[edge10]

Dell 5558 Inspiron Laptop win 8.1 1 TB HDD, 16 GB ram.

I am going to do a clean install of win 10 on a new 500 GB SSD and use the old HDD as a backup. I am preping the last few things. Is there a way to tell if the iso image I burned with Cyberlink is bootable ? There was no Bootable Disk option on this older version of this software. Below are the directories with Cyberlinks iso viewer.

 

[MPR]

Use the Windows Media Creation Tool to create a bootable Windows Install USB drive.

Choose "Create Windows 10 installation media." Follow the directions.

Download Windows 10

 

[spunk.funk]

the best way to see if the flash drive is bootable, it to try and boot off of it.
Put the drive in and restart the computer and press F12. If the Flash Drive is one of the options to boot off of, select it using your Arrow and Enter keys and see if it boots into the Windows Installer, if not, you need to follow the instructions in Post #2 and reburn the ISO and try it again.

 

[edge10]

I did use the media creation tool. Cyberlink is the oem program on the pc that burns the dvd, but did not have a bootable option. I was wondering if it was an issue or not . I'll probably will install the file to a usb per instruction in post #2 as a back up in case the dvd does not work.

 

[MPR]

Cyberlink is the oem program on the pc that burns the dvd, but did not have a bootable option.

Your notebook has USB ports, use them with a bootable flash drive of Win 10. You don't need a DVD -- DVD software distribution stopped ten years ago. If the application that you used to burn the Windows DVD had a "create bootable disk" option and you used it then the DVD is probably bootable. If you didn't explicitly create a bootable DVD and this wasn't the default option then it won't be. If you want to test this then set the boot priority DVD first in your BIOS and try to boot from it.

 

[Stancestans]

The Media Creation Tool produces a bootable iso. The resultant DVD disc burnt using that iso is also bootable. The filesystem structure of the iso is replicated on the DVD, including its bootable property. All you have to do is boot from the DVD, assuming you have a functional DVD drive.

 

[SoCalBryan]

You also may need to set the boot order in the bios So the BIOS looks at the CD/DVD drive before the harddrive or SSD.

 

[djbillyd]

I did use the media creation tool. Cyberlink is the oem program on the pc that burns the dvd, but did not have a bootable option. I was wondering if it was an issue or not . I'll probably will install the file to a usb per instruction in post #2 as a back up in case the dvd does not work.

The MCT has the DVD Burn option. Just select it.