How do I install an ISO file?

I ordered a download version of Microsoft Office 2007 with a valid product key. It came as an .iso file. I had to download it to a computer that it's not going to be installed to. The download computer has Vista Home Basic and Roxio Creator Basic on it. As soon as it finished downloading, Roxio came up and wants to burn the file image to a file location or a DVDRW disk. What I'd like to do is send the .iso file to the laptop it's going to go onto and then burn it to a location. BUT (that's a big but) I can't find the file anywhere. I can see the path and the file name in Roxio, but when I go to that location there's nothing there with that file name. I did a search on .iso extensions and didn't find it that way either. What to do? Why can't I find the file?
Keith

 

You HAVE to burn ISOs to a CD or DVD and then install the program from there. You cannot 'burn' to a location, that term makes no sense at all.

As to finding the downloaded file, if you are still having a problem then I suggest you download and install Search Everything to the computer you downloaded the iso to and enter .iso to the search field.

 

Maybe you didn't click "save" when you started the download since 1) you don't know where the iso is & 2) Roxio launches as soon as the download finishes.
So it is somewhere in your temp files, change the advance search options (check hidden & system) to find it or click the download link and select "save" if it comes up this time.
Word to the wise: NEVER choose RUN option when downloading, that is opening up a can of worms & trojans (lol) in the future.

OK, you seem to have "burn it to a location" confused with installing the actual software. Download ImgBurn or use Roxio and burn the ISO image to a CD or DVD, whatever it requires. Then put that disk in the computer you want to install Office on.

Helpful?

 

Instead of burning the ISO to a disc, you can create a "virtual" CD/DVD drive, and read the ISO just as if it had been burned. Download and install MagicDisc (it's 100% free). Then read the guides on how to use MagicDisc at the bottom of the MagicDisc download page, or use this link and this link. It's very easy to use once you have it installed. Using a virtual drive to "mount" ISO files is handy for a couple reasons: if you don't have a CD/DVD burner or don't have any blank discs, you can still access ISO files; you can check out the ISO and make sure it runs and does what it should before burning it, therefore possibly saving a blank disc; using a virtual drive to mount ISO files accesses the data MUCH quicker than when reading from an actual disc.

 

I use Slysoft Virtual Drive and Daemon tools, but he still has to get the file from one PC to another. Virtual drives are great for testing ISO as you said.

Disks just don't cost what they use to.

. That depends on the speed of the PC overall. I'd say copying this ISO to a USB key and moving it to the install PC and copying it back, loading some virtual drive & the learning curve, burning a disk might be easier, risking the 2 cents on a 'bad burn'.

But all valid points for their future reference.

 

Please do not take this the wrong way as I am often just a guilty of it myself. :-D If an individual does not even know how to burn an ISO to disk, we might be blowing up the individuals brain with all these programs and talking about virtual drives etc.

Not saying that learning all of this is not a great thing, I just think at times we are guilty of "Geeking" a simple explanation. :-D

In this case, the best thing to do is just burn the ISO to CD/DVD (once he finds it) and slap the CD/DVD into the drive of the computer he wishes to install it on.

 

Well, I did click "run" instead of "save" so that's why I couldn't find the file--it wasn't there. I know better than that, but I should never do anything except sleep when I have a cold... My brain doesn't work right. Normally I'm not this slow...
Anyway, I went back and downloaded the ISO file instead of running it, so now I have it on my hard drive. I used Roxio to burn it to a CD but Roxio kept giving me an error and telling me to try again... when I look at the CDs though (I ended up burning 2), they contain what looks like the right folders and files including setup.exe, to install the programs. So I guess I'll wait until my son gets home with his laptop and we'll see if one of these CDs will put Office 2007 on his computer. If not, maybe I can try some of the other ideas.
Back to sleep for me now.
p.s. thanks for the quick replies!

 

Was that not the point I was making? My OP seems to of helped, you have to remember KISS sometimes. No offense intended on the last "S".

 

The cost of the discs has little to do with my statement about wasting a disc. Nobody wants to waste a disc, even if they're only two cents each. It's not the money, it's the principle of it. I know I get PO'd when I have a bad burn and have to throw out the disc - it's not throwing away 2 cents that gets me, it's the convenience represented by having the data on a disc, and then being able to remove the data from the PC where space is at a premium (at least for me, sometimes ), and the convenience of being able to use that disc anywhere, anytime.... but this has nothing to do with anything.

It is far easier to burn an ISO than it is to use a virtual drive (but the virtual drive is VERY easy, but burning is even easier). For burning ISO images, I personally use ImgBurn. It was originally created to ONLY burn image files like ISO files, but has been expanded for many other burning needs. It is so easy to use that anyone can do it - install it, launch it, and read what's on-screen, and BAM! A burned ISO disc!

 

LOL Well I have been guilty of that last "S" on more than one ocasion. :-D

 

Well...
I got a CD burned using IMGBurn, and it appears to have all the requisite files and folders--same as the Roxio CD... but it won't load. Setup.exe starts to run then crashes with an error that says:

D:\Update\OSETUP.DLL digital signature does not validate or is not present

The OSETUP.DLL file is present, but I don't know if the digital signature in it is corrupt, wrong, or just not there. I've sent an e-mail to the vendor to see what's going on, but thought I'd post here too. Worst case, I guess is that it's illegal software and won't ever have the correct digital signature. If so, PayPal resolution should get my $$$ back, but I'd rather have the software... my son's college class requires Office 2007... not 2003... not 2010. Has to be 2007. Sigh.

 

Your kid should be able to buy Office at the college bookstore for very cheap.
I'd say there should be 2007 left around, if the school requires it.

 

He can't use Office 2010 and he can't use 2007 Home and Student. Has to be MS Office 2007 Pro. Not cheap. Not available. On-line it's "only" $79, but that's pretty expensive if it doesn't work... aside from the fact that he's not "on-campus" (extension courses) and there is no campus bookstore nearby...

 

OK, well this is a learning experience for me! Another question. Once the ISO file is burned to a CD, shouldn't I be able to copy the files on the CD? Some of them will copy, most will not. The objective is to copy everything from the CD to a folder on the hard drive, replace the osetup.dll file with a good one, burn another CD and go from there. Can't be done.
I also found out that the osetup.dll error was common for Office 2007. But MS tech support doesn't help out anymore... I went to their website and found that unless I bought from them or their one authorized web seller (not who I bought from) their system boots me out. There were a couple of suggested fixes on the web that I tried. Neither one worked. One was to make sure that you didn't have one of the "trial versions" of Office 2007 on your computer. It did, but it was too late to just activate that, or I would have done it. I deleted it through the control panel. The other was to copy the file gdiplus.dll from wherever it lurked into the c:\windows folder. I have no idea what that was supposed to do. But it didn't work either. I tried to make a copy of the osetup.dll but couldn't.
Anyway, I'm about ready to demand a refund...

 

Re: How do I install an ISO file? - resolved

Resolved! The file that I download was faulty. They re-posted, I re-downloaded, and everything worked fine. Thanks for all the suggestions and ideas though. I learned a lot, which is always good.
Keith

 

Personally, I just extract the ISO and run the exe. It's so much faster that way.