Visual Studio ISO files downloaded, how do I run? Do I need virtual drive tool?

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I have Visual Studio 2010 Pro on a DVD disc, but it is an ISO image, and I wanted to run this on my home PC in place of 2010 Express Edition.

So first of all, can I run this on my home computer? Do I need a virtual drive tool to run an image on my home computer? Is there a microsoft virtual drive tool? Is there a good resource I could read about this and learn the basics.

7zip will let you extract files from isos: http://www.7-zip.org/ — Adam Vandenberg, Nov 11 '10 at 05:02

score 17 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 11 '10 at 05:08

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Use 7-Zip to extract files to some folder.

answered Nov 11 '10 at 05:08

Pavel Chuchuva

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I wanted to try this however, if I try to download my AV indicates that is includes spyware/adware?? – Justin Nov 21 '10 at 04:16
@Justin What antivirus are you using? – Pavel Chuchuva Nov 22 '10 at 00:45
is just the generic McAfee Security Center – Justin Dec 11 '10 at 02:30
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Thank you, its simple and straight forward – bprasanna Sep 07 '16 at 04:19
Thanks. I forgot you could do this. i'm glad i looked a little further before installing something else. – Chockomonkey Sep 20 '18 at 22:16

score 16 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 11 '10 at 05:06

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I use MagicISO to mount and install from iso images. It's freeware and there are versions for Windows XP through Windows 7.

answered Nov 11 '10 at 05:06

Jeff Ogata

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Windows 8 and newer come with built-in ISO mounting support. Just associate `.iso` with `explorer.exe` (if they're not) and double-click on them. Windows'll mount it to the first available drive letter (excluding `A:` and `B:`) and will "eject" on shutdown. – Cole Tobin Apr 11 '15 at 01:43
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Can also be extracted with any zip utility. I used WinRAR. – zak Feb 21 '17 at 07:35

score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 11 '10 at 09:11

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Virtual CloneDrive

Supports all common image formats such as ISO, BIN, CCD

Supports up to 8 virtual drives at the same time

Easy to use - just double-click an image file to mount as a drive

Virtual CloneDrive is freeware, you may use it at no cost.

answered Nov 11 '10 at 09:11

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Hey thanks for the link. This ended up working out the best for me I think! – Justin Dec 11 '10 at 02:32
It gets no easier! Just install this and then double click the ISO file, and it mounts and autoruns just like you inserted a DVD! – JD Smith May 02 '14 at 17:01

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 11 '10 at 05:05

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Daemon Tools is a tool capable of mounting ISO files as "fake" CD or DVD drives. Once that has been done you can just run the install program off there as if it was a standard disc in your system.

answered Nov 11 '10 at 05:05

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score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 11 '10 at 05:09

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You need to mount it as a virtual disk (basically making it look like a DVD in your drive to Windows). I don't use Windows (as I'm a Linux person), but one of these should work (can't post links): PowerISO or Daemon Tools Lite.

answered Nov 11 '10 at 05:09

Blender

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score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Nov 11 '10 at 05:29

If you want to make a normal disk you can use "dvdburn" (search google for "dvdburn microsoft"). Or check if your Vista/windows 7 shell allows you to burn it by right click (it exists as shell feature in later Windows-es)

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Jan 29 '14 at 06:37

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Installing ImDisk Toolkit will add "Mount as ImDisk Virtual Disk" item to your Windows context menu.

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Then following dialog pops up:

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And it actually works:

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score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Feb 16 '14 at 01:47

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Not trusting any third party/potentially malware iso mounting options, I ended up just downloading it again. Microsoft has a second download option that is an exe instead of an iso.

answered Feb 16 '14 at 01:47

Abhi Beckert

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You could just burn it into a dvd. Windows has default dvd burner application. – Jahid Aug 05 '15 at 10:33
@Jahid my PC doesn't have a DVD drive. – Abhi Beckert Aug 05 '15 at 19:22

score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Sep 14 '19 at 05:41

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WinCDEmu is open source. You can checkout build from their website or Github: https://github.com/sysprogs/WinCDEmu/releases/

answered Sep 14 '19 at 05:41

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Visual Studio ISO files downloaded, how do I run? Do I need virtual drive tool?

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