trying to download VS2005 from MSDN

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I have a MSDN subscription and I'm downloading the first CD of VS2005
now. But I'm not sure I'm doing it right. I put a blank CD in the CD
drive and told it to write it to D: (the cd drive). It said there was
not enough space. I went to mycomputer then d: and right clicked and
there was a format option so I said ok format it. I then went back to
MSDN site and now it's downloading to the CD.

But, I've now been told this probably will not work. I'm told I need to
download it to my c: and then extract the files from the .iso to the CD.

Can anyone explain this process better to me?
 
Hi,

I am not sure if Windows can burn iso images. You need to use a burning
software and choose the option to burn the image (iso) to the cd.
 
apparently your right. It just saved the .iso to the cd and I had to
use and IBM utility that is on my pc to burn it from that cd to another.
So for CD2 I'm saving to my c:.
 
Ahmed said:
I am not sure if Windows can burn iso images. You need to use a
burning software and choose the option to burn the image (iso) to the
cd.
Click to expand...

Alternatively, install WinRAR and use it to open the .iso file. It'll treat
it just like a .zip or .rar file and you can extract the contents directly
to your hard drive without going anywhere near a CD or DVD.
 
cj said:
I have a MSDN subscription and I'm downloading the first CD of VS2005 now.
But I'm not sure I'm doing it right. I put a blank CD in the CD drive and
told it to write it to D: (the cd drive). It said there was not enough
space. I went to mycomputer then d: and right clicked and there was a
format option so I said ok format it. I then went back to MSDN site and
now it's downloading to the CD.

But, I've now been told this probably will not work. I'm told I need to
download it to my c: and then extract the files from the .iso to the CD.
Click to expand...

The download IIRC is an ISO file which contains a representation of the
content that can be burned onto a CD. However, copying the ISO file to the
CD is not sufficient. You may want to use this tool to burn the ISO file to
CD:

<URL:http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/isorecorder.htm>
 
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