To a person that is familiar with computers, they definitely know what is an ISO file and how do we burn it to a disc. An ISO image is an archive file of a disc. Just think it as a ZIP file for a CD where all the contents in a disc is being packed into one file BUT without compression. When you backup a disc, it is normally being backed up as an ISO image file. This is a standard that has been defined by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

Manually copying all files from a disc to your hard drive and zipping it up to a single file has slight difference compared to backing up as ISO. Other than backing up the data of the files on a disc, an ISO image also backs up all the file system metadata, including boot code, structures, and attributes. Burning ISO images to a disc is another problem to some people because it is not the same as the usual steps like when you burn data. Instead of dragging the ISO file to burn to a disc, you should open it with your burning software and then burn.

If you had to deal with people who doesn’t know how to burn an ISO image file, here is an idea to make things easier for them instead of guiding them over the phone.

You can make a self burning package for an ISO file. Meaning the user can just run a single executable file and it will automatically launch a portable burning software to burn the ISO file by clicking the burn button. Burning an ISO image to a disc can’t get any easier than this. CD SelfBurner is a free tool made by Damian666 which is able to let users create a self-extracting and self burning ISO file.
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First, run CD SelfBurner, then browse for the ISO or CUE file. Then select where you want to save the resulting single executable self burning file. Click the Create button, wait for a while and you will have your self burning package in no time.

You will get a prompt to extract and burn to CD/DVD when you run the executable self burning package file. Click Yes and it will automatically start burning with ImgBurn IF you have inserted a blank disc to your drive.
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