Stuck in linux

[CheesyTwister]

So this first started when i installed windows 7 because i like windows 7 more than 10, and i didnt know that it wasnt supported by the i5 7500. So none of the drivers were working. I was very lucky that i had a linux iso on my windows.old desktop, so i installed it and im here now trying to install windows on a cd/dvd. I have used brasero to burn it to it and when i reboot it still isnt working it stays on the motherboard splash screen and then boots to kali after a like 30 seconds

 

[COLGeek]

What version of Windows are you trying to install now? Also, what version of Linux did you use to burn the Windows ISO to DVD (you know you don't just copy it to DVD, right?)?

 

[CheesyTwister]

windows 10 the one on their website the latest version of kali and i used bresero

 

[COLGeek]

You followed the steps here (not just copied the ISO to DVD?)?

https://www.linux.com/news/using-brasero-data-backup-and-iso-burning

If so, did you manually select your DVD device as the boot device (in your BIOS)?

 

[CheesyTwister]

yes

 

[CheesyTwister]

Also at some points it just turns black until i restart it

 

[CheesyTwister]

and yes i set the boot order

 

[COLGeek]

Sounds like the DVD burn did not work properly or that the DVD drive is not working as expected.

Have you tried manually selecting the boot device (not just changing the boot order)?

 

[CheesyTwister]

yes i have

 

[CheesyTwister]

im going to try another software just to see

 

[COLGeek]

Try burning another DVD. Use the slowest possible burn speed.

Do you have a USB drive that you could use instead?

 

[bit_user]

You could boot to linux and use it to check the contents of the DVD to ensure it got burned properly. After Linux boots and you reach the desktop environment, insert the DVD in the drive and select it in the file browser. If not correctly burned, you'll just see the image file.

 

[CheesyTwister]

I dont i do have an external hard drive but it has all of my files that i took off when i installed windows 7 so it will format it right?

 

[COLGeek]

I meant a "thumb drive". Like a 8GB drive, not a typical hard drive.

 

[CheesyTwister]

so i put it in and brasero says there is 13.7mb of free space, is that the space after i burn it or before because it says 4.7 on the dvd

 

[CheesyTwister]

i know u meant usb i dont have it

 

[CheesyTwister]

so i looked it up apparently 4.7 only actually has 4.3 so maybe that is the issue, so im downloading a windows 8.1 iso right now cause its 4gb and maybe that will work and then i can download windows 10 from there.

 

[CheesyTwister]

it didnt work

 

[bit_user]

so i put it in and brasero says there is 13.7mb of free space, is that the space after i burn it or before because it says 4.7 on the dvd

That's not the point, though. What's in the root directory of the DVD? Is it just the image file, or do you actually see multiple files & directories?

 

[bit_user]

so i looked it up apparently 4.7 only actually has 4.3 so maybe that is the issue, so im downloading a windows 8.1 iso right now cause its 4gb and maybe that will work and then i can download windows 10 from there.

DVDs have 4,700,000,000 bytes (4.7 GB), which works out to 4.377 GiB. The difference is that a GiB is 1073741824 bytes.

A lot of people are lazy and just write GB, when they really mean GiB. Plus, I'm not even sure how long ago the GiB abbreviation came into use.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibibyte

 

[CheesyTwister]

so it shows "autorun.inf" "boot" "bootmgr" "bootmgr.efi" "efi" "setup.exe" "sources" "support"

 

[CheesyTwister]

thats the windows 8.1 i burned via brasero

 

[CheesyTwister]

I fixed it, I burned im 8.1 and it then it just went into the setup I'm installing windows 10 now. thank you guys for the help really appreciative.

 

[COLGeek]

You are welcome. Have fun.