How do I make a boot CD

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Themusicman

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Hey all, I'm a CIS student so I have access to many free Operating systems and software alike. With that said, I just downloaded a copy of Windows 7 64bit DVD. It downloaded into a folder containing the following folders and files:

Boot (folder)
efi (folder)
sources (folder)
support (folder)
upgrade (folder)
autorun (file)
bootmgr (file)
bootmgr.efi (file)
setup (application)

Of course there are more files in some of the folders I just didn't want to mention them all cause I'm sure you get the point.

What do I need to do to get this on a CD/DVD? do I simply pop in a blank DVD and drag it all in there and burn it? Or, is it going to require me to Pack it somehow, or burn it as an ISO image?

Thanks in advance for your help.
 
The disc you downloaded was most likely an ISO (disc image)

You'll need to burn the image to a disc with something like Nero

Or you can extract the ISO, and burn all the containing files to a DVD, but the former option should work more consistently.
 
There should have been instructions on how to do it from the place you downloaded it from. It looks like you just burn those folders to a dvd as its not an iso image file.
 
linkin said:
The disc you downloaded was most likely an ISO (disc image)

You'll need to burn the image to a disc with something like Nero

Or you can extract the ISO, and burn all the containing files to a DVD, but the former option should work more consistently.
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Okay so in Nero, I should just tell it to burn the whole folder? or Just the img file (if there is one{most likely is})?
 
The only thing I'm not sure of is if it will be bootable or not. I haven't made a bootable cd in years. I don't even have nero installed anymore so couldn't even tell you how to make it bootable. Have you looked on the website you downloaded it from for instructions?
 
It has all been resolved, there was an image file in the folder I must have just missed it. Thanks again for all the help. I ended up burning the img file to a DVD with Alcohol 120% and booted with it. Thanks again for all the help.
 
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