Need a Free ISO Maker for Win7 Installs (Details Provided)

[Jawshh]

Hi, I work on the Help Desk team at a small company. Lately we've been trying to move our installs of various Windows systems from CD/DVD to USB for portability and durability reasons. However I've run into a problem.

Our Windows .iso files are not bootable. I have the .bif file to make the bootable and have tried several utilities to add this file to the .iso so that I can put it on a USB stick but all the utilities I've found are shady and/or require you to buy them in order to actually create the .iso. Examples are MagicISO, WinISO, etc.

Does anyone know of actual freeware software that can do what I need? Or is there another solution? I haven't been able to find one because our .iso isn't bootable but I'm open to solutions.

Just want to note that nothing shady is going on from my end, we have keys for all our Operating Systems. If there are any business level solutions through Microsoft please let me know.

 

[McHenryB]

The real question is where on earth did you get a Windows installation ISO that isn't bootable. That doesn't sound like genuine Microsoft software to me.

 

[Tom Waller]

powerISO is a good software, I use it often

 

[Snipergod87]

You can burn it with Windows Disk Image Burner which is included with Windows...

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Hi, I work on the Help Desk team at a small company. Lately we've been trying to move our installs of various Windows systems from CD/DVD to USB for portability and durability reasons. However I've run into a problem.

Our Windows .iso files are not bootable. I have the .bif file to make the bootable and have tried several utilities to add this file to the .iso so that I can put it on a USB stick but all the utilities I've found are shady and/or require you to buy them in order to actually create the .iso. Examples are MagicISO, WinISO, etc.

Does anyone know of actual freeware software that can do what I need? Or is there another solution? I haven't been able to find one because our .iso isn't bootable but I'm open to solutions.

Just want to note that nothing shady is going on from my end, we have keys for all our Operating Systems. If there are any business level solutions through Microsoft please let me know.

Good question here , from
McHenryB


The real question is where on earth did you get a Windows installation ISO that isn't bootable. That doesn't sound like genuine Microsoft software to me.

 

[Jawshh]

I'd tell you where the ISO came from if I knew (only been here a month). We have an IT share with various OS ISO files and that's it, I'm told those files were what the old discs we have were burned from. I'm not sure how that's possible since every burner utility I've tried has said it's non-bootable but.....*shrugs*

Windows Disk Image Burner won't work as it's not a bootable ISO. I have to make it bootable which is why I'm asking for a specific piece of software.

PowerISO has the same problems as the other software I mentioned. Can't export the new ISO because it's over 300MB unless I buy their program.

 

[McHenryB]

Download a genuine ISO from Microsoft: https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows7 You can then burn it with any ISO burning program (ImgBurn is excellent for this purpose - but it won't make a non-bootable ISO bootable any more than any other burning software will). You will need to enter one of your valid Product Keys.

 

[Jawshh]

Awesome! I will do that, thank you very much.