You will certainly be needing to have a CD written out of and ISO file. Why do
you want to write the ISO on cd when you can use the same ISO without actually writing
it over a CD rom disk. So don’t waste any disks now onwards there is an utility
available from our own very trusted Microsoft site itself. So why to wait just
go and download the utility. Extract the files go through the readouts and
enjoy the ISO without CD ROM.
Most CD burning software (such as Roxio / nero / phisio rom) provides the
ability to write an ISO to a CDROM and then you can install from the CDROM.
However, if you just want to install from the ISO without writing a CDROM,
you'll need virtual CDROM software. It's small and compact and just one
executable and one driver file needed. It doesn't even require an install.
Though there are many popular tools out
there such as Daemon Tools. Microsoft also has a free unsupported Virtual
CD-ROM Control Panel download for Windows XP. I've used a few different tools
and so far I do prefer the Microsoft's software.
The Microsoft download is at: http://download.microsoft.com/.../winxpvirtualcdcontrolpanel_21.exe.
If you were trying to find this by searching Microsoft.com, then you might only
see it mentioned in a couple of MSDN articles and a FAQ.
After downloading, just put the files into a folder and double click on the
executable. First, you'll need to load the driver so click on "Driver
Control ...", click "Install Driver", and then select the
VCdRom.sys file. Then click "Start" and finally "OK". This
has loaded the virtual CDROM driver.
Next you'll need to click "Add Drive" button. This will create a
virtual CDROM drive. The drive letter will be shown in the user interface, most
likely it will be "Z:" drive. You'll now see the new CDROM drive
appear as a drive in Windows Explorer.
Finally, you'll need to mount the ISO file (which essentially is like
putting the CDROM into the CDROM drive). Click "Mount" and browse to
the ISO file. After the ISO file is mounted, you can use the drive as a normal
CDROM. If you need to switch to another ISO file, just click the
"Eject" button, then "Mout" the next ISO file.
When you are done, you'll need to "Eject", "Remove the
Drive." and then click "Driver Control", click "Stop",
and click "Remove Driver".
If you're looking for something compatible with Windows Vista (without
running as the Administrator), then Microsoft's TechNet Magazine recommended Virtual CloneDrive in
the issue.
So enjoy and do write us for any query you may have.
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