Making DVD bootable in Win 7

[Perryg114]

I remember making a DVD or USB stick being pretty easy in XP but is there a way to make an ISO install image bootable without having special software? I have acronis true image and disk director but they seem to be for hard disks not optical media.

Perry

 

[larryccf]

google for RUFUS - it will convert your win 7 to a bootable .iso image

or you could use ImgBurn - it will also create an .iso image

both are free but download from the author's sites, not CNET etc

 

[Ranulf]

Without special software? I don't think so, not inherently in win7.

MS version: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/windows-usb-dvd-download-tool

I second ImgBurn http://www.imgburn.com/

and Rufus, seems to be the best non MS program for windows install disk/ISO to USB: http://rufus.akeo.ie/

Linux options:

http://www.linuxliveusb.com/

http://www.pendrivelinux.com/

 

[Perryg114]

Are all of these virus bloatware free?

THanks

Perry

 

[larryccf]

AS LONG as you download from the orig author's website - CNET especially likes to load adware, one that took over my computer