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    I have my copy of Windows Server 2012 that I downloaded form my Microsoft Partner account. This program appears as IMG file. I open it in Windows 8 and all files structure is created in a network unit. I copied al files in a DVD.

    I want to install to a computer as a bootable disk but it told my that this is not a bootable disc. How do I create it so I could install Windows Server 2012 when I start computer?

    Friday, February 1, 2013 11:37 AM

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    Hi,

    I found some other thread about that issue and someone just said that ithe IMG file could simply be renamed to ISO:
    http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/de/w7itproinstall/thread/fec3a7dd-650a-4d6f-b930-cdf9ff6cdbcf

    I hope that this will work for you, too.

    With kind regards,

    Konrad

    Monday, February 4, 2013 12:11 PM

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    Hi,

    regarding your problem: I am surprised that you downloaded a IMG file. Normaly you can download the WIndows Server media as ISO files. These ISO files can be burned to a DVD with common software that is available. (Starting with Windows 7 Microsoft even includes software to burn an ISO in windows.)

    Another solution could be the use of the "Windows 7 USB DVD Download Tool" which can be used to get the contents on a DVD or USB stick. (But unfortunately the link seems to no longer work - http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=221699 is a link still used on some pages of microsoft but at least I get a store page afterwards that does not help any further. But search for that tool - it is redistributed a lot and I found a lot of download offers of IT magazines and so.)

    And regarding forum: At the moment it seems that the partner forums as locked so I would ask inside a Technet Forum covering Windows Server Setup and Installation.

    With kind regards,

    Konrad

    Friday, February 1, 2013 12:19 PM
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    Hi,

    I'm using IMG file because I have a subscription in Microsoft Action Pack and this is hte kind of file Microsoft offers. I don't know why. Time ago the used ISO files.

    Any other idea of how to create a bootable disk?

    Monday, February 4, 2013 10:14 AM
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    Hi,

    I found some other thread about that issue and someone just said that ithe IMG file could simply be renamed to ISO:
    http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/de/w7itproinstall/thread/fec3a7dd-650a-4d6f-b930-cdf9ff6cdbcf

    I hope that this will work for you, too.

    With kind regards,

    Konrad

    Monday, February 4, 2013 12:11 PM