Disaster Recovery ISO File Too Big for CD

[lemuel3]

Lately my DR .iso files have been too large to fit on a boot CD. It has been suggested that a possible problem was that when asked for the location of the Windows Installation Software I had to point to the local C:\I386 folder since my system did not come with a Microsoft XP install disc.

 

Since I really would like to get this to work, I purchased (ouch!) a new shrink-wrap copy of XP which includes SP2. I pointed Retrospect to the I386 folder on the install disc and allowed the .iso file creation process to complete.

 

The resulting .iso file is 950 MB, about 250MB too large to fit on a boot CD. Referring to KB item 5989 regarding this issue:

 

Possible causes for the ISO image becoming too large:

1) I386 Folder is too large – this can happen if you are using a non-Microsoft Windows Installation CD such as an OEM Installer. Always use a Microsoft Windows Installer CD.

 

Using a genuine Microsoft Installation CD

 

2) Check the Windows Driver Folder to see if you have installed Drivers that are abnormally large.

 

The Windows\System32\drivers folder is 49MB, the largest file is about 2.4 MB. Is this large? I have no other systems for reference.

 

3) Check the Retrospect Application Folder. If there are any large files that don’t really belong there (such as Catalog files) they will be copied to the DR CD. Remove any unnecessary files from this Folder before attempting to create the DR CD.

 

The Retrospect application folder is about 36 MB, the largest file is retrores.dll at 2.3MB. I don't see any catalog files there.

 

4) Check the Retrospect Config Folder. If there are any files that don’t really belong there (such as config files from previous versions of the program) they will be copied to the DR CD. Remove any unnecessary files from this Folder before attempting to create the DR CD.

 

The only files of significance in Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Retrospect are a .dat and a .bak file, both about 49MB, generated at the time the .iso file was created. I assume those are ok?

 

So I'm out the price of a new operating system disc and still no bootable CD. Any suggestions from the experts as to what might be amiss on my system with reference to items 2-4 above?