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    How do you burn / move Mac OS into a thumbdrive on W7?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Thundr, Jun 23, 2012.

  1. Thundr

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    I dragged the 8GB OS file into the 16GB thumbdrive but it says the file is too big.
     
    Thundr, Jun 23, 2012
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    Is the thumb drive formatted with NTFS or another non-FAT format? FAT32 has a file limit size of 4GB.
     
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    Ok, how do I change it to the format that would use 16GB and could have 8GB in it? Also I was thinking just moving the file to the drive isn't the same thing as burning it into it to use it like a bootable CD?
     
    Thundr, Jun 23, 2012
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    Ok I reformatted it to NTFS. How do I mount the ISO file now?
     
    Thundr, Jun 23, 2012
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    killkenny1 Too weird to live, too rare to die.

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    With program like Daemon Tools and such.
    Winrar can open ISOs too, but not mount though.
     
    killkenny1, Jun 23, 2012
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    Thundr, Jun 24, 2012
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    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    hit the windows key on your keyboard (or use your preferred method of bringing up the start menu)

    type 'cmd'

    hit enter

    profit.
     
    masterchef341, Jun 24, 2012
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