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32 and 64 bit versions of Manjaro are available for download as ISO files. An ISO file is itself a literal copy of a disc image, although not in the same sense as a copy and paste duplicatation. Rather it is a copy of the raw machine code that makes up the files and folders of that disc. This is why just copying an ISO file to a disc (or USB flashdrive) to begin installing it won't work; you'll need to use a ''disc burning application'' to translate that raw data into the files and folders. Instructions to do so for both Linux and Windows operating systems are provided below.


32 and 64 bit versions of Manjaro are available for download as ISO files. An ISO file is itself a literal copy of a disc image, although not in the same sense as a copy and paste duplicatation. Rather it is a copy of the raw machine code that makes up the files and folders of that disc. This is why just copying an ISO file to a disc (or USB flashdrive) to begin installing it won't work; you'll need to use a ''disc burning application'' to translate that raw data into the files and folders. Instructions to do so for both Linux and Windows operating systems are provided below.


{{note|There is an exception to this rule. If you intend on installing Manjaro in a virtual machine environment using [https://www.virtualbox.org/ Oracle's Virtualbox], then there will be no need to burn the image as Virtualbox will be able to read from the ISO file directly as a ''virtual disc''.}}
{{note|There is an exception to this rule. If you intend on installing Manjaro in a virtual machine environment using [https://www.virtualbox.org/ Oracle's Virtualbox], then there will be no need to burn the image as Virtualbox will be able to read from the ISO file directly as a ''virtual disc''.}}