Did you ever format a hard drive, only to realize that the computer doesn’t have a DVD or CD drive? And now you need a bootable USB flash drive? Or maybe you thought the computer could be booted from a USB drive, but the version of the BIOS doesn’t allow for that?
Even if you don’t need it right now, go ahead and create your bootable Windows USB or DVD with us now. It’s not something you’ll need often, but that one time you do, you’ll be so glad you already have it!
Whether you’re just stepping into taking ultimate control of your computer, or you happen to be the one friends go to for computer help, or if you are a dedicated computer technician, it is nice to know a few different ways to install Windows. ISO is the simplest file format to build a bootable disc or USB device.
What’s an ISO?
That’s a fair question. Any file that ends in .iso is generally referred to as an ISO. An ISO file is a sector for sector copy of all the data from a disc. It’s a virtual copy of a CD or DVD, with the same file structure and the same data. Think of it like a perfect photocopy of a photograph. The copy will have all the colours, shadows, and nuances of the original. Perhaps that’s why ISO copies are referred to as ‘images’ of the original.
The acronym ISO comes from the name of the organization responsible for creating industry standards – International Organization for Standardization. Yes, that should be IOS, but they figured ISO was better.
Having an ISO of a disc is also useful for sending a copy of a disc from one computer to another. With it being a perfect duplicate, nothing gets lost in copying or compression. You’ll often see ISO files of programs and operating systems on bit torrent directories or other file sharing sites. Maybe you’d like to make your program install discs into ISO files.
The acronym ISO comes from the name of the organization responsible for creating industry standards – International Organization for Standardization. Yes, that should be IOS, but they figured ISO was better.
Having an ISO of a disc is also useful for sending a copy of a disc from one computer to another. With it being a perfect duplicate, nothing gets lost in copying or compression. You’ll often see ISO files of programs and operating systems on bit torrent directories or other file sharing sites. Maybe you’d like to make your program install discs into ISO files.
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