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 operating system disc or a game disc.
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Open Start
. Click the Windows logo in the bottom-left corner of the screen.
3. Open Start
4. Open File Explorer
. Click the folder-shaped icon in the lower-left side of the Start window.
5. 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.
6. Select your ISO file. Click the ISO file to select it.
7. 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.
8. Click Burn to disc. It's in the toolbar. A pop-up window will appear.
9. 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.
10. 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.
