Bootable OS on dvd

[mod_helper467890]

I am trying to make a working os with img burn but i do not know how to format the dvd (dvd-rw) to the format USB type that windows gives, how can i make it so that it makes it so that i can download and save stuff, i am trying to get a working thing before i put win10 on a blu ray dvd and see if it works

[dbminter]

I don't think it's possible to make a bootable Windows DVD that runs Windows except as a recovery/install environment.

 

Now, there is something called Windows To Go, but that apparently requires some work and a special license to run it.

 

As for making a bootable Windows disc, I've never gotten it to work with ImgBurn.  You need some preconfigured settings plus a Windows bootloader to put on the disc.

[mod_helper467890]

well i was able to get zorin working once with img burn idk how but it worked. but now it won't idk what i did for it to work that one time

[ThaCrip]

A Linux distro is probably what you want to run from a live USB or DVD as you can generally use this to boot to it and then access hard drives to transfer data etc. but generally I would suggest just using a bootable USB stick with something like Ventoy as then you can boot Linux or Windows ISO's straight from the ISO file as you just copy it to root of the USB stick, boot to the USB stick, select your ISO and use like usual.

but even with Windows in general... the official ISO's have become too big to fit on a standard 4.7GB disc a while ago now. even Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021 (which is supported until Jan 2032 unlike regular Windows 10 which loses support Oct 2025. this is what I use in a virtual machine on my main Linux PC), which is smaller than standard Windows 10 ISO's, is still about 150MB too large at "4.5 GiB (4,851,668,992 bytes)".

p.s. I am currently using Linux Mint 22.1-Xfce on my main PC.

Edited Tuesday at 11:03 PM by ThaCrip

[dbminter]

VenToy though may require some configuration a lesser technically savvy user may not be able to accomplish.  I know I had to disable Safe Boot (I think.) in the BIOS in order to boot a VenToy USB flash drive I tested out.