How to Burn an ISO to DVD

You downloaded an ISO…now what? Before I discuss how to burn an ISO to DVD in a Windows environment, let me just mention that it is possible for you to use the ISO image directly on your computer with a Virtual Drive.

If you still want, or need to have your data on a disc, follow the instructions below.

There’s a fair number of methods for doing this, and a sizeable list of image burner software applications, though I will show you two methods, using free software. The first is very quick, though limited options, and the second utilizes more robust software to burn images to disc.

Initial ISO Burning Requirements

• You must have a CD/DVD optical burner drive; the drive should have markings on the front bezel similar to DVD-RW
• You must use appropriate media for your project, such as CD, CD-R, DVD, DVD-R/DVD+R, DVD-DL
• If the ISO you are looking to burn is intended to be a Boot Disc, you will need to create a bootable CD/DVD. In such case, you may also want to read our article: How to Create a Bootable CD, DVD, or USB

Free ISO Burner Instructional Guide

Here are the instructions for using Free ISO Burner

1. Read the Initial Burning ISO Requirements above
2. Go to the following link and download the software: http://www.freeisoburner.com/
• Free ISO Burner is a standalone executable file; this means, there is no install process
3. Open Free ISO Burner; for most, simply double-click the icon
4. Insert a blank CD or DVD into your writable optical drive
5. In the user interface, click the Open button in the ISO File section
6. Browse for your ISO image file and select it
7. Make certain the drive you want to burn the ISO to is properly selected in the Drive section
8. Label the disc, if you prefer, in the Options section
9. Also in the Options section, tick Finalize Disc if this is a movie you intend to watch in a standalone DVD player, or data disc you do not intend adding files to later on
10. Finally, click the Burn button to burn your ISO to DVD, or CD, or BD
11. You can watch the process and when finished, simply click the Close button, close Free ISO Burner and remove your disc from the optical drive

ImgBurn Instructional Guide

Here are my instructions to using ImgBurn to burn ISO images

1. Read the Initial Burning ISO Requirements above
2. Navigate to the following webpage and download ImgBurn: http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=download
3. Install ImgBurn by double-clicking the setup file (SetupImgBurn_XXXX)
4. Insert appropriate media into your CD or DVD drive
5. Start ImgBurn, if it is not already running
6. Click on Write image file to disc
7. In the Source section, click the Browse button to locate the image you wish to burn
8. In the Destination section, select the appropriate burner drive
9. Under the Tools drop-down menu, select ISO, then Change Volume Label… to name your disc (optional)
10. Make any other necessary adjustments
11. Click on the start button at the bottom of the top screen, sit back, and let ImgBurn Burn your ISO to DVD

ISO Burning Notes:

If this is a movie image, you will need dual layer DVD media, and select the appropriate options in ImgBurn

Recently, this very question was asked on MovieCodec.com, ISO to DVD, Can i take an ISO file (MOVIE) and put it on a DVD to play in my home dvd player? and do i have to convert and stuff? ~Elaine. In response, If the file is an ISO you can burn it on cd or dvd.For cd burn VCD or SVCD in order to play on a regular DVD player if is an ISO for DVD the size is bigger starting with over 1 Gb and after burning is already done so you can play it on your dvd player to watch it on tv.If is just an avi file that’s a different story.So find on your burning software burn image.Iso file can not be converted, to watch it have to be burnt, only avi Xvid MPEG may be converted in a different format and standard. and so on.From ISO you can make just another type of image file or open it, extract the video file and convert it. ~labish.

Here’s a short list of other free software that can also burn ISO to DVD: BurnAway Free, CDBurnerXP, Free Easy CD DVD Burner, and InfraRecorder.