vista in a 1.4mb rar file???

[tigger]

this site i go on has posted a file that is 1.4mb,yet supposedly contains a vista iso.

is this possible?

[zekrahminator]

No, it's probably a trojan ;).

[PVTCaboose1337]

this site i go on has posted a file that is 1.4mb,yet supposedly contains a vista iso.

is this possible?
You know the answer. :roll:

[tigger]

i know its not real,but someone flamed the guy who posted it,and loads of people are defending the poster from the flamer.

obvious who the noobs are.

by the way,if you unzip it it turns out to be a "700mb" iso file.

[PVTCaboose1337]

i know its not real,but someone flamed the guy who posted it,and loads of people are defending the poster from the flamer.

obvious who the noobs are.

by the way,if you unzip it it turns out to be a "700mb" iso file.

So it is compressed infinitely? :roll:

[tigger]

thats why i was asking,i dont know how far compression tech has come.

[PVTCaboose1337]

thats why i was asking,i dont know how far compression tech has come.

It is about 10% tops. I'm no expert, but thats my guess.

[tigger]

so in effect the flamer was right and the others are dweebs?

[PVTCaboose1337]

I guess so. I guess you could zip a rar and inside that a zip and then a rar, but 700mb, the quadratic formula only helps so much. That would be... 521 zips + 522 rars.

[Solaris17]

can i have the linky? pm me it isnt legal but this is intresting im basically in it so i can get the compresion data from winrar

[PVTCaboose1337]

can i have the linky? pm me it isnt legal but this is intresting im basically in it so i can get the compresion data from winrar

I promise you, I did the calcs above... it might take a while :laugh: (i want the file too, pm me)

[DaMulta]

It could just be a image of all the files but not the insides of them

[BXtreme]

it's a fake image...i could create one too ;)

[Ketxxx]

could just be the files needed to make a vista cd bootable... assuming ur cd isnt already like where some folks xp cds didnt have the boot files

[Pinchy]

I highly doubt its real :p

[Easy Rhino]

it is fake.

[BXtreme]

I KNOW IT"S A FAKE, but on the humour side -- " Microsoft presents it's new operating system which will bring future computing on our homes and offices. It's main feature is that it is just inside a 3.25" floppy disk !! " :roll:

[Darknova]

this site i go on has posted a file that is 1.4mb,yet supposedly contains a vista iso.

is this possible?

Yes, you find these type of things on crack sites, they call them Backup CDs/DVDs, they are basically an image that is messed with so when you mount it with a virtual drive it looks like the real CD/DVD. You wont be able to install Vista from it so I don't really see any point to it.

[PVTCaboose1337]

Called a mini-iso. Used for games so you don't have to put the disk in...

[Batou1986]

it may extract to 4gb in size but still be only dummy files theres a mini image on the pirate scene that is 24mb but extracts to be 600mb iso the size of the real cd

[DanTheBanjoman]

Of coruse it's fake, the ISO contans no useful data most likely, no Vista anyway. Data like a Windows OS can't be compressed that far.

[Thermopylae_480]

OMG I can't believe this thread is still alive? I thought you people were just joking. I mean seriously, if Windows could be compressed down that far don't you think Microsoft would do it? It would save so much money in distribution.

[WarEagleAU]

perhaps someone is trying to get a workaround. Id also love the link in a pm Tigger.

[Grings]

why does everyone want this file?, its obviously either fake, or a virus/trojan

[Canuto]

For fun...

[Solaris17]

Ok so i scanned it with the newest Avast and no viruses. I also included a prtscrn of the compression info. i extracted it and it extracted as 2 files one a setup .exe and the other another folder that was in .rar format i unzipped that and got the iso and the serial number. it took about 15 sec elapsed in win rar to exrtraxct it. so then i took pictures of the progress.....the setup.exe looks like the real thing but the folder that holds like 718mb is a folder called sources.....this folder and its contets are also shown...

[tigger]

so what actually is it solaris?,is it vista and would it install?

can someone try it?

[Solaris17]

well i tried deamon tools (worked on my copy of vista)but no go...and the setup.exe is seperate from the iso itself as in not included and i dont have any disks to try it on i lost my rw FUC#$%^#$^%$K hmmm i can keep fiddling with it ill try to recompress it with the iso...

[Polaris573]

Yes, you find these type of things on crack sites, they call them Backup CDs/DVDs, they are basically an image that is messed with so when you mount it with a virtual drive it looks like the real CD/DVD. You wont be able to install Vista from it so I don't really see any point to it.

I really don't see why you guys are so mystified by this file :rolleyes:

1. Darknova has already explained what this is.
2. No it's not really vista
3. No you can't install vista from it
4. It's physically impossible to compress the complex files used in Vista down to 1.5mb.

[mullered07]

defo a fake, the best compression i have ever seen is manhunt the game, i downloaded a 190mb file and it uncompressed and installed about 1gig on my hard drive (all real files not mini/fake iso's etc) some multimedia compressors can do this but they are quite hard to use for those who are not used to compression in command line interface. :p

peace.

[Solaris17]

remounted and modified and no go it just takes up space it wopnt boot at all, you get the fancy install screen but theirs nothing.

[HookeyStreet]

this site i go on has posted a file that is 1.4mb,yet supposedly contains a vista iso.

is this possible?

No chance, you could never compress a file that much ;)