Make a bootable DVD. What is required to create a boot disk? Using the Astroburn Lite utility

The need to install or reinstall an operating system on a computer may arise at any time. In this case, having a bootable flash drive or disk on hand will be very helpful. The site already has an article on how to create a bootable USB flash drive. But you need to keep in mind that you may need to reformat it to record other data, or you will simply lose it.

If your computer or laptop has a DWD-RW drive, then it would be an excellent option to have a boot disk with the required operating system at home, just in case. In this article, we will look at how to create a bootable Windows disk using various programs.

To create it, you will need a computer with a working operating system, the blank itself, the volume of which should be larger than the files you have that you are going to copy. You will also need a recording utility and an image of the operating system you want to record. A suitable program can be downloaded from the Internet, preferably from official websites. The system image can be downloaded via torrent, most likely it will be a file with the extension .iso.

Using the Astroburn Lite utility

So let's make a bootable Windows disk using Astroburn Lite. You can read about the Astroburn Lite program and its installation on your computer by clicking on the link. Insert the disc into the drive and launch Astroburn Lite by clicking on the corresponding shortcut on the desktop.

In the main window, go to the “Image” tab and opposite the “Image” field, click on the “Browse” magnifying glass.

Through Explorer, find the folder on your computer in which you store the appropriate ISO file, click on it and click “Open”.

In the Speed field, select the recording speed. Here it is better to select the minimum value from the list.

I don't have an empty disk, so the window below looks like this. It will look a little different for you. Check the "Check" box. In this case, immediately after recording, the program will check for errors.

Click "Start Recording" and wait for the process to complete.

This is how we burned a bootable Windows disc from an ISO image using the Astroburn Lite utility.

Using UltraISO

Now let's make a bootable disk using UltraISO. Download and install it on your computer.

After launching UltraISO, the following window will appear. Click on the button there "Trial period".

Go to the "File" tab and select "Open" from the menu.

Locate the ISO file of the operating system you want to burn on your computer and click Open.

In the menu at the top, click "Burn CD image".

Check that the drive and file for recording are selected correctly, select the minimum recording speed. There is no need to change anything in the “Record Method” field. Click "Burn".

Wait a little and everything will be ready.

I will end here. I think now you understand how to make a bootable disk from an ISO image with the Windows operating system using one of the programs described in the article.

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You may need Windows 7 installation or boot media to reinstall, install from scratch, roll back, or restore your system. You can also create media not with the operating system, but with regular applications, files or games. But first, you will have to create a disk image so that in the future you can copy it to third-party media: a disk or USB flash drive.

How to create a bootable Windows 7 disk: ISO image

A disk image is a file in ISO format that contains all the necessary elements. You can create it using a third-party program. Another way is to download a ready-made image from the Internet. But be careful, there is a high chance that you will come across a broken or viral image.

Ultra ISO

There are several programs that allow you to create and burn disk images, but one of the most multifunctional and convenient is UltraISO. You can buy or download a trial version of the application from the developer’s official website - http://www.ezbsystems.com/ultraiso/.

After installing and launching the program, you will see its main menu. In the left block you will see a disk icon with a specific name, which you can rename.
Disk image
At the bottom of the application there is an explorer that allows you to work with files. Select the files and folders in it that will be sent to the disk image, and transfer them to the block located above, opposite the disk image.
Moving files to a disk image
Once all the necessary elements have been transferred to the disk image, expand the “File” menu.
Expand the “File” menu
Select the "Save As" function.
Select “Save As”
Name the file and select the .iso format for it.
Select the .iso format
Wait until the program creates the desired image automatically.
We are waiting for the end of the process
Once the process is complete, expand the file to make sure it contains all the required elements.
Checking the result

How to burn Windows 7 installation media

Once you have created a disk image, you can start burning it to third-party media. This can be done using standard Windows tools or through a third-party program.

Via Windows Tools

Through a third party program

Let's use UltraISO applications. You can buy or download a trial version of the application from the developer’s official website - http://www.ezbsystems.com/ultraiso/.
Download the program
After launching the program, expand the “File” menu.
Expand the “File” menu
Select the “Open” sub-item.
Select “Open”
Specify the path to the disk image file.
Specify the path to the image
Returning to the program, click on the icon that looks like a disk on fire.
Click on the icon with a burning disk
Set the Maximum parameter in the Write Speed line to increase the speed of writing the image to the media. But this may reduce the recording quality, which will subsequently lead to installation problems. Therefore, it is better to set the Minimum parameter.
Setting the disk image writing speed parameters
Specify which media to record to.
Select a flash drive or disk for recording
Click on the Burn button to activate recording. Done, wait until the end of the process, which can last from 5 minutes to half an hour: the speed of the procedure depends on the number of files in the disk image.
We wait until the program writes the image to the media

Creating multiboot media

A multiboot disk is a disk image that contains several programs simultaneously. It makes sense to create such a disk if you need to load several applications onto your computer at once, but you don’t want to do it from a separate file each time.

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Unzip the downloaded archive and install the program.
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Please note that you must create ISO files with the necessary programs in advance.
Create program files in advance
Transfer the .iso files to the Xboot main menu.
Transfer ISO files to Xboot
It will silently accept some applications that the program does not suspect, but when transferring applications unknown to it, a green window may appear, which means that Xboot cannot determine the type of application from the ISO file.
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Specify the type Add using Grub4dos ISO image Emulation
Click on the “Add this file” button.
Click the “Add this file” button
After all the files are formed into one archive, click on the Create ISO button.
Click the Create ISO button
A window will open in which you will need to click the Browse button.
Click on the Brawse button
Specify where to save the multiboot file.
Specifying where to place the ISO file
Wait until the process of creating this file is completed.
We wait until the file is generated
You will be prompted to check the functionality of the created file using the virtual machine built into Xboot. If you want to do this, then click the “Yes” button.
Select the option “Yes”
Select Utility.
Select the Utility option
Wait for the virtual machine to start.
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Check which programs work and which don't. Done, this completes the creation and testing of the multiboot disk.
Checking whether programs from the disk image work

Creating a recovery disc

A recovery disk differs from a normal boot disk in that it contains an operating system that can be used for recovery, installation, or rollback. But for that disk you need a special recovery image with a system backup; you can create it using the following steps:

Choose where the disk image will be saved after it is created: to your hard drive or third-party media. Now you are not creating a boot disk, but only a file for it, so you can place the disk image on one of the hard drive partitions. But if there is no space on it, you can send the file to a third-party storage device.
Specify where to save the recovery file
Check the boxes of the hard drive partitions whose images will be created. Please note that the main partition on which Windows itself is installed will be marked by default, but the drive to which the disk image will be sent cannot be marked.
Choosing which disks to mount into the image
Confirm that the settings are correct by clicking the “Archive” button.
Click the “Archive” button
Wait for the process to complete. Do not interrupt it, otherwise the file will become unusable for creating bootable media. The procedure can last from 5 minutes to half an hour: its duration depends on how heavily the system is loaded.
We wait until the system creates the file

After you finish creating the image with the system recovery files, you can burn it to a disk or flash drive. How to do this is described in the previous paragraph of the article “Writing an image to a disk or USB flash drive.”

To boot from the boot disk or flash drive you created, you need to change the BIOS settings: the computer should boot from the boot media, not from the hard drive.

The OS installer media is useful. You never know at what point the system will refuse to work or a friend will urgently need to reinstall Windows, let alone a recovery disk that can bring a dying operating system back to life. Let's look at how to create and burn bootable (installation) media for different cases.

How to create a boot disk for Windows 7

To create a disk or flash drive to boot the system, you need to have with you what you will need directly during the work process:

the media itself (disk or flash drive);
utility for working with disk images;
disk image or Windows 7 system files to create it.

Nothing else is required from the user. To begin with, let's get acquainted with the first, preliminary part of creating a boot disk - building an ISO image for its subsequent recording to media.

Creating and Burning an ISO Disc Image

Creating a boot disk assumes that the user has an ISO image that will be burned to the media. A disk image is a file that is a complete copy of the entire contents of a software disk and is widely used in creating bootable disks and flash drives. If the image is not available, you can create it yourself without experiencing any problems: only for this... you will need an existing installation disk with Windows 7 or system installer files copied to a separate folder. If you have any of this, you can safely start creating an image for a new boot disk.

ISO is the most popular image format, and it is what most utilities for creating and burning images work with. You can also create a recording file using standard OS tools, but there is no data on the quality of such recording on systems younger than Windows 7. Therefore, it is recommended to use third-party programs in any case.

Ashampoo Burning Studio Free

This is a free, lightweight utility for working with disks, characterized by ease of use and a laconic interface, as well as the absence of advertising and built-in malware programs. In it you can not only write files to a disk or flash drive, but also create an image in two ways to choose from: from physical media (CD or DVD, which is previously inserted into the drive) and from a folder with files located on the computer.

Working with this utility is very simple: an ISO image is created in just a few clicks.

You can download Ashampoo Burning Studio Free on the official website.

CDBurner XP

This program is also free, very easy to use and is considered one of the best utilities of its kind. It is adapted for older versions of Windows, but it also works great in new ones (unless the antediluvian interface confuses you). Just like the previous one, the program can create disk images from CDs, DVDs and user files, as well as burn them.

The utility is available for download on the manufacturer's website.

Ultra ISO

The most famous and widespread program that is usually used to create and burn discs is UltraISO. A wide range of functions makes this program a universal tool for creating and recording images, so it is recommended to use it. We'll come back to this program when we move on to burning a disc, but for now we'll look at creating an image in it.

UltraISO is not a free program, but on the official website you can download its trial version, which you can use for free for some time.

Video: creating an image in UltraISO

Creating an image manually

If you don’t want to tinker with programs (keep in mind, you’ll still have to when writing to an installation flash drive), then Windows has good news for you: you can create a disk image through the console using standard Windows tools. To do this, however, you still have to download utilities: this time official tools from Microsoft that work from the console.

However, there is nothing particularly difficult about this.

First you need to place the files to be written to disk in a separate folder and save it in a convenient location, for example, C:\Win7ISO. Why convenient? Because the shorter the path to the file, the easier it is to register it in the console.
Then you need to download from the Microsoft website a set of utilities that will be needed when creating the image. The utilities need to be unpacked and installed.
After installing the utilities, you need to open the command line as an administrator (press the Win + X key combination and select “Command Prompt (Administrator)” in the menu that opens) and enter the following code in it:
oscdimg -n -m -b»C:\Win7ISO\boot\ etfsboot.com» C:\Win7ISO C:\Win7ISO\Win7.iso

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The console will begin creating the ISO image, and all you have to do is wait for the build to finish. After this, the newly created image will be available in the path you specified.

Burning an image to a disk or flash drive

When the boot image is created, all that remains is to move on to the most important thing - writing it to disk. This can be done both using Windows tools and through special programs, some of which have already been discussed above. Programs are a simpler and more popular option, but we will look at both methods.

Burning an image to UltraISO

We will show the software recording method using UltraISO as an example, since this program is the most convenient and popular among users. However, you can use any other utility for this: their general operating principle is similar.

Video: how to burn an image to UltraISO

Manual recording

This option is suitable for people who use new versions of Windows (7, 8, 8.1, 10): they have the best implementation of disc burning. In the case of a flash drive, everything is a little more complicated: the instructions will only work for computers with UEFI. If you don't have UEFI, you will have to use programs.

If the system being installed is Windows 7 x32, then this method will also not work.

Let's start by burning the disc. Everything here is extremely simple: you just need to right-click on the image and select the “Burn disk image” option. Of course, you first need to check that the disk is inserted into the drive and there is enough space on it to record the image.

But with a flash drive everything is a little different. To record it, you will need a command line opened as administrator (how to do this is indicated above).

At the command line, enter the following commands in order:

diskpart
list disk
select disk N (here N is the disk number under which your flash drive is displayed)
clean
create partition primary
format fs=fat32 quick
active
assign
list volume

Ready! The flash drive is formatted as bootable, then you need to copy files to it. It's done like this.

Creating a multiboot disk

To create a multiboot disk (that is, a disk on which not one OS is installed, but several, and in addition more programs), you will need slightly different software.

The best choice today is the free program Sardu, which, in addition, also provides a choice of many images that it downloads itself.

The program interface is quite complex, so some explanations would be helpful.

antiviruses;
utilities;
Linux distributions;
different versions of Windows;
other (allows you to upload your own images, but is only available in the paid Pro version).

On the right are the buttons used to record.

Creating a system repair installation disc

To create a system repair disk (this is the one with which Windows 7 can be restored if it fails), you need the disk itself - that's all.

Creating a recovery flash drive is somewhat more complicated.

In this case, you should create a system image (in the same window where the recovery disk is, there is the “Create a system image” item.
When the system collects and writes the image, you will need to write it to a flash drive using one of the methods discussed above. A little longer, but more convenient: a flash drive is more reliable than a disk. The only negative: the system image for recovery weighs quite a lot, so it is recommended to use a large flash drive or a removable hard drive.

Reliable media is a very important point in the “treatment” or installation of any system. Make sure to burn properly and don't neglect recovery discs: you never know when you'll need to reinstall or roll back Windows. And specialized software will help you with this.

Anyone who has dealt with installing an operating system on a computer on their own is familiar with the problem of creating boot disks on optical or flash media. There are specialized programs for this, some of which support manipulation of disk images. Let's look at this software in more detail.

The review opens with Ultra ISO, a software tool for creating, editing and converting images with ISO, BIN, NRG, MDF/MDS, ISZ extensions. With it, you can edit their contents, as well as directly create ISOs from a CD / DVD-ROM or hard drive. In the program, you can burn a pre-prepared image with the operating system distribution onto an optical disk or USB drive. The downside is that it is paid.

WinReducer

WinReducer is a convenient application designed for creating personalized builds of Windows. It is possible to record the finished package into images in ISO and WIM formats or deploy the distribution directly on a USB drive. The software has ample opportunities for customizing the interface, for which a tool called "Preset Editor". In particular, it provides the ability to remove unnecessary service features and enable those that make the system faster and more stable. Unlike other similar software, WinReducer does not require installation and has its own version for each edition of Windows. At the same time, the absence of the Russian language slightly reduces the overall impression of the product.

DAEMON Tools Ultra

DAEMON Tools Ultra is the most complete software for working with images and virtual drives. The functionality is slightly similar to Ultra ISO, but, unlike it, there is support for all known image formats. There are functions for creating ISO from any type of file, burning onto optical media, copying from one disk to another on the fly (in the case where there are two drives). It is also possible to create virtual drives in the system and a bootable USB drive based on any version of Windows or Linux.

Separately, it should be noted the TrueCrypt encryption technology, which provides protection for hard drives, optical and USB drives, as well as support for virtual RAM storage for storing temporary information in order to increase PC performance. Overall, DAEMON Tools Ultra is one of the best solutions in its class.

Barts PE Builder

Bart PE Builder is a software tool for preparing bootable Windows images. To do this, it is enough to have the installation files of the desired OS version, and he will do the rest himself. It is also possible to record images on physical media such as a flash drive or CD. Unlike other similar applications, burning is carried out using the StarBurn and CD-record algorithms. The key advantage is a simple and intuitive interface.

Butler

Butler is a free, domestically developed utility whose main function is to create a boot disk. Its features include providing the ability to deploy different operating systems on the drive and choosing the design of the Windows boot menu interface.

Power ISO

PowerISO refers to specialized software that supports the full range of possible manipulations with disk images. It is possible to create ISO, compress or edit finished images if necessary, as well as burn them to an optical disc. The function of mounting virtual drives, in turn, will allow you to do without burning an image onto a CD / DVD / Blu-ray.

Separately, it is worth noting such features as the preparation of Windows or Linux distributions on USB media, Live CD, which allows you to run the OS without installing them, as well as Audio CD grabbing.

Ultimate Boot CD

Ultimate Boot CD is a ready-made boot disk image that is designed to solve various computer problems. This distinguishes it from other programs in the review. Contains software for working with BIOS, processor, hard drives and optical drives, as well as peripheral equipment. These include applications for checking the stability of the processor or system, RAM modules for errors, keyboards, monitors and much more.

Software for performing various procedures on the HDD takes up the largest amount of disk space. Includes utilities that are designed to display information and control the loading of different operating systems on the same computer. There are also programs with functions for recovering passwords from accounts and data from disks, editing the registry, backup, complete destruction of information, working with partitions, etc.

All of the applications reviewed do a good job of creating bootable disks. More advanced functions, such as working with disk images and virtual drives, are provided by UltraISO, DAEMON Tools Ultra and PowerISO. With their help, you can easily create a bootable image based on a licensed Windows disk. But at the same time, you will have to pay a certain amount for such functionality.

Using Butler, you can make a Windows distribution disk with an individual installer window design, but if you want to completely customize the OS installation process, including the installation of third-party software, then WinReducer is your choice. Ultimate Boot CD stands out from other software in that it is a boot disk with many free programs for working with a PC. It can be useful in restoring your computer after virus attacks, system failures, and more.

Instructions

First, download a boot disk image. It is recommended to use files with the iso or mdf extension. Remember that when creating a boot disk image, you need to take several parameters into account. Otherwise, recording such an image will not allow you to create a new multiboot disk.

Now download and install a program called Nero. It is better to use a relatively new version, because outdated analogues may not have the functions needed in a given situation. Run the NeroExpress.exe file. In the left pane of the menu that opens, select the DVD-ROM (Boot) option. A new menu will immediately open. Select the "Download" tab.

Now click on the “Image file” item and click the “Browse” button. Select the required ISO disk image. Click the New button. Now add the necessary files to this disk, if necessary. Please note that the disc will need to be finalized, i.e. further recording of data to it will be impossible.

After creating the desired project, click the "Record" button. Check the box next to the “Finalize disc” option. Now go to the Burn menu and select the speed at which the new disc will be burned. Please note that high-speed discs may not be read correctly on relatively older drives. Now open the ISO menu.

Under File System, select the ISO 9660 + Joliet option. Check all the boxes located in the “Easy Restrictions” menu. Click the Burn button and wait until your boot disk is created.

If you need to quickly burn an image to disk, then run the Iso File Burning program. It takes up only a few megabytes on your hard drive. Just click the Browse button, select the ISO file and click on the “Burn ISO” button. Be sure to check the functionality of the created disk.

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Multiboot disks are used to install the operating system (OS) of a computer. The difference between multiboot media and regular installation media is that a number of programs and drivers are added to the image of the former, which are also loaded from disk and can be installed along with the OS.

Instructions

A multiboot disk allows you to work with a computer that does not have an OS installed. This media is capable of dividing a hard drive into partitions, formatting them and performing other operations with the file system. Antivirus, office and any utilities for installation can also be downloaded. Specialized programs can be used to record multiboot media.

Download images of the boot disk and programs that you want to include in the multiboot disk from a suitable Internet resource. Make sure the file you download is in .iso or .mdf format. It is with these extensions that most utilities for burning installation disks work.

Download and install the XBoot program. To do this, go to the official website of the program and select the download section. After the download is complete, go to the folder where the installation file was downloaded. Launch it and follow the installer instructions. If you find a version of the program packaged in an archive, then simply extract it to any folder convenient for you in the archive manager window.