creating a disk image that can be read on Windows?

[Browni]

How do i create a disk image that can be read on windows? Having real problems doing this.

Adam

 

[fryke]

You create a CD-Master type file with Disk Utility and rename it .iso -> Burn it with Nero, for example.

 

[Lycander]

Once you get the crank out an ISO file on your Mac and bring it over to the PC, you can get a program called ISOBuster which I believe will allow you to access files from within the image. ISOBuster is either free or shareware, I was able to use it to do whatever I needed at the time.

 

[scruffy]

Is that so? A '.cdr' file is really just an ISO with a goofy extension? Well I never...

 

[fryke]

I also don't understand why Apple, Toast and Nero can't get along using the same extensions and/or offering to just bloody _open_ the files it _could_ read, anyway. ;-)

Btw.: There's a hint at http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20040121135301830 that might shed some more light onto the matter. Although some of the comments at the end are not that helpful... ;-)

 

[Lycander]

I have a sinking feeling that *.cdr != *.iso but that's just me and my paranoid nature.

 

[fryke]

Mine worked fine.

 

[Browni]

All im doing is iso'ing some files and emailing them to a friend do i need to burn them? what does this do?

 

[Lycander]

Why don't you zip or Stuffit the files and save yourself and your friend the hassle? Email the iso alone means sending uncompressed data, hope you two have broadband.

It is possible to make the iso, then compress it. If you don't want to pay for StuffIt deluxe, go on VersionTracker and look for ColdCompress (I think that's the name). It's basically a GUI interface for the built-in tar and gzip command line tools. tar.gz files are readable in Windows using WinZip.