![]() ![]() The term “burning an ISO” is an old legacy of the time when information was “burned” (literally) on CDs or DVDs. ![]() Since these ISO images emulate perfectly an optical disk, most operating systems out there are offered through their developer’s website in ISO files, it’s your job then to “burn” these ISO files to a USB stick or memory card and install the operating system from there. In short, ISO images allow you to turn any optimal media into a digital file (something extremely helpful in today’s world where optical media drives are almost nowhere to be found). The format is named after the standard which specifies it, the ISO 9660 standard. An ISO image (also called an ISO file) is a file format standard which allows you to store all the information found in an optical disk, like a CD or a DVD, in a digital file. If you don't have the Internet, a network hook-up or Bluetooth you're out of luck transferring files or making an emergency recovery disc unless you have a flash drive.Nowadays if you want to install an operating system, be it Linux or Windows, most of the time you’ll go to the manufacturer’s website in order to get an ISO image. I would hope that Roxio would include the ability to burn an ISO to a flash drive the next time they upgrade the program, since this is a function that just about everybody and their dog needs these days, especially since many new computers are coming sans DVD drives now. Ironically Microsoft took the ability to copy discs out of Windows 10 (for some unfathomable reason) and that's why I had to give-in and buy the Easy CD & DVD Burning program. Does the higher-end Roxio program do this? I've used just about every EZ Creator program from the first version-on but I wound it up at Creator 2012 because Windows 7 could do just about every routine chore I needed. I am surprised though that the Roxio program didn't include the ability to burn an ISO to a flash drive in this day & age I figured it would burn just about anything to anything, especially since it is able to create ISOs. I did just that and it worked like a charm that's a handy little app and the price was certainly right. ![]()
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