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ISO Size not more then 4 GB?


crunch81

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Maybe I put this in the wrong section, for that I apologize.

This sounds like a weird question but for me very important to get a serious answer.

I Vlited Vista Premium and total size is 2.3 GB, I also want to put my WPI program on it, that is also 2.3 GB. A iso cannot be bigger then 4.0 GB or else it will not boot up when I install it.

My question is: Can I make the total size bigger then 4.0 GB and do something with it that it will boot and install everything? And if not: What is the reason that it will not boot from an ISO bigger then 4.0 GB?

Thanks very much.

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You are Slighlty mistaken..

The 4gig limit is not ISO size it is .wim size. You can have your iso at the size you said and you'll be just fine :)

Thanks for making my point clear. but..... Why does my system not boot when my ISO is more then 3.99999GB? It just hangs in a black screen. When I make my ISO smaller then it boots up normal? (And my WPI is 2.8 GB and the rest is OS files)

Thanks again.

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Sounds more like an issue with the drive or the system (are you using an ISO, or are we talking about an actual DVD disc?), or maybe even just a vLite problem.  I have WIM files over 10GB on a USB key and all of my systems seem to boot from and use said WIM files just fine. I have ISOs that I use in Hyper-V that are larger than 4GB, containing WIM files larger than 4GB, and those boot/install just fine as well.

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Sounds more like an issue with the drive or the system (are you using an ISO, or are we talking about an actual DVD disc?), or maybe even just a vLite problem.  I have WIM files over 10GB on a USB key and all of my systems seem to boot from and use said WIM files just fine. I have ISOs that I use in Hyper-V that are larger than 4GB, containing WIM files larger than 4GB, and those boot/install just fine as well.

Ok, thanks for the info....It seems that my problem lies somewhere else.

It is an Iso file in virtual PC that I am testing btw.

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