If I copy a bootable cd will the copy also be bootable?

[Hanpan]

I will probably use nero but can use anyting to achieve this.

Basically I want to know if I copy a bootable cd will the copy be bootable or do I have to make it bootable.

Thanks. 😉

 

[Trashman]

I have no problems copin bootable cd's, using clonecd.

 

[Hanpan]

how about nero.

I can make the cd bootable again if need be but experience has shown that if you make a cd that is already bootable bootable again it will no longer be bootable.

btw this is a copy of a copy...

 

[Challenger]

As long as it's not copy protected it should work but I would use Clone if you have it.😉

 

[Jen]

i have always used clone to copy a bootable cd



Jen

 

[Trashman]

sorry never used nero....

 

[Hanpan]

No this is not copy protected. In fact I made the first bootable cd myself but would prefer to save myself some time.

Has anyone done this without clone cd?

 

[saltedeggman]

I am sure you have no problem doing that

 

[UberNeuman]

Copy the CD as a image to your hard drive, then copy the image to a blank cd - it may take a little more time 4-5 minutes more - but if it's not copy protected, you should be good to go...

In Nero, just use CD copy....

 

[Blur]

I burned a backup of our original bootable win 2000 cd at the office. I used Nero and yes it was bootable, i've used it several time to install the os on our systems. Hope this helps.

 

[Hanpan]

Thanks i'll give it a shot. If not I will just have to use clone cd.

Thanks for the help. 🙂

 

[ucdnam]

It'll work if you copy it as an image either through a direct cd copy or copying first to your hard drive as an image and then burning that. The former is called "on-the-fly" and the later, I don't know what that's called 🙂

 

[Dre]

I've made a copy of WinXP using Nero and the copy is still bootable.