Installing Windows 7: Burning to Disc

Now that you’ve sorted out your partitions, you should be ready to burn Windows 7 to a disc. To do this, you’ll need software that will allow you to burn your copy of Windows 7 to a blank/re-writable DVD. I decided to use InfraRecorder, which is free and open source. Simply open InfraRecorder, click on Actions (at the top) and then click on Burn Image.

Locate the Windows 7 file that you downloaded. I downloaded it to the Desktop as it’s an easy place to find things. Just click on the file and click on Open.

Next a box will pop up asking you various settings such as the burn speed (lower burn speeds mean that the burning process will take longer but will be quieter, higher burn speeds mean that the burning process will take a shorter amount of time but the drive will make a lot of noise). Once you’re happy with what you’ve got, click on Ok.

My disc contains the original public Beta of Windows 7, so if your DVD disc contains existing data, the program will prompt you and will ask if you want to remove the data first. Click Ok to remove the data and the burning process will begin. It may take a while depending on how quick your DVD Drive is, but after it’s done, you should have a DVD with the Windows 7 Release Candidate on it. Now all you have to do is install it!

~ by pokeh on May 5, 2009.