a valid key threre are no problems.

As long as you have a valid Key there are in Germany no problems. I dont know from where you come from, but if you are not from Germany, Austria or Swiss there is a Problem, cause in most Countries you have no rights to install a full version.
Sorry, bad English

Dieser Beitrag wurde von Samstag bearbeitet: 28. September 2008 - 11:37

[Stan]

You could use a DvD, too.

[Ed17406]

There is no C:\Windows\I386 in my system.

There is C:\Windows\Driver Cache\I386, which has only five files -- bthport.sys, driver.cab, sp1.cab, sp2.cab, sp3.cab -- with a total size of 120 MB.

There is C:\Windows\ServicePackFiles\I386, which has four of the above five files (driver.cab is missing) and thousands more, with a total size of 462 MB.

There is C:\Windows\ServicePackFiles\ServicePackCache\I386, which has eighteen files with a total size of 2919 KB.

I have a valid key, but there is no request for a key during the conversion process or at any other time. The recovery CD brand is Magnell.

I don't have access to a full version CD, nor do I have a DVD burner.