hi all, im wondering if i can put multiple .ISO files on one disc so that i can take them off my hard drive & have them on a disc where i can access them later, if need be. P.S. i tried putting one in one of my usb flash drives and for some reason i was'nt able to. i did have alot going on that day on my computer so i might have overlooked something - but i thought that was wierd. anyways - any thoughts, tips, or ideas - as always, much appreciated! thanks all.
the flash drive i tried to put one in that day is an 8GB sansa. i just checked & yes youre correct - its FAT32. tell me - did you just say that the individual max file sz inserted in the flash drive has to be 4GB max ? (like i can have two 4GB files or four 2GB files or 7/8 1GB files - but not put one more than 4GB ?) also - how about the idea about storing them on a disc ? is that a no go? thanks for trying to help with my question - i figured i was just gonna go ahead and find out the hard way and give it a try if i didnt get any solid answers.
You CAN do it, but just because you CAN doesn't mean that you should. Why are you trying to do this with .iso files? That's not what .iso files are typically used for.
@ dailun, id like to get them off my hard drive but i just cant see myself deleting them, considering the time & effort that i put into getting them and the possibility that i might want access to them later. thats basically why. but tell me - please - explain how that might not be something that i should do. is there the possibility of damaging them ? / corrupting them ? im keeping tabs on the thread so that i can try and respond as soon as i can. thanks
You can fill the thumb drive, but no individual file can exceed 4GB (FAT). Of course. If you are just archiving you can create a DATA DVD and just add, as many as will fit, then burn it.
@ MysticE, thank you, thank you, thank you. soon as i free up the computer i will be giving it a shot. feels good to think that i can juvst simply move them on to a disc and not have to scacrafice them to free up some space. thanks also for clearing that up about the flash drive - i totally understand now that now. hey and as for the responsees - thank you all as well for helping to shed some light on this stuff.
Yes, you can put more than one .iso file on a disc, but managing the data would be very unwieldy, since an .iso is an IMAGE of a full DVD. In order to play the .iso, you would have to have a program that can read .isos and convert them "on the fly" to native video files. HDD space is by far the cheapest storage media/byte, with perhaps the exception of tape, which has higher up-front costs. (my DVD collection is archived to LTO-3 tape) If you go on the basis of 1-2 .iso file per 8GB flash drive, it gets pretty expensive to keep any number of .iso files on flash drives. An extetrnal hard drive would be, IMHO, the best price/performance match if you plan to access (view) the DVDs on any kind of regular basis. Burning them to DVD, IMHO would be the next most cost effective way. Maybe I'm totally off the mark with what you're trying to accomplish (and please feel free to correct me if I am) , but it sounds like your solution is expensive and impractical.
An ISO doesn't have to be an Image of a full DVD. It doesn't even have to have anything to do with a DVD. The OP never once said what the ISO's were, and reading or playing them wasn't ever mentioned.
okay, so..... im seeing a little bit of both - that i can & that maybe i shouldnt. @ dailun, i thought it would have been a good idea. just simply wanted to take some .iso files (movies)(like 10 or more .iso's) and move them to a disc for storage, storage only, not play them off of there - but rather have them kind of as back-ups. should anything happen to the original dvd, i can always go to this disc and burn any particular .iso back onto dvd. i dont know - it just sounds good - maybe i should look into another harddrive like you said - i can be pretty hard-headed sometimes - and im new to all this stuff - so maybe im just not seeing something that i should. i respect & appreciate all your feedback by the way. thanks. @ MysticE, thank you as well.... pretty hard for me though when i have TWO senior members giving me advice and it that sounds very much like we're all on the same page - but different paragraphs. needless to say - please reach back with any other thoughts/ideas/opinions. johnny
"An ISO doesn't have to be an Image of a full DVD. It doesn't even have to have anything to do with a DVD. " I respectfully disagree: From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_image "An ISO image is an archive file (also known as a disk image) of an optical disc in a format defined by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)." Unless I am somehow confusing an .iso image with an .iso file. In my mind, files with the extension .iso are always image files.
You missed the point, you gave the impression that ISOs are all about "an IMAGE of a full DVD". This is not true. Your own link states: This format is supported by many software vendors. ISO image files typically have a file extension of .ISO. The name ISO is taken from the ISO 9660 file system used with CD-ROM media A small portion of a DVD movie can also be saved as an ISO using DVD Shrink's reauthor mode.
okay well the verdict is in ..... i tried and could not get more than one on a disc. after i opened up cyberlink that came with my computer - i chose the option to burn a data disc/dvd. when i selected three / four .iso's - they wouldnt fit. "exceeded disc space" or something like that. thanks all. i guess that idea / method was all pretty impractical. guess ill have to save up for another hard drive. thanks so much though for the time you guys took in try'n to help figure that out.
