Windows Server 2008 CD ISOs

[Patrick Markiewicz]

I have a server with a CD Drive (not a DVD Drive). I only see a DVD ISO as

an option from the MSDN downloads. Where can I find an ISO download that's

compatible with a CD drive?



Thanks.

 

[VanguardLH]

Patrick Markiewicz wrote:



> I have a server with a CD Drive (not a DVD Drive). I only see a DVD ISO as

> an option from the MSDN downloads. Where can I find an ISO download that's

> compatible with a CD drive?

>

> Thanks.



Why bother wasting an optical disc on an .iso file? Just get a CD/DVD

emulator and load the .iso file into one of the emulated CD/DVD drives.

There are several CD/DVD emulators available. I used Daemon Tools for

several years but gave up when I finally got nuisanced too often in that it

would forget to reload the .iso files into the emulated drives upon Windows

startup and login. I also was not interested in thwarting copy protection

schemes on game CDs by using a kernel-mode driver that attempts to hide the

emulated drives from the copy protection software (which doesn't work very

well, anyway). I switched to Virtual CloneDrive (originally created by

Elaborate Bytes but later acquired by SlySoft). Both are free.



I leave Virtual CloneDrive running. It loads on Windows startup and after I

login. It can support up to 15 emulated CD/DVD drives. I leave an .iso

loaded for Windows XP Pro SP-3, MS Office 2003 Pro, and Comptom and other

encyclopedias or references. That way, if I ask for an uninstalled feature

or perform an update that requires the original Windows or Office CD or I

want to look something up in the encyclopedias then it's already available.

I don't have to go wander off to get the CDs and shove them into a drive.

They're already available in the emulated drives.

 

[Michael]

You won't. Server 2008 is 2.5 GB. You could unpack the iso to a 4GB thumb

drive, but I'm not sure if you can boot to it.



Why haven't you purchased a DVD drive? They're dirt cheap. One could be

had for $35.



--





"Don't pick a fight with an old man.

If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."





"Patrick Markiewicz" wrote in

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> I have a server with a CD Drive (not a DVD Drive). I only see a DVD ISO

> as

> an option from the MSDN downloads. Where can I find an ISO download

> that's

> compatible with a CD drive?

>

> Thanks.

 

[Peter Foldes]

Purchase a DVD drive and install it. They are not expensive at all. Also you are not

able to find the W2K8 on a CD only on a DVD on account of the size



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Peter



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"Patrick Markiewicz" wrote in message

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>I have a server with a CD Drive (not a DVD Drive). I only see a DVD ISO as

> an option from the MSDN downloads. Where can I find an ISO download that's

> compatible with a CD drive?

>

> Thanks.

 

[Anteaus]

If this is a production server as opposed to a test machine, do you have a

disaster-recovery plan? Just asking, as if you have no DVD drive, how do you

plan to reinstall if it suddenly pops its clogs?



If not, think in terms of the cost if you are out-of-action for some

considerable time, perhaps several days, whilst a recovery method is

worked-out.



"Patrick Markiewicz" wrote:



> I have a server with a CD Drive (not a DVD Drive). I only see a DVD ISO as

> an option from the MSDN downloads. Where can I find an ISO download that's

> compatible with a CD drive?

>

> Thanks.

 

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> I have a server with a CD Drive (not a DVD Drive). I only see a DVD

> ISO as an option from the MSDN downloads. Where can I find an ISO

> download that's compatible with a CD drive?

>

> Thanks.



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