DVD Install doesn't work


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    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit 7600 Multiprocessor Free
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    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?
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  2. Arc
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    Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Insider Preview 64-bit
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    dfs said:
    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?
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  3. Posts : 11,840
    64-bit Windows 8.1 Pro
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    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...
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    Tews said:
    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'.
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  5.    #5

    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.
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    gregrocker said:
    You cannot just copy the ISO file onto the DVD, especially one which has files already on it.

    Use a new DVD, 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.
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    MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit
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    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.
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  8. Arc
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    dfs said:
    gregrocker said:
    You cannot just copy the ISO file onto the DVD, especially one which has files already on it.

    Use a new DVD, 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.
    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.
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  9. Posts : 10,200
    MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit
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    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.
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  10. Arc
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    karlsnooks said:
    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.
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