I've got an ISO of a Dell Inspiron Win7 HomePremium64bit DVD and it's 5.74 GB (6,170,824,704 bytes) in size. I don't have a dual layer DVD drive and wondered if I can extract the files and delete part of it to make a standard 4.7 Gig or less ISO to fit on a standard DVD. When extracted the file sizes are: boot folder is :15.8 Meg efi folder is :15.3 Meg language packs folder is :1.36 Gig. sources folder is :4.27 Gig support folder is :32.2 Meg upgrade folder is :40.1 Meg The rest: autorun, bootmgr, bootmgr.efi and setup come to 1.11 Meg. If it is possible, what's the best way to do it? Thanks for any suggestions/ideas.
Can I just delete the whole langpacks folder , or just the contents. Does the installer need to see the folder at all.
language packs you dont need. I assume system will be with default language good enough = English. You can add languages later on anytime (at least with Ultimate that is). just burn it on a rewritable DVD-5, then try to boot from it. Remember to add a bootloader some sorts. Check the forum
Why? I thought boot loaders were for installing more than one operating system. I just want to make a standard DVD to install just that.
Easy way is to open up your iso file with UltraISO or PowerISO (DO NOT EXTRACT THE ISO FILE) then and delete Language folder and burn dvd or save ISO file that way you dvd is still bootabe.