It feels so much like a dvd that it's hard to tell what it is. But at least something is happening now. Now, if I could only get everything to install... --le ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trouble" <trouble1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 7:10 AM Subject: Re: progress Most of the time the top disk in any cdr or dvr box is a blank disk. They do this to keep the disks safe. At 03:43 AM 1/10/2009, you wrote: >Well I got the ISO to burn onto my dvd using ultraISO. The problem was a >bad disk -- Tyler was right -- I just grabbed another disk from the box and >the burn went off without a hitch. I don't know why the top dvd in the box >was the bad one -- makes me wonder if it isn't even a dvd, but it feels >like >one. Thought it might be a plastic filler disk that they stuck on top. > >Now there is one other hitch. I burned what was in the ISO onto the dvd and >it appeared to have received all the data, but then ultraISO said I should >insert another blank disk as there were files left over. I did and it >wouldn't write anything. >I checked the first dvd and it looked like all the files were there, so I >just exited ultraISO and went to install VS2008 from the dvd that I had >burned. > >It installed microsoft visual C# express and microsoft sql server, but not >vb or c++. >It looked like these should have been included but they aren't on my hard >drive. > >So to those who have already installed VS 2008 express, what should I be >expecting? The ISO should have fit on a dvd -- it said as much on the >microsoft site, and I checked the size. >Perhaps I missed checking a box on the installation so vb and c++ weren't >installed... > >Anyway, comments welcome. >TIA >--le > >__________ >View the list's information and change your settings at >//www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind Tim trouble Verizon FIOS support tech "Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance." --Sam Brown Blindeudora list owner. To subscribe or info: //www.freelists.org/webpage/blindeudora __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind