#1 OK that sounds good (Not sure about update 3, but the rest is ok) #2 WinRAR is a multi format utility. It recognizes and unpacks MANY, MANY different formats .iso just being one of them so that is right too. #3 You need to burn the iso to the disk, not on the disk. Meaning you select and let nlite burn it or use a burner like imageburn. As for the blue screen, what type of PC\Motherboard is it? If it has SATA drives you are missing a key step. If not then you are just plain old burning the cd wrong. (Common mistake, don't sweat it.)