Trying to Install W7RC

[audiobliss]

So, I just stumbled across a free PC here at school and am trying to install Windows 7RC 32-bit. It has a Biostar P4M80-M7 motherboard along with a 2.66GHz P4 and 1GB of RAM.

At any rate, I burned the ISO onto a DVD, stuck it in the DVD drive, rebooted, and the computer refuses to boot from the DVD. I checked the BIOS settings, and it's set with the CD-ROM drive as the first boot device. Then after it actually booted back into XP, I went to My Computer to see what I could do with the DVD at that point, and it won't even acknowledge that there's any content on the DVD. It just brings up a blank window.

What in the world should I do at this juncture? I'm at a loss for ideas.

Any advice you could throw my way would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

[audiobliss]

Nevermind. Apparently my friend failed at actually burning the .iso onto the disc, resulting in my trying to install Windows 7 from a blank DVD-R. Just fyi, that won't work.

[BlueFox]

Nevermind. Apparently my friend failed at actually burning the .iso onto the disc, resulting in my trying to install Windows 7 from a blank DVD-R. Just fyi, that won't work.

Typical Windows crap. Any decent OS will install from a blank DVD. ;)

[AsSiMiLaTeD]

Yeah, stupid M$ BS

[polkatese]

Nevermind. Apparently my friend failed at actually burning the .iso onto the disc, resulting in my trying to install Windows 7 from a blank DVD-R. Just fyi, that won't work.

is it up and running now? btw, IMGBURN is the most consistent, always work, free program to use, anytime you need to burn ISO file.

[audiobliss]

Yep, I'm up and running on my new free desktop as well as my laptop. I tried burning the DVD first using IMGBURN, but it errored out, so I got my friend to do it for me after that. However, after he failed at it as well, I gave it another go and it actually worked.