Instructions

First, download a boot disk image. It is recommended to use files with the iso or mdf extension. Remember that when creating a boot disk image, you need to take several parameters into account. Otherwise, recording such an image will not allow creating a new multi boot disk.

Now download and install a program called Nero. Better to use comparatively new version, because outdated analogues may not have the functions needed in a given situation. Run the NeroExpress.exe file. In the left pane of the menu that opens, select the DVD-ROM (Boot) option. A new menu will immediately open. Select the "Download" tab.

Now click on the “Image file” item and click the “Browse” button. Select the required ISO disk image. Click the New button. Now add the necessary files to this disk, if necessary. Please note that the disc will need to be finalized, i.e. further recording of data to it will be impossible.

After creation the desired project Click the "Record" button. Check the box next to the “Finalize disc” option. Now go to the Burn menu and select the speed at which the new disc will be burned. Please note that high-speed discs may not be read correctly on relatively older drives. Now open the ISO menu.

Under File System, select the ISO 9660 + Joliet option. Check all the boxes located in the “Easy Restrictions” menu. Click the Burn button and wait until your boot disk is created.

If you need to quickly burn an image to disk, then run the Iso File Burning program. It only takes up a few megabytes on your hard drive. Just click the Browse button, select the ISO file and click on the “Burn ISO” button. Be sure to check the functionality of the created disk.

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Multiboot disks are used for installation operating system(OS) of the computer. The difference between multiboot media and regular installation media is that a number of programs and drivers are added to the image of the former, which are also loaded from disk and can be installed along with the OS.

Instructions

A multiboot disk allows you to work with a computer that does not have an OS installed. This media is capable of dividing a hard drive into partitions, formatting them and performing other operations with the file system. Antivirus, office and any utilities for installation can also be downloaded. Specialized programs can be used to record multiboot media.

Download images of the boot disk and programs that you want to include in the multiboot disk from a suitable Internet resource. Make sure the file you download is in .iso or .mdf format. It is with these extensions that most utilities for burning installation disks work.

Download and install the XBoot program. To do this, go to the official website of the program and select the download section. After the download is complete, go to the folder where the installation file was downloaded. Launch it and follow the installer instructions. If you find a version of the program packaged in an archive, then simply extract it to any folder convenient for you in the archive manager window.

The Windows 7 installation (boot) disk is a DVD media containing boot files that are used to initially install Windows, or to reinstall it. You should not think that it can be done by simply copying files; it is not by chance that it is called bootable, since in addition to OS files it also contains a bootloader, thanks to which you can start installing Windows through the BIOS.

There are several different options for creating such a disk using both built-in tools in Windows itself and using third-party programs. Let's look at the three simplest methods using the UltraISO, ImgBurn and CDBurnerXP utilities. Any of them can be easily downloaded on the Internet (especially from torrents); they all have a very simple interface that does not require any complex manipulations from the user. All of them require a Windows 7 image in .iso format on the hard drive (or other media). You will also need a DVD disc (not a CD), since the “seven” image is, as a rule, about 3-4 GB in size.

Method 1 - creating a disc using the UltraISO utility

After launching it, the main menu of the program opens. In this menu you need to select the “File” item, and in the drop-down list select the “Open” item:

A window will appear to select a file with a Windows iso image:

In this window, select the file with the required image and click the “Open” button. This window will close and we will return to the UltraISO main menu.

Now you need to click on the “Tools” item in the main menu and select “CD ...”:

After this it will appear with recording parameters:

Here you need to specify the DVD device in which the (blank) future installation disc is located (the “Drive” parameter), set the recording speed to “Minimum” and its method “Disc-at-Once”. Then click the “Record” button. The burning process will begin, which usually lasts a few minutes, after which the DVD drive tray will open, indicating the end of recording.

Method 2 – make an installation disk using the ImgBurn utility

Before starting the program, you should install a blank DVD disc into the drive. The main window of this program (Russified version) after its launch looks like this:

Click on the picture in this window and get a window for setting parameters for the disk creation process:

In this window you need to do the following:

• In the “Source” field, use the yellow button to select the required iso file;
• In the “Destination” field, set the DVD drive;
• Check the “Check” checkbox so that at the end of the process a comparison with its source is performed;
• In the “Recording speed” field, set the minimum possible speed;
• Click on the arrow at the bottom left of the window, indicating the start of the DVD burning process.

The image recording begins, which also lasts several minutes, then the program will automatically eject the media tray and push it in again. After which the verification of the recorded data will begin. Upon completion, the melody is played, which is a sign of the completion of the process.

Method 3 – make an installation disk using the CDBurnerXP program

You should not be alarmed by the fact that the name of this utility contains “XP” - it works in all versions of the OS, starting with XP. The interface of this program is almost very similar to the ImgBurn interface. And the main CDBurnerXP window looks like this:

Of course, in order to make an installation disk, you need to click on “Burn ISO image” and click “OK”. After this, you will be prompted to set recording parameters:

In this window, use the “Browse” button to select iso- Windows image, set the DVD drive and the minimum recording speed (the “Recording device” parameter), in the “Recording method” field, select “Disc at Once”, check the “Check data after recording” checkbox. The user must set the remaining parameters at his own discretion.

After all these steps, you need to click the “Burn disc” button, the process of burning the DVD disc and then checking the completed recording will begin.

1. The requirement to set a minimum burning speed is due to the fact that not all DVDs support the speed declared by the manufacturer. This means that errors may appear during the recording process, which will only be detected at the verification stage. If you use media that allows write-once (DVD-R), then the final result of this process may be a disc completely unsuitable for further use;
2. Under no circumstances should you interrupt the recording process - most likely, this will lead to the same result as described in point 1;
3. These recommendations are not related to the use of the utilities mentioned above; recording errors depend 99% on the quality of the working surface of the disks, i.e., on their manufacturers.

Make a boot disk with Windows 7 to reinstall it

People often ask how to do it good disc to boot the Windows 7 system. Why do we need a boot disk? We need it if we are planning to reinstall windows on the computer.

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Introduction

But it’s one thing to reinstall or install windows, and another thing to prepare for it. That is, make a good boot disk. There are enough ways to make such a disk. This article will discuss the method using Windows programs 7 USB DVD tool.

Making a bootable disk using Windows 7 USB DVD tool

This free program from Microsoft. Why we will use this particular program is because it can also be used to make a bootable USB flash drive, which is also very popular and often needed.

In general, the program is sensible, nothing superfluous, everything is simple and literally in 2-3 mouse clicks a boot disk is already created.

You can use another program, the main thing is that using the example of Windows7 USB DVD tool, we will analyze the very essence of creating a boot disk, and from there you can experiment with any other programs.

So first you need a Windows 7 image. What is a “disk image”?

Well, where can I get this image?

or here: http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/html/pbPage.Help_Win7_usbdvd_dwnTool (copy this link, paste it into the browser address bar and press enter) from the official Microsoft website, size only 2.6 MB.

Let's say we downloaded it, now we launch it, this is what it looks like when you launch it for the first time:

In this window you need to indicate that you need to make a boot disk or flash drive? (). Since we need a boot disk, select “DVD”:

All you have to do is click in the next window:

If everything was done correctly, the Windows 7 image will begin recording to disk. If an error appears, then read the article error: we were unable to copy your files When the recording process is finished, you can use this disk as a boot disk to install Windows 7 on a computer or laptop.

This is how we looked at the question of what steps are involved in creating an installation disk with an operating system Windows versions 7.

Learn how to burn bootable disks and create your own multiboot builds with the tools you need to reinstall and restore your system.

What is the difference between a shaman and a system administrator?
- The system administrator has a tambourine with a hole :)

As you may have guessed, today we will talk about “shamanic” “magic” disks, which are “found” in large numbers in holders of various kinds of computer specialists. And these are not only disks with programs. Some of them allow you to run an almost full-fledged operating system even on a non-working computer! Such disks are called boot disks...

Booting Windows

Before we start talking directly about boot disks, it’s worth saying a few words about how Windows boot and the computer in general.

In modern computers, two subsystems can be responsible for booting: BIOS and/or UEFI (in new PCs). In a simplified form, the process of starting a computer looks like this:

1. At turning on the BIOS checks the functionality of all PC components.
2. The BIOS determines where further booting should take place.
3. The BIOS transfers boot control to the UEFI (if available) or directly to the master boot record (MBR) on the hard drive, after which the operating system starts.

By default, loading is done from hard drive after the BIOS tests the functionality of the main components of the computer. To be able to boot your PC from disks or flash drives, you need to slightly reconfigure the BIOS to boot from external media. To do this, set the First Boot Device parameter to CD-ROM (or USB). If you don't know how to do this, you can read about it.

After you have completed this setup, the boot cycle, after checking the place where you should look for boot files, will also add a check for the presence of a disk in the drive (or a flash drive in the USB slot) and a search for the bootloader on it. For many, by the way, the option to boot from a disk drive is set by default (PC builders simply did not change anything back), so perhaps no manipulations with the BIOS will be required :)

Types of boot disks

All boot disks according to their scope of application can be roughly divided into 3 categories:

The first category includes all installation disks that are used to install or reinstall a specific operating system. A regular Windows disk that we buy (kh-kg-m:)) in computer store or a Linux distribution from the Internet are precisely this type.

The second category includes disks that contain tools to restore the functionality of the main OS. These resuscitators are usually ready-made LiveCDs with Windows, which can be launched directly from the disk. The usefulness of these types of tools is increased by the inclusion of additional software to combat viruses, data recovery, etc.

The third category is disks that do not have a full-fledged OS and contain programs designed to perform one or two tasks. Examples include programs for hard drive partitioning or data backup.

The above classification is not universal, since, for example, a LiveCD disk can also be an installation disk. There is also the concept of multiboot, when several different systems or programs can be placed on one disk at the same time. To clarify the situation, consider the question of where to get a boot disk...

Recording the finished image

When we found out what boot disks are and what they are needed for, the question arises: where can you get such a miracle tool? As in any matter, there are two ways: simple and complex...

Simple is to download finished image disk from any of the numerous torrent trackers, or copying a real disk taken from a friend. The complex one involves creating a homemade assembly containing all the tools you need. Let's start with something simple...

I think downloading a ready-made ISO image from a torrent will not be a problem for anyone today, so let’s consider the case of copying a real disk. Almost any CD and DVD burning program will suit us for this task. Here we will consider the algorithm of actions using the example of the CDBurnerXP program.

If you simply open a boot disk on your computer, copy its contents into a folder, and then write it to your disc, then nothing will work, because when regular recording The boot area is not written to the disk. We need to create an exact copy of your friend's boot disk (or, in other words, his image) and then write this copy to ourselves.

To do this, insert the disc into the drive and click on the “Copy disc” button on the main CDBurnerXP screen. In the window that opens, you can select the drive into which you inserted the disc, the speed (if you are not in a hurry, it is better to set it to about 8-x) and the copying method:

There are two copying methods. By default, direct copying is active. With it, at the first stage, an image of the inserted disk is created in a temporary folder, and then it is proposed to remove the disk and insert an empty one to record the resulting image. After recording, the image is deleted from the temporary folder.

The second option is that you can only create an image and save it on your computer in order to burn it to a real disk in the future or, for example, post it on the Internet. Since there should be no issues with direct copying, let’s consider the second method in more detail.

First of all, in the "Receiver" section, we need to switch to the "Hard Disk" mode. Then all that remains is to specify the path for the image to be created and select its format. ISO and MDF/MDS formats are available in CDBurnerXP. I recommend saving to ISO, since this is the most common option for storing images and is supported by most programs. Now click the “Copy disk” button and wait for the creation of our ISO image to complete.

As I already said, the image can then be written to a real disk without losing its boot properties (the same applies to images downloaded from the Internet). In CDBurnerXP, in the main window there is a separate special section for this - “Burn ISO image”:

In the window that opens, we need to specify the path to our image in ISO or MDS format. If you downloaded the image from the Internet and it is in BIN or NRG format, then CDBurnerXP has a tool for converting such images to ISO. Click the "Convert to ISO" button and specify the path to the desired image there.

After the image is selected, all that remains is to check the “Finalize disc” checkbox (some computers may not want to boot from a disc that has not been finalized) and click the “Burn disc” button. We wait for the end of recording and become the owners of our own boot disk :)

What is multiboot

Following the classification we discussed above, a boot disk can be designed to solve one specific task, be it system installation, repair or maintenance. It used to be like that. For each purpose it was necessary to create a separate disk. However, today there is such a thing as “multi-boot”...

Its essence is that, using a non-standard bootloader (NTLDR is the standard for Windows), we can run, for example, several operating systems from one disk or make it an installation and repair one, writing several images to it at the same time!

The most popular bootloaders for Windows that allow SysLinux and GRUB4DOS. Configuring them manually can literally work wonders in terms of booting the PC, but this requires the user to have knowledge and ability to work with code... However, there are more simple ways self-assembly own multiboot disks using third-party programs.

Creating a multiboot disk

On the pages of our website, I already wrote once about a program that allows you to create bootable disks and flash drives - xBoot. Here we will look at another method, which may be even better and more convenient for you, using the SARDU program (short for Shardana Antivirus Rescue Disk Utility):

On our website you can download the Russified version of the program 3.2.3, which is newer and understandable to Russian-speaking users (thanks to our regular reader Valery for the translation!). IMPORTANT: Be sure to unpack the program into a folder where there are no Russian letters in the path. It is best to go to the root of Disk C or Disk D.

Despite the fact that the original program is in English, it will not be difficult to understand it. Its entire interface can be divided into four parts:

1. Top menu bar and buttons. At the top there is, as usual, a menu bar and a toolbar. In the menu you can find almost all the functions of the program, but almost everything you need is placed on the top and side toolbars, so we don’t have to look there. On the toolbar there are buttons for opening a folder with images, starting to download selected images, burning a disk, and testing a finished disk or flash drive.
2. Left toolbar. Here we have collected large buttons that allow you to download and add typical disk images with antiviruses, system utilities, Linux distributions and even Windows. In addition, it is possible to add any images that are not listed in the previous lists using the "Extra" button.
3. Right toolbar. This panel contains tools for selecting a flash drive for recording a startup image on it, buttons for creating an image or USB disk, a button for going to the developer’s website, and a button for exiting the program.
4. Central region. This is the main work area, the contents of which vary depending on the activated tool.

In order to create your own multiboot assembly, it is advisable to place all the ISO images of boot disks we need in the ISO folder. If you decide to download images directly from the Internet using the links provided, they will automatically end up in this folder. However, your images will need to be copied manually. There is one more nuance. There should be no Russian letters in the path to the program and images. Therefore, it is advisable to unpack SARDU directly to the root of the disk.

Here click the "Add" button and fill in the proposed fields. Of the required fields, it is worth noting:

1. Name. Here we enter the name of the system, in the form in which we want to see it in the list and in the boot menu.
2. Derivate checkbox. If we know which system the image being added is based on, we can activate the checkbox and select the desired one from the drop-down list. This will save us from having to select a bootloader.
3. Mode drop-down list. Here we select the bootloader. I advise you to use the universal GRUB, which is the default.
4. ISO Name. Here you can enter either the full path to the image (if it is not in the ISO folder, which is undesirable), or simply the name of our image.

The remaining fields are optional and we can fill them out as desired. After filling out the fields, click “Save” and our image appears in the list. However, in order for us to add it to the assembly, we need to manually specify the path to it again by clicking on the red button after the image name:

Now all that remains is to check the boxes for the images you need and have been confirmed by the program (the red button is replaced by a blue one) and click one of the buttons on the right panel: “Create SARDU USB” (to create a bootable flash drive) or “Create SARDU ISO” (to create a disk image). Upon completion of the work, we can immediately test the performance of the new multiboot disk using the built-in QUEmu emulator by clicking the "Test ISO" (or USB) button on the top toolbar:

If everything went well, you can launch your newly created image and find the systems added to it in the Extras section.

conclusions

So we figured out what boot disks are and how you can make them yourself. In the article we didn’t look at other than the principles of working with the bootloaders themselves directly, but I think this is of no use to ordinary users like you and me :) The result is important to us, which, I hope, is what we got.

Creating multiboot builds is not such a difficult task, but it brings tangible benefits in cases where we are faced with the need to reinstall or repair something in the computer OS. As for me, quite a long time ago I created for myself the ideal flash drive, which contains both Linux and a small Windows that can be launched or installed on a PC, as well as a set of the most necessary programs.

I wish you to have similar flash drives and disks in your arsenal. And even more, I wish you fewer breakdowns of your computer!

P.S. Permission is granted to freely copy and quote this article, provided that an open active link to the source is indicated and the authorship of Ruslan Tertyshny is preserved.

Hello. I decided to write some more useful text today, before I lose my inspiration :). I'll tell you now about how to burn a Windows image to disk, this can be done in many ways and programs, but I will write how to burn an image with UltraISO, this is the coolest and easiest program for burning discs, I always use it. Well, if you don’t want to install additional programs, then you can burn the image to disk using the standard Windows 7 tool (Windows Vista also seems to have such a feature).

I looked at the instructions that I wrote on and, and realized that in them, I gave a link to an article about that. This article describes a way to simply burn files to disk. Music, movies, etc., but we need to create a boot disk for further installation of Windows. And the process of recording an image is slightly different from simply writing files.

When we download an operating system image from the Internet, it looks like a single file with the extension .iso. For some reason, it seems to me that many people simply took and wrote this file to disk, and then complained why the boot disk did not load when Windows installation, after all, it’s set up.

And to avoid such problems with installing the operating system, I will write about how to correctly burn an .iso Windows image to disk. And then install Windows from this disk; there is a link to detailed installation articles above.

I also forgot to write about the size of Windows images and the disks that will be needed for recording. Suitable for Windows XP CD-R disc, or RW it doesn't matter. The Windows XP image takes up approximately 700 MB and fits on a CD. Of course, if this is not an assembly with many programs and additional utilities, then it may not fit on a CD. For Windows Vista, Windows 7 and 8 you need a DVD disc. There are larger images, the seven takes about 3 GB.

Burning an .iso Windows image to disk using UltraISO

After installing the program, it is associated with the .iso extension and all files in this format will be opened through UltraISO.

In order to burn an .iso image, simply open the image with Windows by double-clicking if the .iso looks like this:

The UltraISO program will launch, which will already have a bootable disk ready for recording. Insert the desired disc into the drive, press the burn button, and then confirm the burn by pressing “Burn”. You just need to wait until the program burns the disc, and you can start installing the Windows operating system.

And one more thing, in the speed settings it is best to choose a lower speed, the recording quality will be better. If you burn a disc at high speed, problems may occur during the installation of the operating system.

We create an installation disk with Windows using a standard tool

You can also burn an image of the installation disk using a standard tool. Such a utility seems to have appeared in Windows Vista, well, it definitely exists in Windows 7. With its help you can special problems burn .iso image. And the resulting disk will be bootable, from which you can install the operating system.

In Windows 7. iso file looks like this: