Originally Posted by
Welshjim
All--When you use a "bootable" Win7 OS disk do you go to Install|Repair, and from Repair to Recovery before going to Desktop?
Yes. When the system boots from the DVD, you go to the Install. The desktop is not involved. Consider booting from the DVD with a brand new empty hard drive - no Windows Desktop exists. The bootable DVD presents the installer. Then if you boot the DVD on a system with Windows installed, the installer notices and offers the Install/Repair options.
So a DVD that does this is bootable.
I've never used the Microsoft Download Tool, but I suspect it is just a dedicated utility mainly intended for creating a bootable USB installer, but it also works with DVDs in case someone is unsure how to use the ISO to create a bootable DVD with whatever burning application their system has.
Pleased to have been a Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) 2007/8, 2008/9
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