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How to burn an ISO image

Introduction

An ISO image is an archive file of a CD/DVD.

Sometimes you may need to burn an Acronis ISO image to a CD. This may be an ISO image that you created using an Acronis product, or a custom ISO image that you received from Acronis Customer Central. You can also download an ISO image for your registered product from Acronis website: see Downloading Acronis Bootable Media.

However the CD burning software preinstalled on your computer may only allow to burn regular files.

Solution

You can use a specialized freeware ISO burning program, please see Burning an ISO Image with ISO Recorder for instructions.

In Windows 7 you can burn ISO images natively. See Burn ISO Images Natively in Windows 7.

(!) Note that it is absolutely normal, if the Windows Explorer does not show any files on the CD after burning.

More information

See also:

• Acronis Bootable Media Types
• Standalone Version of Acronis Software