Burning multilingual ACAD 2011 to DVD

[Anonymous]

I've downloaded the ACAD 2011 Multilingual upgrade and extracted it to a local directory on my computer.  I'd like to burn it to DVD so I can use it with a non-networked computer, and also for archival purposes.  I don't particularly want to use a USB drive because they're easier to lose (or end up in someone else's pocket...).

I've already read through the threads here and here, but they don't have the answers I'm looking for.

Anyway, the full installation kit is just a little too big to fit onto a single DVD.  So, my questions are:

1. How do I split them across two DVDs?  Which files belong on which disc?

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2.  I only need English, so the Korean and Chinese files can be left out.  Is it safe to just remove their directories from the kit?  Or is there a better way not to have them included?

Thanks!

[DouglasLauritsen]

I’d recommend that you log into Subscription Center and order a set of media.

If you wish to use a DVD review this post then consider these options:

1) Span the files across the multiple DVD’s. When you go to install the application copy all into a single temp folder on the hard drive then double click on the setup.exe on the hard drive.

2) Burn the self-extracting WinRAR archive executables and WinRAR archives to DVD. Each file in the download should fit on a DVD, several should fit on a dual layer DVD. When you need to install copy the files to the hard drive, then extract them and use the installer when it auto starts after successful extraction.

[Anonymous]

Erm...that kind of defeats the purpose, doesn't it?  Telling me to order physical DVD media kinda flies in the face of the whole "we're clean & green" message.  All I'm asking is how to span the files across two discs; can you at least look at some media and tell me what files to span and which discs they belong on?  Or, if you have English-only media can you tell me which files I need and which ones I can leave out?

The whole idea of putting it to disc myself is so I can have a single solution for installing.  Copying the extracted files over to the target machine and then running the installer doubles the time and effort needed.  Burning just the archives to disc will probably treble the installation time as I'll need to copy over the archive plus wait for it to extract before the installer runs.  This not only inconveniences me but also the person who's computer I'm tying up for the installation.

I genuinely appreciate your quick reply and attempts to help, but I think this whole download-only thing hasn't been properly thought through by Autodesk.

[Anonymous]

I would also like to register my interest in this topic, having encountered the exact same problem.

Could Autodesk provide ISO files to download for the purpose of burning to DVD?

[Anonymous]

Well, considering the lack of response up to this point I decided to take a chance myself to try finding a workaround.

With all of the languages present the total (extracted) file size weighs in at around 4.55Gb.  The DVD+R discs I have handy are capable of fitting up to 4.4-and-a-little-bit gigabytes so that meant I had to get rid of ~200Mb.  Looking at the directory structure I found that the largest ones were in the \x86\<language>\ directories.  Since zh-CH was the largest (at 678Mb) , that was the one I selected to remove.

I ran my disc-burning software, added the entire directory tree, then selectively removed the \x86\zh-CH\ directory.  This dropped the total size down to 4.1Gb, comfortably fitting onto my disc.  (Note: I followed the instructions in this post when giving the disc a label name.)  I burnt the disc then attempted to install.

The install proceeded just fine, and I've now got a working AutoCAD 2011.  The only hiccup I encountered is when it got the the Language Pack part it seemed to take an awfully long time to copy over the files.  Seriously, I had time to have lunch during this process.

I agree with the above poster that an ISO image would have made things a lot easier, but if you want to fit the installation onto a single disc you can do so by just not including the language directory of your choice.