making a copy of a cd on windows vista!!!

HugoSP

...so to make a copy image of the HD I assume you create a new folder on the HD and then just copy off the CD.

then just burn the files without the folder you created onto the new CD.

Am I right - or would this method just create problems with bootable disks etc?

Donnie

HugoSP wrote: »

...so to make a copy image of the HD I assume you create a new folder on the HD and then just copy off the CD.

then just burn the files without the folder you created onto the new CD.

Am I right - or would this method just create problems with bootable disks etc?

Huh? Are you just over-complicating this?

You're hurting my brain.

Now you are writing about copying your HDD??

Simple...Program creates an image of the CD on your HDD, program re-imposes image on to another CD from image stored on HDD.

Et Voila!

missile

HugoSP wrote: »

...so to make a copy image of the HD I assume you create a new folder on the HD and then just copy off the CD.

then just burn the files without the folder you created onto the new CD.

Am I right - or would this method just create problems with bootable disks etc?

That is one way of doing it, but you will find it is slow.
>
Insert disc to copy into drive
Click on open folder to view using windows explorer
Click on organise
Create new folder "image"
select all files and copy to new folder
>
Insert blank disc into drive
Click on burn audio CD using windows media player
or Click on burn files to disc windows
>
If you have two CD drives you can copy directly from one to the other.

What discs do you want to copy are they bootable or copy protected?

missile

HugoSP wrote: »

probably be the most stupid question this year!.

PS: There is no such thing as a stupid question, we can't all be experts at everything :beer:

HugoSP

Donnie wrote: »

Huh? Are you just over-complicating this?

You're hurting my brain.

No, I just want to be able to do this manually if I need to in the future.

That freeware ISO program worked wonders btw - It really is that simple to use, but we have a number of PCs and don't necessarily want to be downloading SW for every single task on the one with only 20gb HDD.

missile

You may be interested in this - http://www.comet.co.uk/cometbrowse/product.do?sku=410276

I recently bought this 160GB portable HD from Comet for £59.95, it is very useful for moving data from one PC to another.

Donnie

I'm currently using one with 15GB.
Thing is, these aren't new problems and there are some nice people who write these programs for us.
So why not make use of them? You can always uninstall afterwards.

BTW, I'm glad that you took my comments in the spirit they were meant. :beer: