Can't burn memtest86.iso correctly to CD with nero express. Alternatives?

[Rob94hawk]

I unzipped memtest86.iso and burned it to CD using Nero Express but it is not being recognized upon bootup. Unless I did something wrong shouldn't you be able to unzip the file and just burn it to CD for it to work? Any help is appreciated. Thanx

 

[CalvinHobbes]

You don't uncompress the ISO. You burn the ISO as an image file. In NERO, select File > Open and then change the file type list to *.ISO. Then burn the image.

 

[PingSpike]

Yeah, what calvin said.

 

[DrCool]

don't worry.... it's an easy mistake to make! 😀

when I first downloaded it I did the same thing, i unzipped it, then was like 'where is the ISO' - DUH!!!

just go into nero, and select burn from image from one of the menu drop downs..

 

[Rob94hawk]

Didn't work. Is it supposed to be the only thing on the disk or can there be other programs on it?

 

[DrCool]

rob

your killing me man..

you have to burn it AS AN IMAGE!! it's a TOTALLY separate processor from burning a data cd.

 

[Rob94hawk]

I did that! I just checked the CD and I see the file BOOT! I was wrong, there is nothing else on the CD but the iso file.

The problem is it's not booting off the cd like it should. I even have boot to CD in the BIOS set as the 1st, 2nd and 3rd choice.

Maybe I should have burned it slower like 4x instead of 52x?

 

[Rob94hawk]

OH PISS! I chose the wrong option!

I was supposed to choose CDROM ISO correct? Not Image file .iso*,.nrg*,.cue*, right?

 

[Matthias99]

You have to "burn from image", as described repeatedly above. Do NOT just drag the ISO file to the CD; you have to tell it to treat the ISO file (which contains the boot sector, etc.) as a CD image, rather than a normal file.

 

[Rob94hawk]

Originally posted by: Rob94hawk
Maybe I should have burned it slower like 4x instead of 52x?

It works and this was the key! I burned the ISO off of my other pc @ 52x and the new pc didn't recognize it so I slowed the burn down to 4x. Thanx for the help.