windows 7 iso

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zao8350

macrumors regular

Original poster

• Jul 2, 2009

• #1

hey, i downloaded the windows 7 RC (the 7100 one) and cant seem to burn the iso to a dvd and boot. i download from microsoft and i try and burn with disc utility. it seems to go well, but after burning the verification always cancels halfway through. do i need special dvds? am i burning the iso wrong? i would really like to boot camp my mbp with 7. thanks in advance

 

Eidorian

macrumors Penryn

• Jul 2, 2009

• #2

I'd reduce the burning speed in Disk Utility. What is the brand of discs that you are using?

 

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zao8350

macrumors regular

Original poster

• Jul 2, 2009

• #3

i put the burn speed at 4x last time i did it. should i go to 2?
im at work, so i dont remember, but i'm pretty much positive they are maxwell dvd-r

 

windywoo

macrumors 6502a

• Jul 2, 2009

• #4

I haven't been able to make a bootable disc even at 4x either. In the end I ran the setup from within Vista and just pointed it to a fresh partition.

 

Eidorian

macrumors Penryn

• Jul 2, 2009

• #5

No problems here with Disk Uility on my TDK DVD+RWs from ages ago and the Windows 7 ISOs.

 

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zao8350

macrumors regular

Original poster

• Jul 2, 2009

• #6

im gonna slow it down more and see if i can round up some nicer DVDs

 

MacDawg

Moderator emeritus

• Jul 2, 2009

• #7

My .iso burned flawlessly as well... no issues

Edit: used Disk Utility

Woof, Woof - Dawg

 

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questmcoupe

macrumors member

• Jul 2, 2009

• #8

I also used Disk Utility for mine and it worked the first time.

Strange thing, when I used Toast, Boot Camp did not recognize it.

 

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PrincessPeach

macrumors regular

• Jul 2, 2009

• #9

I used Toast and irresponsibly burnt at the top speed. Worked perfectly.

 

darkcurse

macrumors 6502a

• Jul 2, 2009

• #10

I used Toast to burn the Win7 iso and "toasted" aka coaster-ed 2 DVD's. Used Disk Utilities and it was done flawlessly.

 

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valvehead

macrumors regular

• Jul 2, 2009

• #11

zao8350 said:

hey, i downloaded the windows 7 RC (the 7100 one) and cant seem to burn the iso to a dvd and boot.

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It's also possible that the ISO you downloaded is incomplete or corrupt. Several people have had such a problem. Compare the MD5 with the numbers here.