Meyer Sound Notes for Creating a CD Image Using .iso
Files to be used as a SIM3 Bootable CD
To facilitate the creation of install, update and recovery CD’s for SIM 3, Meyer
Sound provides .iso files on it’s website. Once the file is downloaded, it will need to
be copied to a CD that is an image of the data, making it bootable by a SIM 3
machine. Below is a list of some software that can burn an .iso CD image to a CD.
This document is compiled from the manufacturers suggested usage. Any trouble
shooting or cd burning product problems should be resolved by contacting the
respective company from which you purchased or acquired your software.
Meyer Sound SIM 3 support problems can be addressed to
techsupport@meyersound.com or by calling 1-510-486-1166.
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1. How to use ISO Recorder Power Toy to enable Windows XP to burn ISO
images to CD.
2. How to use Nero Burning ROM or Nero Express (Ahead Software) to create
a CD from an ISO file.
3. How to use EasyCD Creator (Roxio) to create a CD from an ISO file.
4. How to use Mac OSX to create a bootable CD from an ISO file.
ISO Recorder (Freeware)
As the name suggest, these files are perfect copies of a CD, which you can store on hard
disk and use to make additional copies of a CD later. This software only works with
Windows XP – Home and Professional. Windows XP can't create or copy .iso images,
although the unauthorized ISO Recorder Version 2 can add this capability to Windows
XP.
Recording ISO files
After you install ISO Recorder, no program group is created and there is no application to
run. ISO Recorder is a Shell extension, which means it provides additional options in a
file right-click menu. To create a CD with ISO Recorder right-click on a file with .iso
extension and select "Copy Image to CD"
When you click on this menu item, you see a window like this:
You could notice that the Next button is grayed out. This means that something prevents
ISO Recorder from recording a CD immediately. The reason is usually explained under
the Recorder box. In this case it says: Media not blank. In this case it's because I
happened to have a non-empty rewritable disc in drive. With the Erase button to the
resuce we erase the disc content before proceeding:
Notice the Full Erase option. After some use the disc needs to be erased completely or it
will produce errors when used to burn an image. Full Erase takes exactly the same
amount of time as the recording of the entire disc. Use it sparingly.
Finally, the disc is blank (or you could have used a blank disc in the first place) and we
are ready to go:
Clicking Next starts recording process. Depending on the source image location it can
start with copying the image to a temporary location. This happens when the image is on
a network, compressed or removable volume.
On the next screen you can see the progress of the recording process:
Once recording is completed, click the Finish button to exit ISO Recorder.
Nero - Burning ROM/Nero Express (Ahead Software)
You can use Nero Burning ROM to record a CD from an ISO file. You must
purchase this program from Ahead Software. For more information about this
program, visit the Ahead Software Web site at: http://www.ahead.de
Steps to create a CD if you have installed Nero - Burning ROM:
In Nero Burning ROM just go to Nero Burning ROM’s ´File --> Burn Image' option and
select your ISO, BIN or CUE image to work with.
Steps to create a CD if you have installed Nero Express:
In Nero Express select the option for 'Disc Image or Saved Project' to select the
ISO, CUE, or BIN image file and burn to CD or DVD depending on the image file.
EasyCD Creator (Roxio)
You can use EasyCD Creator to create a CD from an ISO file. You must purchase
this program from Roxio. When the program is installed, it is automatically
associated with the ISO file extension in Windows Explorer. For more information
about this program, visit the Roxio Web site at: http://www.roxio.com
Steps to create a CD if you have installed EasyCD Creator:
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Download the ISO CD image to a folder on your computer.
Insert a blank CD in your CD-RW drive.
Start Windows Explorer.
Locate the ISO file, right-click the file name, and then click Open to start
EasyCD.
5. In the Write Method section of the CD Creation Setup dialog box, click Disk
at Once for optimum recording performance.
6. Click OK to write the image to the CD.
Mac OS X
You can use the features included in Mac OSX to burn a bootable disk for the
installation of an upgrade to a Meyer SIM3 unit.
Steps to create the SIM3 Installation disk from Mac OSX:
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Click <Go> from the Taskbar
Click <Applications>
Click <Utilities>
Drag the SIM3_Install+Recovery x.x.iso file into Disk Utility
Insert a blank CD into drive
Click <Burn>