Choose 'none' from the Encryption pop-up menu.
Choose 'DVD/CD master' from the Image Format pop-up menu.ħ. Choose File > New > 'Disk Image from (Name of Disc).'Ħ. Select the CD or DVD disc in the list of disks and volumes.Ĥ. Open Disk Utility (/Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility).ģ.
Insert the CD or DVD disc in your computer's optical drive.Ģ. To create an ISO Image using Disk Utility.ġ. iso with VMware Fusion 1.1 through 2.x, not necessary for 3.x) and of course the source CD/DVD must be bootable in the first place. dmg image is compressed and may not bootable depending on which version of VMware Fusion is being used although an uncompressed. cdr file extension and in version 1.1 of Fusion and later does not need to be changed to. When using Disk Utility in order to have a bootable ISO Image you should select CD/DVD Master with no encryption in which case by default it will have a.
Notes: Creating an ISO Image of the CD/DVD Disc Then, click Use operating system installation disk image file: Just select the ISO in the dialog that pops up: Next, based on what we’ve seen. Let me see if that works.Īssuming the source Optical Disc is Bootable and the ISO Image was properly created then you should not have to be burned it back to Optical Media to use it with a Virtual Machine. Typically, if you just insert a Windows install disk, VMware Fusion automagically recognizes what OS is in it, but in this case, we have to point it at the ISO. I'm going to burn the ISO image on a DVD and use it for the installation. The ISO indeed came from a bootable Windows 7 Pro DVDĭid you create the ISO Image and if yes how? Below are directions for creating using Disk Utility.
