Solved boot disc

[maurylen]

tried to find a suitable forum so hope this is okay

I think I've got myself a "Boot Disc" - the ISO file - the size is 3.09 GB - there's 10 files on it

boot
efi
sources
support
upgrade
autorun.inf
bootmgr
bootmgr.efi
setup.exe

and desktop.ini shown as "ready to be written to the disc"
do i have the right disc?

if I have the need to use the disc, what exactly do I do?

I've read and copied the tutorial to USB drive so should be okay but just curious

 

[AddRAM]

You would use it to re install windows.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1649-clean-install-windows-7-a.html

 

[maurylen]

Thank you "addman" what i wanted to see
those specs yours? certainly not mine
e.g. Board: ASRock N68-VGS3 FX
Serial Number: E80-34021500103
Bus Clock: 200 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. P1.70 10/31/2012

 

[gregrocker]

You can also use it to repair Win7 from System Recovery Options.

How did you burn the ISO to disk exactly? It requires an image burner.

 

[maurylen]

How did you burn the ISO to disk exactly? It requires an image burner.

can't remember - maybe Media Player? or Macrium? seems to be okay though from comments (or lack of)

 

[gregrocker]

What comments? Did you download a torrent? Use the official ISO for your licensed version from Step 1 of Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7 burned to DVD with the tool in Step 2.

It will not boot if it's not burned to the disk with an image burner.

Try to boot it now: How to Boot A Computer from CD or DVD - YouTube

 

[mjf]

How did you burn the ISO to disk exactly?

You can use something like:
The Official ImgBurn Website

 

[maurylen]

Hi "gregrocker"
comments like, clean install W7 - repair w7 (yours)

How did you burn the ISO to disk exactly? - I got the info from the MS website, but as noted I don't remember exactly how - when the process was done I was so chuffed I'd done it - my bios setting is for cd/dvd 1st so ran it and I only stopped when the prompt was "install now" - figured all was good - I tried another reboot just now and all seems ok, I stopped it again at "install now"
thanks guys, great forum and help is outstanding - if you can get dummies like me to play the expert gotta be good -- cheers Maurylen

 

[gregrocker]

Yes, you did it!