I am yet to find detailed instructions on how to fully create and prepare that folder if you already physically have the DVDs in hand. Do I just use explorer to physically copy some or all the files from the original Win 7 DVD to that folder? If so, do I need to copy all of them or just certain ones? Or, are all the files I need currently in that folder inside the ISO file and I now need to extract them from the ISO file somehow? There are several youtube videos on how to make bootable copies of DVD's using ImgBurn, but most have different ways of getting that folder prepared to write to a DVD (some fairly complicated) some use third party utilities to mount the ISO, some extract them from somewhere, some download certain files from authorized MS sites, etc. So I now have an ISO of the Windows 7 DVD on my laptop that can be written now to another DVD, but I'm not certain how to finish putting the rest of the files into this pre-prepared source folder (I think a step-by-step guide on this topic, like your others, would really be helpful on the ImgBurn website as well). Here is the log file for successfully doing that: I can successfully create an ISO image from the DVD to a folder on my 8.1 laptop. I haven't been able to find information by searching the forums or anywhere else on the web that tells me specifically how to create the pre-prepared source directory by using the original purchased retail DVDs (although I'm running the 64bit version on my other laptop, I'd like to make a backup copy of both the 32 and 64 bit disks, just for my personal backup-which I know I'm allowed to make one copy of for personal use as per MS licensing). This is where my question comes in How to create that pre-prepared source directory using the Original DVD's. I have also read the guide for creating a bootable copy of Windows listing " the steps in burning a pre-prepared Windows Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8 installation source directory to a disc" (great step-by-step guide, btw). I have read the guide on copying DVDs which I don't think would be relevant to a bootable Windows disk (wouldn't it just write the ISO file over to the new disk without any boot info/files?). I just recently switched to ImgBurn and have used it successfully to create ISO's of other collections of data backups, etc with no problem. In short, I'm using my windows 8.1 laptop to try to make a single backup copy of Windows 7 Home Premium using an official copy I purchased when my HD crashed on my Win 7 laptop and it died.
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