Make sure you pick the right installation package (.msi) from the download page. ISO Recorder works in all Windows versions, from XP to Windows 7. I can see myself start using this a lot more than using ImgBurn, which is my favorite burning tool to-date. I have to admit that this has made the burning process a deadly simple process that everyone can do a burning job. Either one will get you a disc burnt exactly the same as the original.
Once you have the ISO file ready, you can either use the same tool or Windows built in Disk Image Burner to burn it to the physical disc. If you right click on a DVD drive, “Create image from CD/DVD” command appears in the context menu.Īnd if there is a disc in the drive, you will see one more option to let you directly burn a disc to a disc.Ĭlicking on Creating image from CD/DVD brings up this burning dialog box.Īnd choosing “CD CD to CD” brings you this. Heck, you can even include the boot image to make it as a bootable ISO image. It adds its own commands into context menu once it’s installed, and displays in the proper caption in the context menu depending on where you are.įor example, if you right click a folder or a disk drive in Windows Explorer, “Create ISO Images file”Ĭlicking on it starts the Record CD/DVD dialog box. The tool has obviously been around for a while, since maybe Windows XP, and is specifically designed for Windows. Well, the actual burning process still has a GUI on it, but still is very simplified. Yes, all the work are done through Windows Explorer’s context menu.
ISO Recorder is a free Windows burning tool that creates an ISO image and burn it to the disc, all without using a GUI. You'll then be presented with one final 'information' screen before the program starts to burn the disc.ĭouble check everything looks roughly as it does below and then click 'OK'.Wouldn’t it be easier that you can create an ISO image file for any disc or folder right from Windows Explorer’s context menu? Yes, it would be deadly easy. When prompted, give the disc a name and click the 'Yes' button.ġ0. it contains a 'sources' folder with an 'install.wim' file in it) and depending on your current settings, the program will prompt to correct certain things so they match (as closely as possible) an official Microsoft disc/image.Ĭlick 'Yes' to whatever it says needs correcting - these settings have been tried and tested so we know they work!ĩ. Assuming your source folder is in order (i.e. Now we're ready to burn so click the big 'Build' button!Ĩ.
so enter '4' if you're building a Vista OS installation disc and '8' if you're building a Windows 7 / 8 OS installation disc.ħ. Note: Vista's is normally 2KB and Windows 7 / 8's is 4KB. (Basically it's the size of the file in bytes divided by 512 - i.e. "T:\VISTA_INSTALL\boot\"Įnter 'Microsoft Corporation' in the 'Developer ID' field.Įnter '07C0' in the 'Load Segment' field.Įnter ' 4' in the 'Sectors To Load' field if your file is 2K in size, enter ' 8' if it's 4K. Point the 'Boot Image' to the '' file within the 'boot' folder in your source folder - i.e. Set the 'Emulation Type' to 'None (Custom)'. Switch to the 'Advanced' tab, and then to the 'Bootable Disc' one.Ħ. Add the installation source folder to the 'Source' box.ĥ. Note: The message in the status bar should now say something along the lines of 'Ready'.Ĥ. Insert a blank (or erasable) DVD disc in your burner. Note: This is basically the same as switching the 'Mode' to 'Build' and setting 'Output' to 'Device'.ģ. After adding the ISO file to your virtual machine, close the settings window. If you do not have the Windows 7 image file, you can download the ISO file to your computer by clicking here. Click the 'Write files/folders to disc' button. Select an existing Windows 7 ISO file on your computer and click the Open button. the 'boot' folder), it probably won't work.Ģ. That's everything you'd get on an original Vista installation disc. My source directory (which I've called 'VISTA_INSTALL') looks as follows: Note: Instructions wise, Windows 2008 should be basically the same as Windows Vista, Windows 2008 R2 should be basically the same as Windows 7 and Windows 2012 should be basically the same as Windows 8. A recovery disk is also known as a restore disc, repair disc, boot disc or rescue disk.
This guide will take you through the steps in burning a pre-prepared Windows Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8 installation source directory to a disc. This is a guide about Asus recovery disks for the following versions of Windows: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8.