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Question for JUST burning my downloaded games to dvd
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hwd4life
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13. January 2005 @ 13:39 |
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I downloaded a game and then extracted them so i could get the iso file, but wen i extracted the .rar file another rar file came up, i dont see no iso file.
do i just burn this rar file as an image or is there something else i should be doing.
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13. January 2005 @ 14:47 |
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psst
its ilegal ie not allowed on the forum
XB360 hitachi xtreme f/ware, chameleon case, whisper & airflow blue led. XBOX w/ 2.6 2x custom "djboogie" bios. PSP 1.50 w/ devhook .52 % 303 f/ware.
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dragulaAC
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13. January 2005 @ 15:18 |
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Actually i don't really think that this question is against the rules.
If you unRar'd the file and it gave you another, or more .rar files, then unrar it again and see what you get.
Burning a .rar file as an image will do nothing good.
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hwd4life
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14. January 2005 @ 11:09 |
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i cannot unrar or even open that one
it says no archives found and its like 3 gigs
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Bohefus
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17. January 2005 @ 12:51 |
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i cannot unrar or even open that one
it says no archives found and its like 3 gigs
More than likely, you have iso images associated with winrar i.e. winrar is trying to uncompress a file that's not compressed.You also may have a fake game.
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Quadratic
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18. January 2005 @ 10:11 |
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WinRAR isn't supposed to open the file. WinRAR recognizes the file because it has an ISO extention, but it doesn't know it's an XISO, so if it doesn't recognize it then it's fine. Also, try using Craxtion, and look inside the ISO to see if it's a valid game or not.
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Bohefus
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18. January 2005 @ 18:28 |
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WinRAR isn't supposed to open the file.
Duh! That doesn't mean you can't associate the executable with the winrar program.You can take any file and attempt to open it with any program and if you save that setting on your computer, it will attempt to open it the same way every time.
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WinRAR recognizes the file because it has an ISO extention, but it doesn't know it's an XISO, so if it doesn't recognize it then it's fine.
Uhhh No, winrar is a compression utilty and it isn't associated with iso images.Doesn't matter if it's a Xiso,Ziso,Piso etc., winrar just uncompresses whatever is compressed, it doesn't even attempt to run or open the program itself.Quote:
Also, try using Craxtion, and look inside the ISO to see if it's a valid game or not.
First intelligent thing you said
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WelshBoa
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19. January 2005 @ 06:57 |
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Even though it may look like a WinRAR file its normally an ISO anyway - if not all it normally takes is to change the filename so .iso is on the end.
I have had one recently which hasnt worked......used to use Craxtion a while ago but couldnt get on with version 4 for some reason - never worked. How does craxtion tell you if its a valid game?
One I had recently unrarred to give me the iso but when I burnt it just got a disc error. There was also an SFV file but if you have the .iso you dont need to use that surely??
Is the Craxtion 4 working properly now as last time I was on website it said I had to download some microsoft programme which still didnt get it up and running
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Quadratic
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19. January 2005 @ 08:57 |
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Duh! That doesn't mean you can't associate the executable with the winrar program.You can take any file and attempt to open it with any program and if you save that setting on your computer, it will attempt to open it the same way every time.
Don't try and get all "politically correct" on me. I know that's the reason, but he didn't know, and if you had read the thread, you would've known that's why I said what I said.
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Uhhh No, winrar is a compression utilty and it isn't associated with iso images.Doesn't matter if it's a Xiso,Ziso,Piso etc., winrar just uncompresses whatever is compressed, it doesn't even attempt to run or open the program itself.
Actually, WinRAR automatically associates itself with .ISO files, and that's why the WinRAR archive icon appears by an iso (if you have WinRAR)
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First intelligent thing you said
No, ALL of what I had to say was intelligent. It was YOU that came with the ignorant post before reading the thread and doing your research on how WinRAR AUTOMATICALLY associates itself with .ISO files.
Welsh, extracting the ISO (if you can't get the latest version of Craxtion to work) and see if it's a valid ISO and not just an empty one.
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soopa1
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19. January 2005 @ 09:30 |
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I'm having somewhat a similar problem. I have a whole bunch of files that are in numerical order,that are not archived. I made them into an xISO with QWIX,but it won't work.
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soopa1
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19. January 2005 @ 09:38 |
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Even though it may look like a WinRAR file its normally an ISO anyway - if not all it normally takes is to change the filename so .iso is on the end
He's right. Just go ahead and burn it.
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 19. January 2005 @ 09:39
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Bohefus
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20. January 2005 @ 17:24 |
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Actually, WinRAR automatically associates itself with .ISO files, and that's why the WinRAR archive icon appears by an iso (if you have WinRAR)
Maybe your right about that, I don't know(kudo's).I'm no software expert, but all I've used winrar for is extracting and compressing and if it's file extension is associated with iso's and it gives you the impression that you need to extract the file again, what's the point? My iso files aren't associated with winrar and I'll make sure they never are.
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