I have some original CDs (some are hard to find), that I would like to upload and share here. But I don't know how to make a perfect ISO from the original CD, without modifying or destroying the header. Can I expect to make a ISO with CRC32=FFFFFF, from an original Microsoft CD? When I say 1:1, I mean perfect, bit per bit copy. I know about MagicISO, UltraISO, etc, but I don't know which is the best for this job...
For example : Windows XP Professional (Retail Full / English) - WXPFPP_EN. I made it as follows. TZUTIL /s "Pacific Standard Time cdimage -lWXPFPP_EN -h -n -o -xx -t08/23/2001,12:00:00 -bxpboot.bin WXPFPP_EN WXPFPP_EN.ISO CDIMAGE.EXE is version 2.46. (XP original, 2.47 for XP SP1/1a, 2.52 for XP SP2) Time Zone must be Pacific Standard Time. XPBOOT (2KB) file needs to compile. To add AutoCRC and become CRC32=FFFF, -o -xx option must be needed.
OK, thanks guys. I always thought that special tools were needed (like BlindWrite, Alcohol 120%, or some internal MS's command line utility), to achieve perfect quality. I'll try to make some ISOs later in the week (I'm very busy right now). I have these original CDs: - Microsoft Office 97 Professional (Spanish) - Microsoft Windows 2000 Release Candidate 2 (Spanish) ...and some Microsoft Works versions, in Spanish too. All the rest is material you can find everywhere. If you are interested in any of this, just leave me a message here. (My upload speed is very limited, so be patient if you request something)
May be Google brought them here. Just an idea: why not open a Spanish section on the forum, to talk in spanish? That way, a lot more of people may contribute to the forum. Well, I'm very busy lately, but if I have any spanish material (that someone has requested), rest assured I will share it here. Just send me a PM. Greetings from Argentina.
Actually, you were not wrong. To back-up a disc as best as possible, something like BlindWrite or CloneCD or similar would be needed, particularly when working with original media with DRM. However, to share simple software that is does not use DRM media, a simple ISO, created in the manner explained by EFA11 may be good enough. Microsoft, itself, typically distributes its media images as ISOs.