I downloaded an ISO file of an old game and I want to put it on DVD for my collection. I can't quite figure out how ImgBurn works, especially which mode to choose between 'Write' and 'Verify'. Can anyone give me a hand?
Don't burn the ISO file directly without using the right mode, or you'll end up with an unusable DVD. Open ImgBurn, click on "Write image file to disc" (the one with the DVD), select your ISO, insert a blank DVD and go - the "Verify" at the end just checks that everything was written properly, you can leave it on without any issues.
ImgBurn is pretty straightforward once you know which button to press. When you start it up, you're faced with four options: the one you need is "Write image file to disc", the second button (with the DVD icon). Click there, select your ISO file, pop a blank DVD into your burner, and you're good to go. You don't really have to do anything special: the program already knows it's working with an ISO image and handles it properly.
As for Write and Verify, it's not like you have to pick one or the other. "Write" is what does the actual work - it writes the file to the disc. "Verify" is a check that comes after, to make sure what got written actually matches your original file. In practice: do the Write, and if you want to be sure your DVD is perfect, you can do the Verify after. A lot of people skip the verification for some old game, but if the collection matters to you, it's worth spending those extra minutes.
One more thing: make sure the write speed is set to something reasonable, like 8x or 16x max. Writing at too high a speed on DVDs increases the risk of bad results. Once you hit Write, don't touch the computer until it's done.
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