How to Burn ISO Files to DVD
This wikiHow teaches you how to burn an ISO file onto a blank DVD. You can do this on both Windows and Mac computers using built-in software. Burning an ISO allows you to run the ISO file as a program, which is useful when creating an...
Method 1 of 2:
On Windows
- Make sure that your computer has a disc drive that can burn. You will need a DVD drive in order to burn your ISO file onto a blank DVD. Most modern Windows computers have a DVD drive.
- If your CD tray has "DVD" engraved on it or near it, you can burn DVDs.
- If you can't burn DVDs, you will need to buy an external DVD drive for your computer.
- Insert a blank DVD into your computer. If you want to use this DVD for installing an operating system or running a game, make sure that the DVD has never been used before.
- Open Start
- Open File Explorer
- Go to your ISO's folder. Click the folder in which your ISO file is stored on the left side of the File Explorer window.
- For example, if you have the ISO file on your computer's desktop, you would click Desktop.
- Select your ISO file. Click the ISO file to select it.
- Click Share. This tab is in the upper-left side of the File Explorer window. Doing so prompts a toolbar to appear at the top of the File Explorer window.
- Click Burn to disc. It's in the toolbar. A pop-up window will appear.
- Make sure your DVD drive is selected as the burner. If you have more than one disc drive for your computer, click the "Disc burner" drop-down box and then click the DVD option in the drop-down menu.
- Click Burn. It's at the bottom of the pop-up window. Doing so will prompt your computer to begin burning the ISO file onto your DVD. Once the process is complete, you can eject the DVD.
- The burn process can take anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours depending on the ISO file's size.
Method 2 of 2:
On Mac
- Insert a blank DVD into your Mac's CD slot. Since most Macs don't come with a built-in disc slot, you will likely need an external DVD reader to do this.
- You can buy an external disk reader from Apple for less than $90.
- To attach an external DVD reader to your Mac, connect the DVD reader's cable to your Mac's USB port (on the left side of a Mac laptop or on the back of an iMac desktop monitor).
- Make sure you know where your ISO file is. The burning process is simplest when the ISO file is somewhere easy to access, such as your Mac's desktop.
- Open Spotlight
- Type disk utility into Spotlight. This will search your Mac for the Disk Utility app, which is what you'll use to burn the ISO file.
- Click Disk Utility. It's a grey hard drive icon with a stethoscope on top of it. You should see it at the top of the Spotlight search results.
- Click Burn. This radioactive symbol-shaped icon is at the top of the window. A pop-up Finder window will appear.
- Select your ISO file. Click on the ISO file's location folder (e.g., Desktop) on the left side of the Finder window, then click the ISO file to select it.
- Click Burn. It's in the bottom-right corner of the window. This will close the Finder window.
- Click Burn when prompted. This option is in the drop-down window at the top of the Disk Utility window. Clicking it prompts the burning process to begin.
- Depending on the size of the ISO, burning can take anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours.
- Click OK when prompted. You'll see this in the lower-right corner of the completion window. Doing so concludes the burn process.
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