Ok, even though there are many other texts that tell you how to burn iso's, I figured I'd put one here on Undernet's #Isociety web page for convenience. First step is to decompress the iso, which is usually in rar form, after you do that, you'll have one of two forms iso's are in usually a .bin/.cue form or a .iso form

I want to burn a .bin/.cue form of iso

I want to burn a .iso form of iso

To burn a .bin/.cue iso: This is by far the most common type of iso. The first step is to load the .cue file into a text editor like WordPad or notepad. you then edit the first line to the correct path to the .bin file and the name of the .bin file. It should read like this: "FILE <PATH><FILENAME.BIN> BINARY" without the quotes and where <path> is the drive and directory the file is located (i.e.: C:\file here\) and <filename.bin> is the name of the .bin file with the .bin extension. The word FILE tell it the next thing is the filename, and the word BINARY tells it the file is binary in nature. So if your .bin is in C:\games\ and it's named File.bin the line should read "FILE C:\games\file.bin BINARY" without the quotes simple huh? ok now you have to decide what program to burn it with:

CDRWIN 3.5F: CDRWIN is excellent for scsi drives, and usually most IDE drives as well if supported, it's also the program to use if you wish to overburn(overburing is used to fir more then the normal 74 minutes onto a 74min cd.). Ok start cdrwin, select the top left most box, and you'll notice at the top should be your burner listed (if not click device and select it. if it's not there it may not be supported by cdrwin.) notice it also says "please click on load cuesheet or load tracks" so that's what we do, click on the button load cuesheet. up will pop a menu that will allow you to go to your .cue sheet and select it, and then click open. now all you do is simply click the start recording button and it'll do the rest. It's that easy.

Note: to see if your drive is supported by CDRWIN click on help after starting it, and choose "devices supported" and if your burner is located there, then it's supported.

Fireburner.85B (sorry its what I happen to have when writing this.): Fireburner is usually what your going to want to use if you have a IDE drive and CDRWIN doesn't work right. Open Fireburner, select the big eyeball (visual cue.) and then at the top select add to cd layout and then load bin/cue. you'll be taken to a popup that allows you to find your .cue file, select it and click open, now it will load the .cue, and at the top select action, burn and it will start to burn the cd....like before, hopefully it will burn and give you the message "burn successful." it's that easy

I want to burn a .iso file

Ok so you got a iso that is actually .iso (it happens, no need to be to ashamed, it's ok...we'll get you through this.) you should use a program called Adaptec Easy Cd creator or Easy cd creator Pro. All you do is load it, ignore all the wizard stuff (that's for lamo's who don't know how to really use the prog.) select at the top, FILE, then select create cd from disc image, find and select your .iso file, click open, select t the top FILE again, click on create cd, and it'll do the rest, hopefully at least.

That's all there is to burning cd's. To overburn, you use CDRWIN and perform the normal steps for burning a .bin/.cue (first make sure your burner supports overburning, if it still doesn't work, you may need to use a 80 minute cd, or higher quality 74 minute cd's.) in any case you burn just the same as you would a normal .bin/.cue, enjoy and if you have any questions, go ahead and stop by Undernet #Isociety and ask a channel op or just in channel, someone is always willing to help.

Sage