Some days things that should be easy just get way too complicated.
Downloading files from Microsoft I found some were .img files. How do I run those from my DVD drive. They should be typical .iso like most DVD files. After many dead ends trying to get Roxio to burn a DVD I discovered all I needed to do was rename the file from an .img to .iso! Of course everyone else in the world knew this.
OK, so now I needed to install a large program. Error…Error… you get the idea. Again time wasted looking at all the usual techie places. After awhile I woke up and discovered the DVD drive was ‘burping’.
A friend and I had just talked about drive problems to I quickly went on-line to find a ‘Virtual DVD Drive’ software. ISODisk.com was the answer.
A small download, installs in seconds. Now I just copy files to my hard drive, open IOSDisk and click the file. The file is assigned a drive letter and just runs like a DVD. Fast too.
At the least keep a copy (free) in cased your DVD drive dies.
