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    Windows Won't Burn Discs.

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    • NaraN
      Nara
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      If you mount the CD in a VM, does it boot ok then?

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller @Nara
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        @Nara said:

        If you mount the CD in a VM, does it boot ok then?

        Good idea, test first the ISO then the CD itself that way.

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        • Mike RalstonM
          Mike Ralston
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          This alot simpler of an issue than you're all assuming. It's either a bad ISO or the burning program didn't work correctly. When it's booted of the disk, it literally lists thousands of errors. It goes through every folder, subfolder, application, and exstension file and says it's not able to be booted from. So far as I know, I don't have a VM to test it on. I have adecently beefy PC to run one on if that's a suggestion.

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          • M
            Marcelo
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            Maybe the ISO i really bad. Are you burning a CD, DVD maybe? I have had enough issues with laptops not being able to burn because the drive is buggered, can you try a different Drive to burn with?

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            • Mike RalstonM
              Mike Ralston
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              I am using a wonky drive to burn with, it's some weird branding that's not very popular. I've never had issues burning discs, though, and it should be fine. Unfortunately, the program I'm attempting to burn will not work as a bootable USB, it's got some sort of reader built into the application itself that requires it to be a CD/DVD. I should be extracting the files from the ISO and burning them, correct?

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller @Mike Ralston
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                @Mike-Ralston said:

                I am using a wonky drive to burn with, it's some weird branding that's not very popular. I've never had issues burning discs, though, and it should be fine. Unfortunately, the program I'm attempting to burn will not work as a bootable USB, it's got some sort of reader built into the application itself that requires it to be a CD/DVD. I should be extracting the files from the ISO and burning them, correct?

                No. An ISO is an image of a file system. You should not be opening or extracting anything. If you do that you are just copying files and not a bootable file system. You have to burn as an image.

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                • NaraN
                  Nara
                  last edited by

                  With Windows 7 or newer, toss a blank disc in the drive, right-click the ISO, then click on Burn.

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                  • Mike RalstonM
                    Mike Ralston
                    last edited by

                    Yeah, it's decided it doesn't support ISO's. And the program that it was suggested use (Because Windows is a steaming mess on my PC) automatically extracts it.

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @Mike Ralston
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                      @Mike-Ralston said:

                      Yeah, it's decided it doesn't support ISO's. And the program that it was suggested use (Because Windows is a steaming mess on my PC) automatically extracts it.

                      Maybe Windows needs to be fixed;)

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                      • DashrenderD
                        Dashrender
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                        Agreed, sounds like it's time for a reinstall.

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                        • Mike RalstonM
                          Mike Ralston
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                          Second time in the last month I've done so.

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller @Mike Ralston
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                            @Mike-Ralston said:

                            Second time in the last month I've done so.

                            That's not a good sign. What is happening to it? Sounds like maybe you are installing something over again that is problematic.

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                            • Mike RalstonM
                              Mike Ralston
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                              Windows 8 seems to the problematic bit 😛 The only things I have on this PC that aren't stock is Steam with some games, Minecraft, and a few emulators. It's a personal PC that I put together. When I get my second rig to breathe life, this will become my work-only rig, and will have little to no personal software on it.

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                              • NaraN
                                Nara @Mike Ralston
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                                @Mike-Ralston said:

                                Windows 8 seems to the problematic bit 😛 The only things I have on this PC that aren't stock is Steam with some games, Minecraft, and a few emulators. It's a personal PC that I put together. When I get my second rig to breathe life, this will become my work-only rig, and will have little to no personal software on it.

                                Are those emus clean? It sounds like they may be dirty, if that's the only thing you're doing. No web surfing at all? What are you using for AV?

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller @Nara
                                  last edited by

                                  @Nara said:

                                  @Mike-Ralston said:

                                  Windows 8 seems to the problematic bit 😛 The only things I have on this PC that aren't stock is Steam with some games, Minecraft, and a few emulators. It's a personal PC that I put together. When I get my second rig to breathe life, this will become my work-only rig, and will have little to no personal software on it.

                                  Are those emus clean? It sounds like they may be dirty, if that's the only thing you're doing. No web surfing at all? What are you using for AV?

                                  I was wondering that too. Those are the most suspicious of the options.

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                                  • Mike RalstonM
                                    Mike Ralston
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                                    Well, the issue is, I'm trying to operate my personal gaming rig and a business machine within one environment, on the same desktop. I'm using both Luke Filewalker and MalewareBytes. When I do have my personal-exclusive tower up, the software issues will be gone hopefully. Until then, I either have no workstation, or I dumped around $1200 into a rig that I can't use for personal use.

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                                    • NaraN
                                      Nara
                                      last edited by

                                      So if you right-click an ISO and then click on "Burn Image", what happens, exactly?

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                                      • Mike RalstonM
                                        Mike Ralston
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                                        It puts it in "Files ready to be written to disc" And when I tell it to actually burn, it does nothing. And I mean that in the plainest sense of the word, it acts as though I never clicked the button.

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                                        • scottalanmillerS
                                          scottalanmiller @Mike Ralston
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                                          @Mike-Ralston said:

                                          It puts it in "Files ready to be written to disc" And when I tell it to actually burn, it does nothing. And I mean that in the plainest sense of the word, it acts as though I never clicked the button.

                                          That's not easy to troubleshoot.

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                                          • Mike RalstonM
                                            Mike Ralston
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                                            No, no it isn't. Hence me being here for suggestions.

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