Sorry if this question has been answered before but I downloaded Win 7 x86 from my school website and saved it on a clear partition. I am trying to burn a disc but I am new to this. I read I might need power iso to extract files? I burned a disc but I guess i did not specify boot and it did not work. I have a 2gig file ( Win 7) downloaded on my hard drive and I am lost. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Is the downloaded file an .iso file ? Use Free program ImgBurn to burn the .iso to a DVD at 4x speed. Then set bios to boot from DVD drive to install.
" Doc "
Buddy, I've been having the same problem tonight...we downloaded an ISO from MSDN!
I'm seriously kicking myself. I thought it was just a 7zip archive and I've been spending all this time (after extracting the files) looking for the best way to make those files into a disk.
They're just ISO files which can be burnt to disk, as-is, using tools like PowerISO, ImgBurn and others as you are not limited to burn size/speed with trail software.
The software will open up the ISO and show a directory structure just like explorer, this is how the disk will be burnt. You just then need to click 'burn' as the ISO is already bootable.
Hope this helps :)
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I'm with Doc, regarding ImgBurn: DL at: The Official ImgBurn Website
This link might help, with burning the iso:
What Write Speed do I use to burn W7?
Good luck.
Thank you so much for your prompt replies. I will give it a try.
I think if you have 7 zip or similar installed it will put it's icon on .iso files - giving the impression it needs extracting.
If it is an .iso ( go to folder options and make sure file extensions are showing) - use any burning program to "Burn as image" , as Tews pointed out.
Burning it as data doesn't retain retain the necessary file structure for it to remain bootable.
You could use this - the only thing it does is burn .iso images:
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