What to Do When Your Window 10 ISO Is Larger Than Your DVD
By Timothy Tibbetts |
Windows 10 has become larger than the standard DVD size, so how are you supposed to burn Windows 10 to a DVD for installation?
We'll first look at the two best options to get Windows 10 burned, then discuss one limitation using thumb drives.
1: Use a Dual Layer or Double-Sided DVD
One option would be to purchase either a Dual Layer or Double-Sided DVD. They cost about a buck apiece. The DVD's work just like their names. One has dual layers, and the other is double-sided. To burn a Windows 10 ISO, it does not matter which you get.
Regarding the next step, if you don't have or want thumb drive, you can't beat the price of a Dual Layer or Double-Sided DVD. You can find them at Staples, Office Depot, or most office outlets. You could order them online at NewEgg, Amazon, or your favorite online retailer also.
1: Use a Thumb Drive
Another option and one we prefer is to use a thumb drive. Most of us have one laying around and a 6-8GB thumb drive by today's standards would be considered small, but perfect for your needs.
Thumb drives are great for backing up files, folders, and app, or even running portable apps.
We've dealt with a problem when booting from a thumb drive where the drive appears to read (flash) for a few seconds, then nothing.
This is almost always because many thumb drives are using the FAT 32 file system. If you're unfamiliar, don't worry, we'll fix the problem without wasting your time explaining file systems.
Insert your thumb drive and open File Explorer. Locate, and right-click on your thumb drive (it usually will say USB drive or similar and on most computers will be listed after your C and D drives, often being an F drive).
Under File system click the dropdown box and change the file system to NTFS.
Volume label will be the name of the drive as you might have already noticed. You can change the name or leave this setting alone.
Quick Format should be checked, and often is by default.
Click Start.
Note that formatting is fast, but copying to your thumb drive could take a half-hour, or more.
Now, copy Windows 10 to your thumb drive, and Windows 10 should begin installing.
If you still can't get your thumb drive to read, we discovered another possible solution accidentally. We were prepping to clone our drive and had to disconnect the DVD drive to do so. Well, guess what? With the DVD unplugged, the thumb drive booted and Windows installed. So, unplugging the DVD might be worth a try.
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We'll first look at the two best options to get Windows 10 burned, then discuss one limitation using thumb drives.
1: Use a Dual Layer or Double-Sided DVD
One option would be to purchase either a Dual Layer or Double-Sided DVD. They cost about a buck apiece. The DVD's work just like their names. One has dual layers, and the other is double-sided. To burn a Windows 10 ISO, it does not matter which you get.
Regarding the next step, if you don't have or want thumb drive, you can't beat the price of a Dual Layer or Double-Sided DVD. You can find them at Staples, Office Depot, or most office outlets. You could order them online at NewEgg, Amazon, or your favorite online retailer also.
1: Use a Thumb Drive
Another option and one we prefer is to use a thumb drive. Most of us have one laying around and a 6-8GB thumb drive by today's standards would be considered small, but perfect for your needs.
Thumb drives are great for backing up files, folders, and app, or even running portable apps.
We've dealt with a problem when booting from a thumb drive where the drive appears to read (flash) for a few seconds, then nothing.
This is almost always because many thumb drives are using the FAT 32 file system. If you're unfamiliar, don't worry, we'll fix the problem without wasting your time explaining file systems.
Insert your thumb drive and open File Explorer. Locate, and right-click on your thumb drive (it usually will say USB drive or similar and on most computers will be listed after your C and D drives, often being an F drive).
Under File system click the dropdown box and change the file system to NTFS.
Volume label will be the name of the drive as you might have already noticed. You can change the name or leave this setting alone.
Quick Format should be checked, and often is by default.
Click Start.
Note that formatting is fast, but copying to your thumb drive could take a half-hour, or more.
Now, copy Windows 10 to your thumb drive, and Windows 10 should begin installing.
If you still can't get your thumb drive to read, we discovered another possible solution accidentally. We were prepping to clone our drive and had to disconnect the DVD drive to do so. Well, guess what? With the DVD unplugged, the thumb drive booted and Windows installed. So, unplugging the DVD might be worth a try.
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