How to burn Win8 Upgrade to disk

[jfelano]

Hi guys, just downloaded the Win8 upgrade. Hoping someone can tell me how to burn it to disk so that I have a bootable copy.

I know I have to make an iso or something to burn it I just need someone to tell me in baby steps how to do that.

Thanks in advance

 

[hdfxst]

when you downloaded it,it gives you the option to install or burn it.it's already an iso so you could just burn it on a dvd.

 

[jfelano]

I burned it on dvd, but when I click the iso file on the dvd is says "Windows cannot open this file" then asks to "use web service to find program" or "select a program from a list of installed programs".

Can someone please help me figure out what to do?

 

[Evander]

when you downloaded it,it gives you the option to install or burn it.it's already an iso so you could just burn it on a dvd.

You only get that option if you're running Windows 7.

Anyway, the problem the OP is having is he's burning the ISO onto a data disc instead of choosing to "burn disc image". Just download this: http://www.imgburn.com/
free program and I believe you can right click -> burn disc to image, but if not I believe you click file -> burn image to disc (not quite sure b/c I used the built in Win 7 tool on one system and NERO on my Vista system)

 

[Bearach]

It sounds like you burned the ISO image to the disk perhaps? If so, then that is wrong. What OS are you using?

If Windows XP, then use something like this:

http://cdburnerxp.se/ make sure you open the ISO in the application and it should have everything set for you.

If Windows 7, follow these instructions:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Burn-a-CD-or-DVD-from-an-ISO-file

 

[Bonesdad]

follow the link in the email MS sent you after you purchased the download. You can burn it again.

 

[jfelano]

You only get that option if you're running Windows 7.

Anyway, the problem the OP is having is he's burning the ISO onto a data disc instead of choosing to "burn disc image". Just download this: http://www.imgburn.com/
free program and I believe you can right click -> burn disc to image, but if not I believe you click file -> burn image to disc (not quite sure b/c I used the built in Win 7 tool on one system and NERO on my Vista system)

Wrong. I have Vista and it automatically burned the iso for me, I just had to insert a blank disk and hit go.

Problem Is I don't know how to open the file from the disk. The file on the disk is iso.

 

[PokerGuy]

Wrong. I have Vista and it automatically burned the iso for me, I just had to insert a blank disk and hit go.

Problem Is I don't know how to open the file from the disk. The file on the disk is iso.

If there is an actual ISO file on the disk, that means you've burned the ISO to the disk instead of writing the ISO image to the disk. Use the imgburn software someone suggested to burn the content of the iso image to the disk. You should then be able to boot the disk in any system.

 

[ElFenix]

Wrong. I have Vista and it automatically burned the iso for me, I just had to insert a blank disk and hit go.

Problem Is I don't know how to open the file from the disk. The file on the disk is iso.

you need to make a new disc. what you've done is just burn a copy of the iso to a data disc. that's not how iso files work. when you burn an iso file you need to select disc copy rather than new data disc. the iso file is your source disc.

 

[Slimline]

It sounds as if your question has been answered, just wanted to second the vote for using imgburn. Great free software that makes it painless

 

[gus6464]

I know you want to burn it but USB stick method is the easiest and fastest way to go. Microsoft even provides a tool to make everything super easy.

http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/html/pbPage.Help_Win7_usbdvd_dwnTool

BTW that tool will also burn the ISO properly to a disc.

 

[jfelano]

The thing is Microsoft told me to insert my disk and I clicked go. Why would it burn the iso to my disk if that's not what's supposed to be done? Makes no sense.

 

[jfelano]

I know you want to burn it but USB stick method is the easiest and fastest way to go. Microsoft even provides a tool to make everything super easy.

http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/html/pbPage.Help_Win7_usbdvd_dwnTool

BTW that tool will also burn the ISO properly to a disc.

I understand the a usb flash drive would be easier and faster, but I want a physical disk to keep so I have to try and figure this out.

I really don't have time to do it right now so I'll try the suggestions tomorrow. I'm really not good at this stuff though, I really don't understand the whole iso file, and why Windows burnt it to my disk, but yet I can't use it.

 

[BrightCandle]

And ISO is an image of a disk, that means it contains the complete file system for a disk. So while its an ISO file on the outside in order to see its contents you need to burn it to a disk specially so that the disk you write it too takes the file system from within the ISO including all the files.

The difference is
a) of burning an ISO file to a disk and having a file system created contain one file on it, the ISO. Which is what you did
b) of burning the ISO as an image of a disk and having the file system defined by the contents of the ISO. Which is what you need to do.

As others have mentioned ImgBurn will do the trick, and you need to burn the file as an image.

 

[jfelano]

Thanks for all the help guys, I got it figured out with Imageburn.

 

[jfelano]

I got it up and running and I'm really like Windows 8.

Everything was easy. I was up and running in a few minutes.

Thanks again.