MSDN Vista Beta 2 Download Issue

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I downloaded Vista Beta 2 expecting the file
en_windows_vista_beta2_x86_dvd.iso but instead two different files were saved
to my HD.

FTMBE.tmp

FTMBE.tmp.SegmentInfo.bin

I tried to convert the .bin file to an iso using WinISO but I got the error
of "unexpected format or file type"

Why didn't Microsoft FTM download and save this file as the .iso image that
I was expecting?

What can I do to either download the correct file or convert this to iso?
It seems so far my attempts to convert the file that did get saved is not
going to work.
 
The Vista Beta 2 is sent/downloaded as an .iso file. Where did you go to
download what you have received?

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
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Richard Urban said:
The Vista Beta 2 is sent/downloaded as an .iso file. Where did you go to
download what you have received?

--
Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
Click to expand...
 
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Richard Urban said:
The Vista Beta 2 is sent/downloaded as an .iso file. Where did you go to
download what you have received?

--
Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
Click to expand...
 
I got that (or something close to it) for my first download and had to
download again.
 
Thanks, Frank and Richard.

It turns out that several of my early attempts hung at 99% but others went
to 100% and appeared to be completed, but what I failed to notice is that
there is a file integrity check that happens after the file is downloaded
100% and after the check is done, these two files disappear and the ISO image
appears. The file checking is not at all obvious in MS FTM, but I noticed it
after about the 15th time today. That was at 4:30PM, on Friday! *sigh* boy
I'm glad it didn't take me any longer than that.


So... wait until the status changes from "Active" to "Completed"
 
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