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How to burn a Tails ISO to a DVD
Tails is a privacy-focused live OS. cdBurner burns its ISO to a DVD as a bootable disc so you can run it on almost any PC.
Step by step
Connect the burn agent
Open onlinecdburner.com and make sure the burn agent is connected (install it once if needed).
Insert a blank disc big enough for the image
Match the disc to the image size — a CD for small images, a DVD for up to 4.7 GB, a Blu-ray for more.
Choose “ISO image”
Select your Tails .iso.
Burn the image
cdBurner writes it sector-for-sector so the disc is bootable/readable exactly as intended. Keep Finalize on.
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