Is anyone else having problems burning XE5 to a DVD? It seems the ISO is a hair larger than the 4.7 GB DVD+R blank disks I have in stock. I guess I need to buy some dual-layer blanks.

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Is anyone else having problems burning XE5 to a DVD?  It seems the ISO is a hair larger than the 4.7 GB DVD+R blank disks I have in stock.  I guess I need to buy some dual-layer blanks.

I hate the web download installer since I have to install on several machines (yes I own 2 licenses) and downloading 19+ GB is not fun over our crappy bonded T1 lines.  I  would also like to have a master archive copy for future reinstalls.

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  1. Bill MeyerSeptember 12, 2013 at 1:56 PM

    And you don't want to buy one for $35? ;)

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  2. Phillip WoonSeptember 12, 2013 at 1:56 PM

    You could always order the media for $30 (or so).  Or not..

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  3. Kevin McCoySeptember 12, 2013 at 2:02 PM

    Hmm.  I've probably spent that much in labor, but I have never been one to delay gratification.  Hmm maybe I can run the ISO through WinRAR and chop out all the junk I don't want.  Maybe then it will fit on a single layer DVD! :-)

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  4. Asbjørn HeidSeptember 12, 2013 at 2:18 PM

    USB pen to transfer between machines, then use some ISO mounter, either the built-in in newer Windows versions, or say http://www.slysoft.com/en/virtual-clonedrive.html. Would be considerably faster to install from too.

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  5. Kevin McCoySeptember 12, 2013 at 2:25 PM

    Asbjørn Heid 
    I only have some small USB memory sticks with insufficient capacity for 4.8 GB.  I think I will go to the local office supply store and buy some bigger DVDs.  This is the better long term solution since I will end up with a master disk. 

    It turns out that you can unpack the ISO with WinRAR and save it to a desktop folder.  You can install normally from there.  I have a Gigabit Copper LAN, so copying the ISO to other machines is fast.

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  6. Lars FosdalSeptember 12, 2013 at 3:17 PM

    I always use Virtual Clone Drive for ISO images.

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  7. Anthony FrazierSeptember 12, 2013 at 5:34 PM

    I always deleted the non-English languages and other stuff from the ISO the I'm never going to use. That saves a ton of space. And seriously, an 8 GB USB stick is about $10. :-)

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  8. Sergey KasandrovSeptember 12, 2013 at 8:52 PM

    Not only you can unpack the ISO to the disk folder (I use free 7-zip achiver for it) you can also apply official updates to it. I usually replaced help files after official help updates so next installations go with the latest help system.

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  9. Kevin McCoySeptember 12, 2013 at 9:36 PM

    @Sergey kasandrov

    Good idea! That will save some time when I need to do some updates.

    I found some blank dual layer DVDs at home tonight. I made a new master disk so I now have my home PC set up with XE5. I'll set up my work PCs tomorrow.

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