I'm going to ask a stupid question - apologies in advance.
My understanding of the OP's problem, and the purpose of the ESD to ISO, is that at least some XP PCs (including mine!) don't give the option to "install by creating media" when you run the Windows8-Setup program. However XP PCs do have the ESD folder; hence the ESD to ISO tool.
In your case, as you're running the Windows8-Setup from a later version than XP, you have the "install by creating media" option and can make an ISO directly from the Setup program without looking at the ESD stuff.
I'd suggest burning that ISO and seeing what happens?
Or am I missing something?!
Edit: Just had a further thought - if you made (or already have) the WINDOWS.ISO from the setup program, and burn it to a disc, you could compare the folders and files on the disc with the ESD folder, to see if there's anything extra in ESD that's not in the regular ISO?
When you've completed step 2, have you tried burning the WINDOWS.ISO (from the snip) to a disc?I greatly appreciate your help. Here is what I did to follow a "certain" process from start to finish (going to be precise so you have the best shot at figuring out what might have gone wrong--have noted the possible explanations you gave above).
1) I used "here" on my receipt and product key from the purchase of Win8 Pro 32 bit to download Windows8-Setup.
2) I used Windows8-Setup to download "Windows" Disk Image File (i.e., ISO). See snip.
My understanding of the OP's problem, and the purpose of the ESD to ISO, is that at least some XP PCs (including mine!) don't give the option to "install by creating media" when you run the Windows8-Setup program. However XP PCs do have the ESD folder; hence the ESD to ISO tool.
In your case, as you're running the Windows8-Setup from a later version than XP, you have the "install by creating media" option and can make an ISO directly from the Setup program without looking at the ESD stuff.
I'd suggest burning that ISO and seeing what happens?
Or am I missing something?!
Edit: Just had a further thought - if you made (or already have) the WINDOWS.ISO from the setup program, and burn it to a disc, you could compare the folders and files on the disc with the ESD folder, to see if there's anything extra in ESD that's not in the regular ISO?
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