Vista - how do i copy the vista disc?

I wish to make a backup copy of my Vista disc but I am unsure how to do
this.

Is it a case of just creating an ISO from it then burning the ISO?

Do I have to do anything to make it bootable or will it do that by itself?

Using Ashampoo Burning Studio 6.

Beck wrote:
> I wish to make a backup copy of my Vista disc but I am unsure how to
> do this.
>
> Is it a case of just creating an ISO from it then burning the ISO?
>
> Do I have to do anything to make it bootable or will it do that by
> itself?
> Using Ashampoo Burning Studio 6.


Just select ' Copy CD/DVD/Blu-ray disk '.
If the source disk was bootable the target disk will be bootable.
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On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 14:10:56 +0000, Beck wrote:

> I wish to make a backup copy of my Vista disc but I am unsure how to do
> this.
>
> Is it a case of just creating an ISO from it then burning the ISO?
>
> Do I have to do anything to make it bootable or will it do that by itself?
>
> Using Ashampoo Burning Studio 6.

k3b has a disc copy function.

"bomb#20" <here@darkstar> wrote in message
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> Beck wrote:
>> I wish to make a backup copy of my Vista disc but I am unsure how to
>> do this.
>>
>> Is it a case of just creating an ISO from it then burning the ISO?
>>
>> Do I have to do anything to make it bootable or will it do that by
>> itself?
>> Using Ashampoo Burning Studio 6.
>
>
> Just select ' Copy CD/DVD/Blu-ray disk '.
> If the source disk was bootable the target disk will be bootable.

Thanks Bomb, I will try that.
Any way of checking the integrity of the disc with a known hash number?

"ray" <ray@zianet.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 14:10:56 +0000, Beck wrote:
>
>> I wish to make a backup copy of my Vista disc but I am unsure how to do
>> this.
>>
>> Is it a case of just creating an ISO from it then burning the ISO?
>>
>> Do I have to do anything to make it bootable or will it do that by
>> itself?
>>
>> Using Ashampoo Burning Studio 6.
>
> k3b has a disc copy function.

Thankyou Ray, if Ashampoo fails, I will try that one.

Beck wrote:
> "bomb#20" <here@darkstar> wrote in message
> news:EM-dnY3_B6YD0WDYRVnyvwA@giganews.com...
>> Beck wrote:
>>> I wish to make a backup copy of my Vista disc but I am unsure how to
>>> do this.
>>>
>>> Is it a case of just creating an ISO from it then burning the ISO?
>>>
>>> Do I have to do anything to make it bootable or will it do that by
>>> itself?
>>> Using Ashampoo Burning Studio 6.
>>
>>
>> Just select ' Copy CD/DVD/Blu-ray disk '.
>> If the source disk was bootable the target disk will be bootable.
>
> Thanks Bomb, I will try that.
> Any way of checking the integrity of the disc with a known hash
> number?

I have never bothered with that sort of thing.
There may be a check-box to tick to verify the burn in Ashampoo.
As well as burning a copy you could store an iso image on your hard disk as an extra backup.
I use UltraIso to back up cd/dvds as iso images.

http://www.ezbsystems.com/ultraiso/

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