yea i considered that, but the images are on the hdd. I'm used to windows where i use a program to mount an image to a drive, and i never needed a disk in there b/c im not using data to or on an actual cd.
i stuck a cd in and now im waiting to see if it does something or just sits on this prompt
steve@CM-Laptop:~$ dd if=/dev/scd0 of=/home/steve/Documents/Downloads/Pure/#readme#/PURE_Mini_Images/NS-PURE_ASSISTENT-poseden.isz