Burning ISO to DVD

[d000hg]

I downloaded the ISO for Win7 Ultimate 64 from MS Action Pack site, but Vista doesn't seem to have any software to burn it by default... at least double-clicking the ISO file did nothing.

I've access to a Mac (10.5) as well and I thought I read here recently that OSX has ISO functionality built-in. So using either OS, what's the easiest way to get my ISO burnt to DVD so I can install W7?

Note: I need it on a DVD to install on another PC, before anyone tells me how to mount the ISO on this one and boot from it or anything along those lines.

[PAH]

MagicISO (or any other free iso package) will do the job. Been using it since XP and it certainly works with Vista.

Good news, once you've installed W7, it has built in iso -> DVD functionality.

[VectraMan]

There's a free bit of software called CDBurnerXP I've been using for years as my preferred way of burning discs. But there's zillions of similar things.

[voodooflux]

ISO Recorder is also worth a look. Free and very easy to use - it installs a shell extension that allows you to right click on an ISO to burn it straight to disc.

[NickFitz]

On the Mac, context-click (right click, tap touchpad with two fingers, or whatever) on the ISO; the context menu includes a "Burn blah.iso to disc..." option.

Alternatively, click on the ISO and select "Burn blah.iso to disc..." from the File menu.

(N.B. That's in Snow Leopard, but IIRC it's the same in previous versions of OS X.)

[dinker]

There's a free bit of software called CDBurnerXP I've been using for years as my preferred way of burning discs. But there's zillions of similar things.

Doesn`t verify the ISO after the burn. IMGBURN is what you want.

[VectraMan]

Doesn`t verify the ISO after the burn. IMGBURN is what you want.

What does the "verify data after burning" option do on the burn ISO page then?

[Sysman]

On the Mac, context-click (right click, tap touchpad with two fingers, or whatever) on the ISO; the context menu includes a "Burn blah.iso to disc..." option.

Alternatively, click on the ISO and select "Burn blah.iso to disc..." from the File menu.

(N.B. That's in Snow Leopard, but IIRC it's the same in previous versions of OS X.)

I don't see that in vanilla Leopard, maybe because I have Toast which is offered in the context menu.

On the other hand, I just did a right click on Finder's toolbar, went to Customize Toolbar and dragged the Burn icon to the toolbar, and that works.

If you really really really want to get down to the nitty gritty you can go for Cdrtools, but for OS X I would really recommend that you look for precompiled binaries or get it from Macports. It's is a fiercely complex command line too, which may not be your cup of tea, but you can really do what you want with it.

The author has his own version of make, called smake, which he is intensely proud of, and claims makes his apps superbly portable. Where this idea falls over in style is that smake itself is an absolute swine to compile.

Use Macports if you want to use crdtools

[NickFitz]

I don't see that in vanilla Leopard, maybe because I have Toast which is offered in the context menu.

Really? I can't remember if it was in Tiger, and I skipped Leopard.

One other option is to open Disc Utility (in /Applications/Utilities) and select the "Burn" button on the toolbar; that prompts you to locate a disc image, and away you go. I'm pretty sure that worked the same way in Tiger.

[OrangeHopper]

I used Disk Utility to burn loads of DVDs of Microsoft products from iso images but I seem to recall you have to select something out of the ordinary when doing it.

Do a search on "mac os disc utility burn iso" and you should get some relevant hits.