Solved How can I format a cd-r in windows 10 so the disk is bootab

Fingers May 31, 2017 at 22:12:43

I am pretty sure Windows 10 does not support any portable format and must be installed on a machine. Windows 10 system files would not fit on a CD or even a DVD (uncompressed). Install disks are highly compressed and only a minimal amount if files for booting to the install are uncompressed. What you want can be done with a Live Linux distribution, many will install on a DVD and some like Puppy Linux can install on a CD. You just download the ISO image and burn this to the disk as an image. For using other apps on a running system you can get a Portable Apps set up which will install to a flash drive and allow you to run apps installed on it and not on the system. You have to be a little bit crazy to keep you from going insane.

Derek June 1, 2017 at 07:56:05

If you happen to be thinking of copying files from your system onto a bootable disk and using them automatically somehow then it will not get you far, for a host of reasons. Or are you trying to copy a Windows disk? Tell us "exactly" what you are trying to achieve. Always pop back and let us know the outcome - thanks

hidde663 June 12, 2017 at 08:13:06

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Use Windows it's MediaCreationTool from this site: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sof... Tho the iso is about 4 GB, I recommend using a 8GB usb-stick. tho in theory it should work. ~missingthepoint&2weekslate.exe Simple solutions are often the best message edited by hidde663

Derek June 12, 2017 at 09:32:26

hidde663 A CD-R "can" be written to and is more reliable than a CD-RW. For Windows it would need to be a DVD-R. Always pop back and let us know the outcome - thanks

hidde663 June 14, 2017 at 00:50:28

Thanks Derek, changed my earlier post Simple solutions are often the best message edited by hidde663

Derek June 14, 2017 at 05:38:29

Thanks for update hidde663. Always pop back and let us know the outcome - thanks