How to boot from cd rom using setup files not ISO
How to boot from cd rom using setup files not ISO
I am running win 8.1. I would like to create a win 7 guest vm. I created and ISO from win 7 CD but virtual box gave me and error saying it was not bootable. The win 7 cd is and enterprise version that was created for me. Im not familiar with how setup files should be configured. Is there away to boot to configure cd/dvd and boot from cd without use of an ISO ?
-
loukingjr
- Volunteer
- Posts: 8851
- Joined: 30. Apr 2009, 09:45
- Primary OS: Mac OS X other
- VBox Version: VirtualBox+Oracle ExtPack
- Guest OSses: just about all that run
Re: How to boot from cd rom using setup files not ISO
If your Windows 7 CD/DVD is an install disk you can just attach it just as you would an .iso.
if it was created for you as you said you need a retail copy.
if it was created for you as you said you need a retail copy.
OSX, Linux and Windows Hosts & Guests
There are three groups of people. Those that can count and those that can't.
There are three groups of people. Those that can count and those that can't.
-
mpack
- Site Moderator
- Posts: 39134
- Joined: 4. Sep 2008, 17:09
- Primary OS: MS Windows 10
- VBox Version: VirtualBox+Oracle ExtPack
- Guest OSses: Mostly XP
Re: How to boot from cd rom using setup files not ISO
A proper ISO image is identical to the CD, so if you can't boot from the ISO then you can't boot from the CD either.
A common mistake is to create the ISO by copying files off the original CD. That won't work - the copy will not be bootable since a boot sector is not a file you can copy. You need to make an image of the CD. Your CD software should have this as a separate option.
A common mistake is to create the ISO by copying files off the original CD. That won't work - the copy will not be bootable since a boot sector is not a file you can copy. You need to make an image of the CD. Your CD software should have this as a separate option.