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Old September 17th 12, 06:42 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Paul
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Default Boot windows 8 from dvd

Fabrizio wrote:
Hi, I ask a question to you. How is possible instal from dvd windows 8 ?
I select dvd boot from bios, but an error ocours. Where is the problem ?
I want format hard disc C before to instal windows 8 on it.

Thanks Fabrizio


If you downloaded the ISO9660 file, and converted it to a bootable DVD,
the Windows 8 contents should be similar to the following list. These
are the contents you'd see, if viewing the DVD on another computer.

boot --- folder
efi --- folder
sources --- folder
support --- folder
autorun.inf
bootmgr
bootmgr.efi
setup.exe

If instead, you insert the DVD into another computer, and
all it lists is this:

Windows8-ReleasePreview-64bit-English.iso

then all you've done, is "dragged and dropped" the file
onto the DVD. That will not create a bootable DVD, and
will also not properly set up the files.

You need an application like Nero or Imgburn, to convert
the ISO9660 into a bootable DVD.

Paul
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