Windows 7: DVD Install doesn't work

I have burnt the windows 7 rc files onto a DVD but when I restart to install it, I get the error message 'no bootable devices -- press f1 to retry or press f2 for setup'. What is going on with the dvd here, any ideas?

RC files .... did you mean you burnt the iso ? Then it should be bootable. But if you have copied it from any installation directory (hope i am guessing wrong) it should not work.

may I ask you why the RC till now, when the retail version is available?

You need to burn the iso file as a disk image in order for it to boot from the DVD...but I would strongly suggest the RTM version rather than the RC...the RC version has expired...

I have copied the windows rc ISO file onto the dvd. there is also FLV file copied onto the dvd that can't be deleted. Apart from that when I restart I still get the error 'no bootable devices'.

You cannot just copy the ISO file onto the DVD, especially one which has files already on it. You must use a special image burner and a fresh DVD.

Suggest you burn image to disk using ImgBurn at 4x speed with Verify - it never fails.

I copied it with Nero. and there weren't any files on it, I just copied an flv file after the ISO was copied... forgot I was not supposed to and I have ran out of recordables DVDs. I will try if I can make it work otherwise I will have to get new ones tomorrow.

As GregRocker suggested:
Use ImgBurn. You MUST burn the ISO using ImgBurn or a similar approach and not simply copy the files.

Use ImgBurn. It works.

Now with that said, RC will only run for two hours at a time. You have waited too late. RC will shut down for good in June of this year.

You may burn it using Nero, too. But burn it as a disk image, so that it finished product may be a bootable dvd. Please dont put any other files in the dvd.

Open nero burning rom, in the recorder tab, select burn image option , browse for the disk image and burn it.

Arc,
You're correct about Nero. I reread my post and see where it would appear that I was saying that Nero would not work. True, that I've never been pleased with Nero which I've tried over the years. In fact, at one time I purchased Nero. But for every piece of software out there, there are people who have been pleased/displeased with the product.

Hi Karl !
I also dont like nero. If it is the matter of burning disks, CDBurnerXP works nice. Nero is just a heap of applications, Jack of all trades, master of none.

But I must to say, nero provides a wide burning options.