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How can I create a bootable DVD iso from a USB drive? [duplicate]

David Perry |

There seems to be a lot of questions / answers about doing the reverse, but not as much info for USB -> DVD.

Problem

I created a bootable USB drive using YUMI.

The USB drive is working great, and contains the following:

  • Linux Mint 13
  • Linux Mint Debian
  • Debian 6
  • Ubuntu 12.04.1
  • Fedora 17

A bit of a mix of DVD and Live versions.

I have a spindle of DVD+R DL blank DVD's. I would like to create a bootable .iso from this USB drive so I can burn multiple copies of it to pass around to friends!

I've created an iso using Folder2ISO, but it coastered my DVD because it wasn't bootable. I don't really want to waste a whole spindle!

How would you go about doing such a thing?

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5 Answers

Never tried it in reverse, but let us know if this works:

  1. Download and install ImgBurn.

  2. Follow this guide to enter and set appropriate options for Build Mode.

  3. Follow the steps indicated below to first Create Boot Image from the USB drive, ensure the Make Image Bootable option is checked, set the Emulation Type to Hard Disk and select the previously created Boot Image.

  4. Burn, test and report back!

    ImgBurn - Advanced - Create Bootable Disc

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On newer version of ImgBurn just go to:

  1. Build > Mode
  2. Advanced > Extract Boot Image > Inform path and filename to .iso

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Use "Universal USB Installer 1.9.5.9" Its free and simple to use.. just need an ISO of the version of Ubuntu and a USB drive. This can also make a Windows usb installer. Best program I have found for this.

Check it out.

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I was trying to install Windows 7 from a bootable USB in VirtualBox and encountered the same issue. It turned out I had to create a virtual disk that referenced the USB drive, then assign that virtual disk to the virtual machine. I found the instructions to do this here:

Also, I did note that there's a typo in his command line syntax. There should be a space between "-rawdisk" and "\". But otherwise it worked like a charm!

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It is very easy to read a bootable USB to an ISO: Just use Rufus - it does precisely what you are asking for.

The program is self-explanatory.

Here is a search that has links to reviews and instructions: Rufus search results on Google

Then you can use your favorite ISO burner to get it on a DVD. I use CDburnerXP on all my machines, from Vista to Win8.1

It has only one limitation: It only works with optical disks. That's why you need Rufus to read the stick first.

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