Multiple .gi files

[RobDog]

Hi all,

 

I have just created a .gi image of a DVD using Roxio Creator.

 

This process has created 3 .gi files rather than the single file that I was expecting!

 

One file is 1.99GB, another is 1.72GB and the last is 1.6KB

 

Question is, why have 3 files been created rather than one, and when I come to burn a DVD from this image, which file do I select to start the process?

 

Thank you.

[tbrewst]

Good info Brendon.Seems like I remember this coming up sometime in the past.

That's why I asked about the source.I wanted to try it but didn't get back in time.

[tbrewst]

As long as the original data is less than 4GB than I would have expected to get 1 file.

 

What app did you use to create the image?

What does the image consist of?Is it data,video,etc?

[sknis]

Hi all,

 

I have just created a .gi image of a DVD using Roxio Creator.

 

This process has created 3 .gi files rather than the single file that I was expecting!

 

One file is 1.99GB, another is 1.72GB and the last is 1.6KB

 

Question is, why have 3 files been created rather than one, and when I come to burn a DVD from this image, which file do I select to start the process?

 

Thank you.

 

Have you tried making an ISO file? What version of the software do you have? How did you make the gi (image)? If you have 3 gi, then you have 3 separate images and will need to be burned separately. There is software to combine the gi images; Google for it.

 

Just to make sure, is your disc NTFS?

[RobDog]

I used Roxio Creator DE 10.3 which came with my new Dell laptop.

 

It only gives me the choice of creating a GI; no ISO option.

 

The DVD I'm creating an image of is the first disc of Adobe Creative Suite 4. I used the COPY - CREATE DISC IMAGE option.

 

I am burning the image to an NTFS partition as a backup.

 

I do have other ISO image creators; I just thought I'd give Roxio Creator DE a whirl as it was pre-installed on my new machine and ready to use. If there is a solution to this issue that would be great as it would save me installing something else.

 

Thank you for your responses so far.

[Brendon]

When you're making a .GI image from a disc, the software saves it as a multi-part set.

 

Each part is a tad under 2GB and when you're burning back to disc from the set you use the name of the first part and the other pieces follow on. It's handled very similarly to a multi-part archive file set. The down side is you can't use just any software to burn it back to disc like you could with an ISO.

 

I don't know why that <2GB size is set for the pieces, perhaps to cope with other file systems such as FAT12 or FAT16 etc.

 

Have a good look around the software to make sure there isn't a pull-down menu which allows you to select ISO.