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Use the March CTP ISO without burning it

I downloaded the March CTP off of MS.com to make sure I was running exactly what our customers got. I was surprised to see that the package was an ISO.

Instead of burning the ISO to CD, I remembered a little tool that I used in college: Daemon Tools. It lets your mount ISOs as drives without the wasted plastic. Pretty cool.

While I’m talking about 3rd party tools, I’m still amazed when I meet people (in software) that haven’t heard of Process Explorer. Amazing tool. A bunch of cool new features that support .NET diagnostics and network usage.

Do you ever want to delete a file and you can’t figure out which process has the handle? Here’s your solution.

As with all non-MS software, you’re mileage may vary, restrictions may apply, void where prohibited, yadda yadda yadda.

Published Friday, March 25, 2005 3:20 PM by okoboji

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# re: Use the March CTP ISO without burning it

Friday, March 25, 2005 4:03 PM by AT
Download 60Kb program from Microsoft and mount your ISO file:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/b/6/7b6abd84-7841-4978-96f5-bd58df02efa2/winxpvirtualcdcontrolpanel_21.exe

"Just like for all MS software, you’re mileage may vary, restrictions may apply, void where prohibited, yadda yadda yadda."

;-)

# Indigo is fully uncaged...

Friday, March 25, 2005 6:43 PM by distilled

# re: Use the March CTP ISO without burning it

Friday, March 25, 2005 8:33 PM by Kevin
AT: I had no idea we had a tool for that. Thanks.

...and Touché :-)

# re: Use the March CTP ISO without burning it

Saturday, March 26, 2005 10:00 AM by Drazen Dotlic
>> I’m still amazed when I meet people (in software) that haven’t heard of Process Explorer

I am still amazed when I read blog posts where author discovers daemon tools and similar utilities ;) JUST NOW
Man, if you've been burning media for all those CTPs up to now, I pity you :)

# re: Use the March CTP ISO without burning it

Saturday, March 26, 2005 11:39 AM by Kevin
Drazen: I've been using Daemon tools and Process Explorer since college. (6 years already, scary.)

I figure as long as people don't know the tools exist, it's good to throw out suggestions every now and then.

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