Creating a windows vista .iso fro files on macbook

northy124 · Dec 17, 2007

Hi
I have bought vista from the windows site and dowloaded it but cant make an .iso so burn i have 3 files 1 in .exe 2 in.wim. Do i make a file and turn it into n iso in disk utility for am i missing something if i cant do it with that program i need a good free on hat will do it for me any help thank you.

cwa107 · Dec 17, 2007

northy124 said:
Hi
I have bought vista from the windows site and dowloaded it but cant make an .iso so burn i have 3 files 1 in .exe 2 in.wim. Do i make a file and turn it into n iso in disk utility for am i missing something if i cant do it with that program i need a good free on hat will do it for me any help thank you.

Those files don't sound like standard disc image files. Did they come with a read me file/instructions?

northy124 · Dec 17, 2007

Yes they came if insturctions but they just said put in file and create and iso so can i do that in disk utiliy. Sorry for speeling mistakes.

cwa107 · Dec 17, 2007

northy124 said:
Yes they came if insturctions but they just said put in file and create and iso so can i do that in disk utiliy. Sorry for speeling mistakes.

Not in Mac OS X. My guess is that you'll need to run the .exe file on a Windows machine to get it to generate an ISO.

northy124 · Dec 17, 2007

i'll do that on my friends pc in 2 days time then just thought i might be able to do it on a mac oh well.

cwa107 · Dec 17, 2007

The only other thing I could think of is that you might be able to run it under DarWINE, which can run some Windows executables, but it's hit or miss.

northy124 · Dec 18, 2007

I'll try that after work tonight. Can i place the the files on to a dvd and trnasfer them on to the pc from mac or does it have to be via firewire/usb well something like that.

cwa107 · Dec 18, 2007

northy124 said:
I'll try that after work tonight. Can i place the the files on to a dvd and trnasfer them on to the pc from mac or does it have to be via firewire/usb well something like that.

Sure, you can burn it onto a disc.