Can I use a DVD as a "bootable CD"?

[OldGrantonian]

I have Win 7 Home Premium, SP1. Dell Inspiron Inspiron 17R 5720. I'm not a techie.

I currently have only a C: drive. I plan to use this site's Partition Wizard tutorial to shrink the C: drive and then create a data partition. I plan to use the tutorial here:

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/93322-partition-wizard-use-bootable-cd.html

I'm posting here because I think the question is a general "device" question - rather than specific to Partition Wizard.

The tutorial says that the bootable CD "works best from a CD rather than a DVD". I have some questions:

• Q1; I have plenty of "-R" DVDs - but no CDs. Do I need to buy CDs?
• Q2: If I need to buy a CD, will it work in my DVD drive?
• Q3: If I don't need to buy a CD, will a DVD -R work correctly in my DVD drive?

I used gParted several times with Win XP Home - for the identical job that I want to do with Win 7. It was slightly easier than eating cake.

I haven't experimented with the native Win 7 partition software, because I read that the native software will not move the "unmovable" files in the centre of the current partition.

I would be grateful for any advice.

 

[Pauly]

DVDs should work ok, if not you could always try a flash drive

 

[OldGrantonian]

DVDs should work ok, if not you could always try a flash drive

Many thanks.

I might as well try both methods

 

[AddRAM]

A dvd would be a waste, it fits on a cd, but a dvd should work fine, as mentioned.

Bootable Partition Manger | MiniTool Partition Wizard Bootable Edition

You can always just install the PW software too, I don`t recommend it because I feel it`s safer to use the boot cd.