April 2003 MSDN Library posted by MS for public DL

BackupUser · Post by **BackupUser** » Thu Apr 17, 2003 4:06 pm

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by PureBear.

The April 2003 MSDN Library have been posted by Microsoft for PUBLIC download.

Anyone frequently visiting http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/ for their coding can now download and burn the 3 CD images.
Read more about this at :
http://www.betanews.com/article.php3?sid=1050385180

BackupUser · Post by **BackupUser** » Thu Apr 17, 2003 5:35 pm

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by ebknoppert.

How to write these fellas?
My Nero or Plextor does not have .img in their filetypes.
Thanks,

http://www.hellobasic.com

BackupUser · Post by **BackupUser** » Fri Apr 18, 2003 12:28 pm

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by PureBear.

ebknoppert,
Vrolijk Pasen alvast!

Here we go :

Startup Nero.
Goto File >> Burn image.

Open dialog :
Files of type : All files (*.*)
Navigate to the image files, select one, and hit OPEN

Foreign image settings dialog :
Type of image : Data Mode 1
Raw data unchecked
Block size (bytes) : 2048
Image header (bytes) : 0
Image trailer (bytes) : 0
Scrambled unchecked
Swapped unchecked
Hit OK

Foreign image file dialog :
Hit Ignore

Write CD dialog :
Determine maximum speed unchecked
Simulation unchecked
Write checked
Finalize CD checked
Write Method Disc-At-Once
Hit Write

That's all.

BackupUser · Post by **BackupUser** » Fri Apr 18, 2003 1:28 pm

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by ebknoppert.

Great!
I'll try next week, you don't expect me to dl all cd's by modem heh?

I did one yesterday at the office, took ~one hour on adsl.

http://www.hellobasic.com

BackupUser · Post by **BackupUser** » Tue Apr 22, 2003 11:57 pm

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by Inner.

Awww ADSL!!!

I downloaded the first cd on a 56k, and burnt it last night..

However I am wondering if there is any mirrors for those files, does one exist?

Downloading Linux (distros), tracker modules by the 5 cd load, gives you time to code, rather than play with new downloaded stuff.

Main Line · Post by **Main Line** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 11:53 am

MS pulled cd images 1 and 2.
Only the third image is left on their servers. (Just checked.)

So I guess this topic can be closed.

Edwin Knoppert · Post by **Edwin Knoppert** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 1:54 pm

After dl i was never able to write them.
Seems an error in the file??

Main Line · Post by **Main Line** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 2:48 pm

@Edwin:
I don't know what went wrong, but I hope you still have the images.
(Try to burn to re-writeables to avoid coasters.)
Rename the files from *.img into *.iso and leave the block size at 2048 (choose ignore, if you receive a warning or error).

If that fails get yourself ISOBuster or a trial version of WinISO or UltraISO and check the images.

I was able to open the images and look inside them with both extensions *.img or *.iso.

Edwin Knoppert · Post by **Edwin Knoppert** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 2:59 pm

Yes all wrote 100% but could not be installed (hang up or so)
(Forgot)

Main Line · Post by **Main Line** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 3:37 pm

IF

After dl i was never able to write them.
Seems an error in the file??

See previous answer.
ELSE

Yes all wrote 100% but could not be installed (hang up or so)
(Forgot)

Well than I don't know the answer to your problem.
Sorry to say it, but it installed and works OK on my box.
ENDIF

Edwin Knoppert · Post by **Edwin Knoppert** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 3:47 pm

Yes that was a great answer of mine.
I did them on rewriteables, maybe these are the problem.

I'll see about the other ISO burners.

Main Line · Post by **Main Line** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 4:00 pm

The other programs aren't burners.
You can manipulate CD and DVD images with them, before burning them.

They also let you extract some or all files of an image to HD.
Hint : Maybe then you can run install/autorun from the folder on your HD you extracted the image into ?

Edwin Knoppert · Post by **Edwin Knoppert** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 4:05 pm

Thanks!

I just used UltraISO and could extract all files.
Will soon retry to burn them on cd.

Main Line · Post by **Main Line** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 4:10 pm

Yes all wrote 100% but could not be installed (hang up or so)
(Forgot)

Maybe you should first try to install from your HD ?

Edwin Knoppert · Post by **Edwin Knoppert** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 7:24 pm

I just did, billy asks for 3 files not being there, i skipped.
MSDN shows.

Right now i'm burning and had a warning about a lfn/folder issue.
Hopefully it won't care much..

At least i'm more up-to-date.

The newer version look i different, i prefer the earlier HH version though.
(Always complaining, sounds i'm dutch)