How to Burn a Windows 10 ISO File to a DVD

To install Windows 10 from scratch on a computer (or to repair an existing installation of Windows 10), the most important thing you’ll need is a bootable Windows 10 installation media. This media can be a USB drive or a CD/DVD—as long as it contains all the necessary Windows 10 setup files and is bootable (which means your computer can start up from it), it’ll do the job. These days, most people prefer creating a bootable Windows 10 installation USB drive, but not everyone has an extra USB drive to use for this purpose. Also, once you make a USB drive a bootable Windows installation tool, you can’t use it for anything else until you erase or reformat it.

For this reason, some people would rather create a bootable Windows 10 installation DVD. Dedicating a DVD to installing Windows feels like less of a commitment compared to using a USB drive. To do this, you’ll need to burn a Windows 10 ISO file to the DVD.

Burning a Windows 10 ISO file to a DVD is straightforward and can be done by almost anyone. However, before you start, you’ll need a Windows 10 ISO file. You can easily get one by downloading the Media Creation Tool from here. Just run the tool and use it to create a Windows 10 ISO file, which you’ll use to make your installation media.

Once you have your Windows 10 ISO file, you can burn it to a DVD and turn the DVD into a bootable Windows 10 installation disc. There are two main ways to do this: using Windows’ built-in disc burning utility or by using a third-party program.

1. Burning a Windows 10 ISO to a DVD using Windows’ built-in utility

If you’d like to use the disc burning utility that comes with Windows, just follow these steps:

1. Insert a blank, writable DVD into your computer’s CD/DVD drive.
2. Press the Windows Logo key + E to open File Explorer.
3. In File Explorer, navigate to where you saved the Windows 10 ISO file.
4. Find the Windows 10 ISO file, right-click on it, and select Burn disc image from the menu. This will open the Burn Disc Image utility (on Windows 7) or the Windows Disc Image Burner utility (on Windows 8 or newer versions).
   
5. Open the dropdown menu next to the Disc burner: option and select your CD/DVD drive.
   
6. Click Burn and let Windows handle the rest.
   

When the tool is finished burning the ISO file to your DVD, you’ll have a Windows 10 installation disc that you can use to boot your computer and install or repair Windows 10.

2. Burning a Windows 10 ISO to a DVD using ImgBurn

If you don’t see the Burn disc image option when you right-click the ISO, if Windows’ built-in tool doesn’t work for you, or if you prefer using a different program, you can use ImgBurn instead. Here’s how:

1. Go here and download the ImgBurn installer.
2. Run the installer and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. When prompted, select Custom installation and uncheck the Install Razor Web option to avoid installing unwanted software.
   
3. After installation, open ImgBurn.
4. Click on Write image file to disc.
   
5. Click the Browse button under the Source section, find and select your Windows 10 ISO file.
   
6. Click the Write button. ImgBurn will then start burning the ISO file to the DVD, making it a bootable Windows 10 installation disc. Just wait for ImgBurn to complete the process.

Once finished, you’ll have a DVD that you can use to install or repair Windows 10 on your computer.