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by: Mikl777 April 8, 2010 10:09 AM PDT

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Using Rosetta Stone without a cd inserted.

by Mikl777 - 4/8/10 10:09 AM

I use Rosetta Stone v2 in my macbook laptop. This software requires that the language cd be inserted in the optical drive. Without the cd inserted if will not work (anti piracy?) . My macbook optical drive recently broke. It ejects everything that is inserted. Question: Is there to install the language files in the macbook (disk image?) so that Rosetta Stone thinks that the cd is inserted? I tried to copy the files into a flash drive but got a dialog box saying that some files could not by copied. I rarely use the optical drive and don't want to repair/replace it just for this program.


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Use Disk Utility to create a Disk Image of the CD,

by mrmacfixit Moderator - 4/8/10 3:35 PM

In Reply to: Using Rosetta Stone without a cd inserted. by Mikl777

hen mount it on the Desktop.

Not all programs respond to that though.

Most will respond if you mount the image using Toast.

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Use Disk Utility to create a Disk Image of the CD,

by Mikl777 - 4/9/10 12:47 PM

In Reply to: Use Disk Utility to create a Disk Image of the CD, by mrmacfixit Moderator

Disk utility doesn't seem to be able to make a disk image from the cd (I'm not very familiar with disk image making). I have Toast 8 basic (included with EyeTV) but it doesn't have the ability to mount a disk image apparently. I wouldn't mind upgrading if I new it would resolve my dilemma.


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Disk Images.

by mrmacfixit Moderator - 4/9/10 4:19 PM

In Reply to: Use Disk Utility to create a Disk Image of the CD, by Mikl777

Insert the Rosetta disk so that it appears on the desktop
In Disk Utility, the disk will appear in the left hand pane. Select it by single clicking it.
At the top of the Disk Utility window you will see the New Image icon.
Click it and choose where to save the image to. The desktop is good enough for this exercise.
Image format should be Read Only.
Encryption should be None.
Click Save.
The image should be created then.
Once the image is created and on the desktop, open Toast.
Look in the menubar at the top of the screen for Utilities. That's where the Mount Image command is.
Choose it and navigate to the disk image that you created.
Choose it and it "should" mount on the desktop as a CD icon.

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Use Disk Utility to create a Disk Image of the CD,

by Mikl777 - 4/9/10 7:21 PM

In Reply to: Disk Images. by mrmacfixit Moderator

Your instructions worked until I launched Toast Basic 8. The Mount Disk Image is greyed out. When I click it I am invited to upgrade. The upgrade price is too steep for a one off problem. Are there any other programs that provide the Mount Disk Image functionality?


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Try this:

by mrmacfixit Moderator - 4/10/10 5:35 AM

In Reply to: Use Disk Utility to create a Disk Image of the CD, by Mikl777

with the image on the desktop.

Open Terminal, which you will find in Applications > Utilities.

Type: Cd desktop
press return

Type: hdiutil mount sample.iso (where sample.iso is the name of the disk image you created)

See if that works for you


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Use Disk Utility to create a Disk Image of the CD,

by Mikl777 - 4/12/10 6:38 PM

In Reply to: Try this: by mrmacfixit Moderator

Insert the Rosetta disk so that it appears on the desktop
In Disk Utility, the disk will appear in the left hand pane. Select it by single clicking it.


-Three disks appear. The first is apparently the mfg. of the cd. Indented below is a disk that says "session 1". Indented below that is a disk with the title of the language course. I am able to create a new image on the desktop only for the first disk. I get error dialog boxes for the second and third images that Disk Utility is unable to create a image. (Input/output error). When I use the Terminal procedure on the image created for the uppermost disk nothing appears to happen.

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Open Terminal, which you will find in Applications > Utilities.

Type: Cd desktop
press return

Type: hdiutil mount sample.iso (where sample.iso is the name of the disk image you created)

See if that works for you


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Theoretically,

by mrmacfixit Moderator - 4/13/10 4:50 AM

In Reply to: Use Disk Utility to create a Disk Image of the CD, by Mikl777

the topmost disk is the only "real" disk with the others being "sessions" on that disk.

If the making an image of the top one produces nothing, this may be the end of the game.

What happens when you double click on the image file that you created?


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Rosetta Stone without cd

by Mikl777 - 4/14/10 9:56 AM

In Reply to: Theoretically, by mrmacfixit Moderator

I created a disk image and copied the contents from the Rosetta Stone language cd into it. I then used Terminal as you suggested. The disk image on the desktop remained the same. Terminal says " (my title) already specified" I ejected the language cd and retried the procedure with the same response.


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That's not the way I said to create the image

by mrmacfixit Moderator - 4/14/10 10:29 AM

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You do not drag anything to the image, you make the image from the CD

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Try again with the previous instructions,

by mrmacfixit Moderator - 4/14/10 6:06 PM

In Reply to: That's not the way I said to create the image by mrmacfixit Moderator

selecting the Rosetta disk and then choosing Make Image will make an image of the selected disk.

No dragging involved

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Does this work for Rosetta V3.0?

by j_ladd - 5/24/11 11:47 AM

In Reply to: Disk Images. by mrmacfixit Moderator

Just found this thread and it looked promising to create v3.0 Rosetta back ups.

Following the "Disk Images" instructions with Rosetta V3.0 (Spanish) disc installed all seemed to be going well--i.e., got "Creating Image ESP01_08.dmg" message, but then it was soon followed by "Unable to create 'ESP011_08.dmg (input/output error)"

I also tried using Toast Titanium 10.0, Disk Copy (save as Disc Image) and got "Reading Track 1" followed by "Read errors have been found ... may be able to use Disc Recovery...", clicked OK and went nowhere.

Any workarounds for the problem?

Thanks

Environment:
Model: iMac; Identifier: iMac10,1
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo; L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 4 GB; HDD: 500GB




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Almost there

by thomasxyz1 - 2/10/12 5:29 PM

In Reply to: Does this work for Rosetta V3.0? by j_ladd

I used virtual cdr along with all the previous steps have a virtual cd with a dmr from the iso file except it does not work and the rosetta stone program its self cannot find the language file on the cd.

I'm about 95% done but everyone thinks that the entire time. I heard realbasic works but I cannot find a key for it. I have mac os x latest version along with RS v3 not sure if the iso files are v3 as well though that may be a problem?


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Surely the Original CD's that you received, when you

by mrmacfixit Moderator - 2/11/12 2:02 PM

In Reply to: Almost there by thomasxyz1

purchased Rosetta Stone, would have that information on them?

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