Erick_ImgBurn Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Hi, I downloaded an ISO of Windows XP Home Edition with SP3, and I'm ready to burn. Please answer these questions: 1. Is every bootable ISO already bootable, or must you make it bootable before burning? 2. May you burn a bootable ISO to a CD-RW, not CD-R, or does this increase media-drive incompatibility? (I use only CD-RWs.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rincewind Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 ISOs of Windows or any OS is automatically bootable, otherwise how would you install them in the first place? It does not matter if you use a write-once disc or a rewritable disc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianymaty Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Look at image details after you load the image for the line File Sys: it will show if it's bootable Yes you can use ReWritable media of any kind. I even put images that should fit on a CD to DVD. In my experience I encountered problems just with old drives can't recognise new media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erick_ImgBurn Posted January 14, 2011 Author Share Posted January 14, 2011 ISOs of Windows or any OS is automatically bootable, otherwise how would you install them in the first place? Thank you for your prompt reply. Then why does the maker of ImgBurn make the Windows XP ISO bootable in his tutorial if it's already bootable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erick_ImgBurn Posted January 14, 2011 Author Share Posted January 14, 2011 Look at image details after you load the image for the line File Sys: it will show if it's bootable Yes you can use ReWritable media of any kind. I even put images that should fit on a CD to DVD. In my experience I encountered problems just with old drives can't recognise new media. Thank you for your prompt reply. In general and not just ImgBurn, how do you determine if an ISO is bootable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynthia Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Load the ISO in write mode and look at the row for File System. It should state it there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Thank you for your prompt reply. Then why does the maker of ImgBurn make the Windows XP ISO bootable in his tutorial if it's already bootable? There's a tutorial for people that like to slipstream new service packs into whatever came on their disc (SP0, SP1, SP2 etc). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erick_ImgBurn Posted January 14, 2011 Author Share Posted January 14, 2011 (edited) Thank you for your prompt reply. Then why does the maker of ImgBurn make the Windows XP ISO bootable in his tutorial if it's already bootable? There's a tutorial for people that like to slipstream new service packs into whatever came on their disc (SP0, SP1, SP2 etc). Thank you and Cynthia for the clarification. Edited January 14, 2011 by Erick_ImgBurn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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