This article will describe how to make an ISO file useful and how to use a downloaded bootable ISO image.
Like the traditional boot floppy diskettes, CD or DVD-ROM discs can be used to boot into a DOS or other operating system.
Simply transferring stuff to a CD won't work since a CD needs a master boot record and other hidden Startup operating system components. Making an ISO image, which is a single file that represents a bootable CD, is the preferred method.
The majority of CD-ROM burning software can open this type of picture file. After the ISO file has been burned as an image, the newly created CD is a bootable replica of the original. In addition to the bootable OS, the CD will also include a number of software packages, including many Seagate utilities that are downloaded in.iso image format.
This manual will describe how to make.iso files useful and how to use downloaded ISO images.
Hardware Requirement: A CD-ROM burner, either internal or external, is required in order to burn the ISO image to a blank CD.
How to Burn an ISO Image to Disc
Windows 10, 8.1, and 8
- You should download the ISO CD image to a folder on your PC.
- Open the folder where the ISO file was saved to access it.
- Right-click the.iso file to open it.
- From the menu, select Burn disc image.
- Windows Disc Image Burn will start up.
- Select the disc burner.
- Choose Burn.
XP or Windows 7
- You should download the ISO CD image to a folder on your PC.
- A blank CD should now be accepted by your CD-RW drive.
- Navigate to the location where the file was saved.
- Click the file to highlight it (Windows 7/Vista) or right-click the file to display the choices for creating a disc (Windows 7 only).
MacOS
- Download the file. an ISO file to your Mac
- Insert a blank CD.
- Select Utilities from the Desktop (or in some cases, Applications, and then Utilities).
- Open Disk Utility.
- From the File menu, choose Open Disk Image.
- Select the ISO file you want to burn.
- The ISO file may now have an entry in the list of volumes. Select it.
- Hit the Burn key.
Alternatively.
- The "Select Image to Burn" window will now appear.
- Choose the.iso file that you wish to burn to a CD or DVD.
- After making sure a disc is in the drive, press the Burn button.
- The status of the recording will be shown in a Disk Utility window that opens.
- Disk Utility will check to make sure the image was burned successfully after the recording is complete.
- Click OK to throw the disc away.