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If you see message Source and destination file names are the same when you try to burn the files to disc on Windows, see this post.

When files on a hard drive were originating from a MAC device and then moved to a Windows machine, the notice “Can’t read from source file or disk” appears.

Since it is mentioned that the source file may be corrupted, we suggest you re-download the source or setup file again, preferably to a different location, and then try to carry out the operation.