October 22, 2009 11:48 AM PDT
Burn an ISO image in Windows 7
ISO images are files that contain an image of an entire disc. Usually, you download them from the Net and burn them to a CD or DVD to make an install or boot disc.
Windows 7 makes it easy to turn ISO files into discs.
Let's say you've downloaded a lovely ISO of the Linux operating system Ubuntu. If you burn it to a CD, you can boot off the CD and experiment with Linux without having to mess installing it.
Put your blank disc in the drive.
Double-click the ISO file. It will be listed as a Disc Image File under type.
Select the proper drive letter.
Press Burn.
And sit back and let it burn.
When you're done, you'll have a proper CD you can boot off of.
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by eBob1
October 22, 2009 3:08 PM PDT
- It's kind of funny because Ubuntu has been able to do that for a few years now.
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by MeepMan
October 22, 2009 4:08 PM PDT
- But the only real reason to use an ISO file is to burn an Ubuntu installation disk...
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by swissarmybud
October 23, 2009 11:15 AM PDT
- Really, MeepMan? There's no other REAL reason to use an ISO image? Funny, whenever I don't feel like letting Windows play with a disc's files, I ALWAYS rip off an ISO... for any number of different end purposes.
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