Creating bootable CD from ISO

[Chris Rehm]

I have an ISO file that I'd like to boot from on CD so I can run memory
tests. I tried simply writing the ISO to cd and booting, but although
the system pauses at the "boot from CD" check, it does not boot. I've
booted from other CDs, so I know the bios settings are correct.

Do I need a 3rd party program to burn the iso image to the CD?

 

[Mike Brannigan [MSFT]]

I have an ISO file that I'd like to boot from on CD so I can run memory
tests. I tried simply writing the ISO to cd and booting, but although the
system pauses at the "boot from CD" check, it does not boot. I've booted
from other CDs, so I know the bios settings are correct.

Do I need a 3rd party program to burn the iso image to the CD?

This all rather depends on what your ISO is an ISO of ?
Is it an ISO of a bootable CD (what operating system is it etc ?) or just a
load of files ?


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[Guest]

A boot loader is needed. This corresponds to the boot sector on a diskette or
a hard drive. On bootable WinXP CD's this corresponds to the file "Microsoft
Corporation.img". You need a program like UltraISO (my preference) or
IsoBuster to add it to your iso image.

 

[Ron Sommer]

The XP burner software will not burn bootable CDs.
http://www.petri.co.il/how_to_write_iso_files_to_cd.htm

 

[BBUNNY]

http://members.home.nl/lsnoek/iso.htm

 

[Alex Nichol]

I have an ISO file that I'd like to boot from on CD so I can run memory
tests. I tried simply writing the ISO to cd and booting, but although
the system pauses at the "boot from CD" check, it does not boot. I've
booted from other CDs, so I know the bios settings are correct.

Do I need a 3rd party program to burn the iso image to the CD?

Best - you cannot make such a CD in the inbuilt burning. Use the free
http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/isorecorder.htm

 

[Vagabond Software]

I have an ISO file that I'd like to boot from on CD so I can run memory
tests. I tried simply writing the ISO to cd and booting, but although
the system pauses at the "boot from CD" check, it does not boot. I've
booted from other CDs, so I know the bios settings are correct.

Do I need a 3rd party program to burn the iso image to the CD?

You need to download the Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...69-57ff-4ae7-96ee-b18c4790cffd&displaylang=en

That will give you the cdburn.exe command line ISO burner. Here is a sample command-line that will burn an ISO image to a blank CD:

cdburn.exe d: C:\temp\oemxpsp2.iso -speed max -imagehaspostgap

Requesting burn at maximum speed
Not adding 150 sector postgap (must be part of image)
Number of blocks in ISO image is 61c
Finished Writing
Synchronizing Cache: burn successful!

The -imagehaspostgap option is necessary for most CD's, including copies of images of Windows XP.

carl

 

[Forkart]

Please try MagicISO, I'm using it to burn iso image onto cd.
http://www.magiciso.com/tutorials/miso-burnwin.htm

 

[Guest]

Mike, he had me on that one too. When he said he wrote it to CD, I thought
that he knew he should be BURNING the iso it and not simply copying the files.