Cannot format DVD - R (want to create boot disc)

[bhaveshnande]

I want to create a boot disc for Windows 7, I copied all the contents of original Windows 7 CD to my recently brought clean DVD-R disc with NERO. It just worked once on my friends computer and when I tried it second time, it failed to boot from DVD-R. I had set the BIOS settings correctly in boot menu. It tried to boot from DVD but it didn't find any boot info.
(When I insert original windows 7 CD it boots correctly)

Then I deleted all the folders in DVD and thought I would paste them again later, all the folders got deleted leaving behind used space. When I open it, it shows the DVD empty but almost 1/2 of the space is used up and I cannot paste my Windows 7 setup in it again.

I tried formatting it again and again but it still shows 50-60% used space.

Is there some way to completely erase my DVD-R?

 

[Ponmayilal]

Welcome to Seven Forums.

DVD-R discs are write-once only.

Even if you had used packet-writing, deleting files and folders does not recover the space occupied by these. These are simply marked as deleted.

You are entitled to make one copy of your genuine Windows 7 Media as a back-up.

Create an ISO image of your original DVD media using Windows 7 native image burner and then write it to a DVD-R media using the same native image burner.

If you are new to CD/DVD writing, I recommend that you use a DVD-RW first and try. Once you have done the project successfully, you may then use a DVD-R to make your copy of Windows 7 Media.

You may then erase your DVD-RW and use it for any other temporary storage purposes.

 

[bhaveshnande]

Thanks for help
So I should create and .iso image of my windows 7 setup files and burn it on DVD?
(And would it be possible to use the same .iso image on my pen drive?)

 

[Ponmayilal]

To create a bootable pendrive have a look at my post http://www.sevenforums.com/installa...nstallation-can-not-find-dvd.html#post1367535

Time to hit the sack now (for me). So keep reading.

 

[MacGyvr]

I want to create a boot disc for Windows 7, I copied all the contents of original Windows 7 CD to my recently brought clean DVD-R disc with NERO. It just worked once on my friends computer and when I tried it second time, it failed to boot from DVD-R. I had set the BIOS settings correctly in boot menu. It tried to boot from DVD but it didn't find any boot info.
(When I insert original windows 7 CD it boots correctly)

Then I deleted all the folders in DVD and thought I would paste them again later, all the folders got deleted leaving behind used space. When I open it, it shows the DVD empty but almost 1/2 of the space is used up and I cannot paste my Windows 7 setup in it again.

I tried formatting it again and again but it still shows 50-60% used space.

Is there some way to completely erase my DVD-R?

I don't understand what you are trying to do. A Windows 7 disc is bootable. Why do you need to create another?

 

[Lactobeezor]

It is your right and a very good practice to make a copy of a disc that cost so much. But put it in a different safe location.

 

[alphanumeric]

The Windows 7 USB DVD download tool can make a bootable USB Thumbdrive or DVD from an ISO file for you. It can be picky about the ISO file though, so depending on where you got it or how you created it it might reject it.
Microsoft Store Online

 

[bhaveshnande]

Ok thank you people!

 

[MacGyvr]

It is your right and a very good practice to make a copy of a disc that cost so much. But put it in a different safe location.

The OP has never once indicated that they were making a copy of a Windows 7 disc. It says they are trying to "create a boot disc for windows 7" which tells us nothing. A boot disc has nothing to do with an installation disc. I asked the OP to clarify and got no response.

 

[JOHN47]

Macgyvr
Maybe they are working on a slipstreemed version of win7?

 

[MacGyvr]

Macgyvr
Maybe they are working on a slipstreemed version of win7?

Well, we could GUESS what they are trying to do all day, but how is anyone supposed to help if we don't KNOW? The thread makes no sense at this point since we have no clue what the OP is trying to accomplish and we have answers based on assumptions.

 

[JOHN47]

Maybe the OP is guessing now what his is doing. with so much advices on GUESS it's impossible to help.

 

[alphanumeric]

It is your right and a very good practice to make a copy of a disc that cost so much. But put it in a different safe location.

The OP has never once indicated that they were making a copy of a Windows 7 disc. It says they are trying to "create a boot disc for windows 7" which tells us nothing. A boot disc has nothing to do with an installation disc. I asked the OP to clarify and got no response.

Actually the OP said > "I copied all the contents of original Windows 7 CD to my recently brought clean DVD-R disc with NERO." < Sounds to me like he is trying to copy the original DVD but just doesn't know how to do it correctly. You and I know what a boot disk is, but maybe the OP doesn't know the difference.

 

[MacGyvr]

It is your right and a very good practice to make a copy of a disc that cost so much. But put it in a different safe location.

The OP has never once indicated that they were making a copy of a Windows 7 disc. It says they are trying to "create a boot disc for windows 7" which tells us nothing. A boot disc has nothing to do with an installation disc. I asked the OP to clarify and got no response.

Actually the OP said > "I copied all the contents of original Windows 7 CD to my recently brought clean DVD-R disc with NERO." < Sounds to me like he is trying to copy the original DVD but just doesn't know how to do it correctly. You and I know what a boot disk is, but maybe the OP doesn't know the difference.

And again, all the advice given has been based on assumptions. No one other than me has asked for clarification, and my question went unanswered. The OP along with the rest of the thread is still at square 0. :sarc:

If he just wants to copy his original Windows 7 DVD, there is no copying of files... no magic to the process. You simply make an image and burn the image back (or just "copy" if your tool of choice has the option). His reference to burning an ISO to the disc is obviously wrong....he's going to end up with just an ISO file on the disc if he does that.

If he's trying to do something else, we need to know what it is to even begin to address it.

 

[alphanumeric]

Well maybe you should just tell the OP you want your answers, and you want them now, or else.

 

[MacGyvr]

Well maybe you should just tell the OP you want your answers, and you want them now, or else.

I think I did

 

[Ponmayilal]

I understood the OP's query. He just wants a backup copy of his Windows 7 Media. He is a student. Perhaps new to CD/DVD writing , he had used packet-writing to copy the DVD files to a DVD-R. (This is not a guess but a logical inference from what he had written.)

He has accepted my reply. His second post went on with a further query on making a bootable pendrive for which i have given him directions, before retiring yesterday.

It was Sunday midday in India while it was Saturday midnight here then.(P.T.). Aren't we global?

He would have just now got up to a Monday morning and ready to go to school/college, I guess ( may be holiday too). He would perhaps come later if he has further queries and we are here to help him and not admonish him.

He had already repped me. So I guess he has got the answers.

 

[bhaveshnande]

I was just trying to create another disc in case one is lost..