Can't load disc - please help

Thanks, Paul. I think I understand alot better now.

T2

On Sun, 1 Feb 2015 11:36:59 -0800, Tom Thompson wrote:

You just have to be alert to unchecking imgburn's desire to load the ASK
search and toolbar during its installation.

T2

Assuming that they don't expand that in the future (or since you last
looked).

I assume every D/L, even not-free ones, might be loaded. I did get
fooled once and allow crapware to get in. Luckily, it wasn't my computer
:-)

BTW, you even have to watch the download page, not just the install
screens...

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

On Sun, 1 Feb 2015 12:06:03 -0800, Tom Thompson wrote:

I have been following this thread with great interest, Gene. In trying
to test my 32G memory from Paul's advise in the "unrecognized memory"
thread, I downloaded the memtest iso as paul suggested and then tried to
figure out what to do with it. First attempt of just copying the iso to
a blank CD didn't get me a boot-disk as I had assumed that was needed.
OK, how about opening the iso with 7-zip and copying the result to a CD?
Nope. Well OK, how about lookinjg inside gthe folders of the original
iso... hmmm, there is an img file. Copy that to the disk too. Nope. OK,
go get ImgBurn as Paul suggested. Install but be sure to uncheck the ASK
search and tool bar stuff during installation.

OK, not for ImgBurn. Quite a complicated little program compared to
letting Windows just copy to the CD. Got to go to the source line in
ImgBurn and SEARCH for the iso you want to get bootable on your CD. OK,
not as to destination. ImgBurn kept insisting it would use somewhere on
my C drive as a destination. Kept changing it to D:, my optical drive at
which point the ImgBurn would ask if I would rather Write. Oh well, how
do I write? Fumble around ... oh, there is is check write.

Ok there it goes on the blank CD. Leave it in and restart and YES, it
boots to the memtest program.

Summary: ImgTest is free and looks to have lots of capability, but
doesn't make it obvious as to how to make a bootable iso. I assume that
if I were to download a Win7 or Win8 iso from Digital River I would need
to use the same procedure to make a bootable window install disk?

T2

Dave-UK just gave MrPounder a pointer to the other common CD burner
program:

https://cdburnerxp.se/en/home

Maybe you're able to understand that one (but it's not all that
different).

I happen to like ImgBurn better, but that proves nothing :-)

But remember: burning the ISO to a CD or DVD is the only way to get it
to work as a boot disk.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

In article , lid
says...

On Sun, 1 Feb 2015 12:06:03 -0800, Tom Thompson wrote:

I have been following this thread with great interest, Gene. In trying
to test my 32G memory from Paul's advise in the "unrecognized memory"
thread, I downloaded the memtest iso as paul suggested and then tried to
figure out what to do with it. First attempt of just copying the iso to
a blank CD didn't get me a boot-disk as I had assumed that was needed.
OK, how about opening the iso with 7-zip and copying the result to a CD?
Nope. Well OK, how about lookinjg inside gthe folders of the original
iso... hmmm, there is an img file. Copy that to the disk too. Nope. OK,
go get ImgBurn as Paul suggested. Install but be sure to uncheck the ASK
search and tool bar stuff during installation.

OK, not for ImgBurn. Quite a complicated little program compared to
letting Windows just copy to the CD. Got to go to the source line in
ImgBurn and SEARCH for the iso you want to get bootable on your CD. OK,
not as to destination. ImgBurn kept insisting it would use somewhere on
my C drive as a destination. Kept changing it to D:, my optical drive at
which point the ImgBurn would ask if I would rather Write. Oh well, how
do I write? Fumble around ... oh, there is is check write.

Ok there it goes on the blank CD. Leave it in and restart and YES, it
boots to the memtest program.

Summary: ImgTest is free and looks to have lots of capability, but
doesn't make it obvious as to how to make a bootable iso. I assume that
if I were to download a Win7 or Win8 iso from Digital River I would need
to use the same procedure to make a bootable window install disk?

T2

Dave-UK just gave MrPounder a pointer to the other common CD burner
program:

https://cdburnerxp.se/en/home

Maybe you're able to understand that one (but it's not all that
different).

I happen to like ImgBurn better, but that proves nothing :-)

But remember: burning the ISO to a CD or DVD is the only way to get it
to work as a boot disk.

And here is a link to the straight forward step-by-step directions on
how to use ImgBurn to make a bootable CD/DVD from an iso that I needed.

http://neosmart.net/wiki/display/G/B...s+with+ImgBurn

T2

On Mon, 2 Feb 2015 15:20:28 -0800, MrTsquare wrote:

In article , lid
says...

On Sun, 1 Feb 2015 12:06:03 -0800, Tom Thompson wrote:

I have been following this thread with great interest, Gene. In trying
to test my 32G memory from Paul's advise in the "unrecognized memory"
thread, I downloaded the memtest iso as paul suggested and then tried to
figure out what to do with it. First attempt of just copying the iso to
a blank CD didn't get me a boot-disk as I had assumed that was needed.
OK, how about opening the iso with 7-zip and copying the result to a CD?
Nope. Well OK, how about lookinjg inside gthe folders of the original
iso... hmmm, there is an img file. Copy that to the disk too. Nope. OK,
go get ImgBurn as Paul suggested. Install but be sure to uncheck the ASK
search and tool bar stuff during installation.

OK, not for ImgBurn. Quite a complicated little program compared to
letting Windows just copy to the CD. Got to go to the source line in
ImgBurn and SEARCH for the iso you want to get bootable on your CD. OK,
not as to destination. ImgBurn kept insisting it would use somewhere on
my C drive as a destination. Kept changing it to D:, my optical drive at
which point the ImgBurn would ask if I would rather Write. Oh well, how
do I write? Fumble around ... oh, there is is check write.

Ok there it goes on the blank CD. Leave it in and restart and YES, it
boots to the memtest program.

Summary: ImgTest is free and looks to have lots of capability, but
doesn't make it obvious as to how to make a bootable iso. I assume that
if I were to download a Win7 or Win8 iso from Digital River I would need
to use the same procedure to make a bootable window install disk?

T2

Dave-UK just gave MrPounder a pointer to the other common CD burner
program:

https://cdburnerxp.se/en/home

Maybe you're able to understand that one (but it's not all that
different).

I happen to like ImgBurn better, but that proves nothing :-)

But remember: burning the ISO to a CD or DVD is the only way to get it
to work as a boot disk.

And here is a link to the straight forward step-by-step directions on
how to use ImgBurn to make a bootable CD/DVD from an iso that I needed.

http://neosmart.net/wiki/display/G/B...s+with+ImgBurn

T2

Send it to Tom Thompson, not me.

I have no trouble with ImgBurn, as I thought I indicated above.

Of course, I haven't used it since last Thursday. Maybe I forgot how
since then :-)

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

We are one.... Desktop/laptop names

T2

On Mon, 2 Feb 2015 17:59:45 -0800, Tom Thompson wrote:

We are one.... Desktop/laptop names

T2

I had to laugh (at myself) once I figured out what you said.

Unless you like to talk to yourself, I guess my advice wasn't very
useful :-)

But also - congratulations on figuring it out.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

:) T2