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Which brand?

meow2...@care2.com — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:06:07 UT

Hi
Been getting many data errors with cheap discs, and now need some
that'll be reliable. But its a while since I used CDs or DVDs for real
data storage, so am out of date on the trustable brands. Supplier
lists Datawrite, TDK, Philips, Novatech & Verbatim DVDs. Help, which?
PS more info on each disc type on their page if relevant:

Re: How to burn boot image and other data in one session?

nos...@nospam.org (smh) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:00:27 UT

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Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
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That escaped me as I was preoccupied with adding and multisession.
As they say all's well that ends well?!

Re: How to burn boot image and other data in one session?

pim...@invalid.invalid (pimpom) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:23:31 UT

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I don't know all the technical details of why it should or should
not work (I've never studied the El Torito specs closely), but
the fact is that it does work. It's something I do regularly -
with CD-Rs, CD-RWs and DVDs.
Another way I found today is to extract the actual boot image

Re: How to burn boot image and other data in one session?

nos...@nospam.org (smh) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:45:38 UT

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Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
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Started afresh trying to understand what you are trying to do as adding
files by multisession and preserving bootable is not possible. The

Re: How to burn boot image and other data in one session?

pim...@invalid.invalid (pimpom) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 07:31:27 UT

No. The object is to boot into DOS. Although I'm not a full-time
professional, I do a lot of work with and *on* computers. I often
boot into DOS for a number of reasons - quick general system
check, especially a newly built machine or one with a corrupt OS
drive, partitioning HDDs, ghosting and restoration of the OS

Re: How to burn boot image and other data in one session?

nos...@nospam.org (smh) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 04:07:46 UT

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Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
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(Let's start from fresh.)
What's the reason for writing the boot image?
Can't AutoRun and AutoPlay functions accomplish the same thing?

Re: How to burn boot image and other data in one session?

pim...@invalid.invalid (pimpom) — Sun, 31 May 2009 21:29:13 UT

You're right, I should probably have worded that more carefully.
I meant that I used the Image Recorder to save an .nrg or ISO
image of the boot image of a bootable floppy, not an image of the
floppy saved directly as .ima file. Maybe this is the key to the
problem.
I can boot with a CD made the way I described, i.e., by burning

Re: How to burn boot image and other data in one session?

nos...@nospam.org (smh) — Sun, 31 May 2009 18:45:31 UT

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Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
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Are you sure about this? AFAIK, Nero does not create floppy images.
Bootability is preserved only for the last session.

How to burn boot image and other data in one session?

pim...@invalid.invalid (pimpom) — Sun, 31 May 2009 11:45:02 UT

Over the years I've used Nero to save several images of bootable
floppy disks from Win98 to XP, some of them tailored to my needs.
I save them as .nrg or ISO files and write them on to optical
media from time to time, adding other data as needed.
But for the life of me, I can't remember how to write the boot

FS: 1999-01 Kelloggs DVD Movie/CD-ROM with Cereal Box (Canadian Food Issue)

jrs...@mnsi.net (j. r. sinclair) — Thu, 28 May 2009 10:42:17 UT

1999-01 Kelloggs DVD Movie/CD-ROM with Cereal Box (Canadian Food Issue)
I have for sale the following 1999-2001 DVD Movies/CD-ROMs with Original
Cereal Box (Canadian Food Issue Promotional Products) in MINT condition.
Price US plus postage
+ 1999 General Mills "Junior Monopoly" CD-ROM (English Full-Version Game)

Re: Installation from .iso file

doseas{nosp...@usa.net (David Oseas) — Sat, 16 May 2009 04:44:32 UT

In article <guc0j3$n0...@news.motzarella. org>, Dave Cohen
Run the VCdControlTool GUI, click "Driver Control", click "Install Driver",
navigate to the VCdRom.sys file; click "Start", then "OK". Click "Add
Drive" to obtain a drive letter (Z: by default), then click "Mount" and
navigate to your ISO file. Windows Explorer should now see it.

Mike Richter - The Slimiest Lying Friggin SOB (UDF)

nos...@nospam.org (smh) — Thu, 14 May 2009 19:03:55 UT

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Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
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The Other Guy (Mikey S-licker) slurped:
Is this one archived?
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Mike Richter's Unadulterated White Lies (error rates)

nos...@nospam.org (smh) — Thu, 14 May 2009 17:29:16 UT

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Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
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George Orwell squeaked:
For pointing out Mikey's unadulterated white lies, like this one?
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Re: Installation from .iso file

nos...@nospam.org (smh) — Thu, 14 May 2009 17:27:56 UT

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Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
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Daemon Tools used to be the virtual/emulation software (even running
copy protected images). Seems it has gone through some major changes

Re: Installation from .iso file

u...@example.net (Dave Cohen) — Tue, 12 May 2009 22:43:50 UT

The name of the download file is winxpvirtualcdcontrolpanel_21. exe, it's
a freebie from MS, I tried it again but can't make it work.
I tried WinMount, it is very good and is shareware. I found a download
phantomcd_setup.exe which is freeware and works ok. WinMount has a
better interface.
Dave Cohen