Select the start order “DVD” or “USB Flash Device”, confirm the selection and restart your computer. This is usually done by clicking the F2, F8, F12 or ESC key.

The possibility to get into this only appears briefly during the start-up process. Now it is important that you get into the so-called BIOS. Insert the DVD or insert the USB stick into a free USB slot (we recommend the USB slots on the back of the device, as these often have a faster port) and restart the device. Here you set which device (DVD, hard drive, USB stick) should be booted first. The correct setting is determined via the so-called “boot order” in the BIOS. Regardless of whether you want to start from a DVD or a bootable USB stick, you must first tell the computer that it should boot from your medium, otherwise it will simply boot the system that is already installed. If the window does not open automatically, please open the Explorer and double-click “setup” manually. (If you are still working with Windows XP or Vista, please scroll to “Method 2”).ġ) When the download is complete, locate the downloaded file in Explorer and right click to select “Burn Disk Image”. Starting with version Windows 7, it is very easy to burn a bootable DVD using the company’s own tools. Burn a bootable Windows operating system DVD (Method 1) There are several methods of burning a bootable DVD to Windows, we will first show you the simplest function that can be used directly from the system. There are two programs that we recommend, Windows USB / DVD Download Tool and Rufus, see also methods 3 and 4.

b) Prepare a USB stick specifically so that it becomes bootable and the operating system can be started with it, if the computer e.g.Windows XP and Windows Vista users must use Method 2 in any case. There are two methods here that we recommend. It is important that the ISO file is not simply burned to the DVD, but that it is made bootable by a special burning process. a) Burn the installation files to a DVD.Here you can choose between DVD or USB stick installation

Preparation Step 2: Prepare a bootable operating system DVD or USB stick for devices without a DVD reader

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