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Will this work if I have copied the setup files in a folder?
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Will this work if I have copied the setup files in a folder?

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No, you need to have a DVD with valid Boot Sector.<br />
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Which can be checked using MagicISO.<br />
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if you just have the setup files on a DVD, this is not a bootable ISO, and you will have to create the boot sectors on the DVD. <br />
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See this recent Answered EE Question<br />
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<a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/27843796/Need-to-boot-from-DVD-on-VMware-virutal-server-wmware-5.html" rel="ugc">https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/27843796/Need-to-boot-from-DVD-on-VMware-virutal-server-wmware-5.html</a>
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No, you need to have a DVD with valid Boot Sector.

Which can be checked using MagicISO.

if you just have the setup files on a DVD, this is not a bootable ISO, and you will have to create the boot sectors on the DVD.

See this recent Answered EE Question

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/27843796/Need-to-boot-from-DVD-on-VMware-virutal-server-wmware-5.html [https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/27843796/Need-to-boot-from-DVD-on-VMware-virutal-server-wmware-5.html]

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MagicIso will also make an iso from a disk.
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MagicIso will also make an iso from a disk.

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Where did you get/download your original Windows 2008 DVD?<br />
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if you only have the files from the DVD, you will not be able to create a bootable ISO, because you also need the boot sector from the DVD.
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Where did you get/download your original Windows 2008 DVD?

if you only have the files from the DVD, you will not be able to create a bootable ISO, because you also need the boot sector from the DVD.

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Making the bootable now with isoreorder.
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its done or not ???<br />
revert please
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how do I make a bootable iso with my windows server 2008 dvd? trying to make a new virtual machine in vcenter?
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how do I make a bootable iso with my windows server 2008 dvd? trying to make a new virtual machine in vcenter?

how do I make a bootable iso with my windows server 2008 dvd?

VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.

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Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.