WinISO question.

**Chrono Archangel** · December 5th, 2003

Here it goes. I have a bootable ISO file that is 510mb. I open it up and the ISO actually contains 1.2 gb of files. The thing is : once i extract all the files and try to make an ISO again, it makes a 1.2 gb ISO..... which is not what i want..
is there something im missing?

bcrew1375 · December 5th, 2003

You're not using an illegal copy, are you? WinISO has been known to do weird stuff with CD images with illegal copies.

**Chrono Archangel** · December 5th, 2003

Quote:

Originally Posted by bcrew1375

You're not using an illegal copy, are you? WinISO has been known to do weird stuff with CD images with illegal copies.

i doubt its weird stuff. it just seems compressed somhow. i know that IT IS 1.2 gb in it and that the file IS 510 mb......just wondering how is it compressed that much

**hushypushy** · December 5th, 2003

maybe they are just highly compressible type files, i.e. text is highly compressible

**Chrono Archangel** · December 5th, 2003

Quote:

Originally Posted by hushypushy

maybe they are just highly compressible type files, i.e. text is highly compressible

but my question is how?

Ipswitch · December 5th, 2003

i had similar issues with a copy of windows server 2003 (it was legal) but when i went to copy it, it wanted to burn an 850mb disc. it was a bootable disk

**Chrono Archangel** · December 5th, 2003

i wonder how they compress it so much. i mean it goes from 12.gb to 510mb...

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Chrono Archangel Administrator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 7,228	Re: WinISO question. i wonder how they compress it so much. i mean it goes from 12.gb to 510mb... __________________ When Pigs Fly: The Death of Oink, the Birth of Dissent, and a Brief History of Record Industry Suicide.

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