Copying Bootable CD Disk to DVD Disk

I am trying to copy a bootable CD installation disk (Symantec/Norton Ghost
9.0) to a blank DVD/RW disk in such a way that the DVD/RW disk will (1) have
same bootable characteristics as the CD installation disk (same DOS programs,
etc) and will (2) allow the user to add additional data to the DVD/RW disk
(multisession capable)

I don't have any trouble copying CD to CD or DVD to DVD using Nero, Roxio
Creator, Sonic or Drag N Drop, etc. using their disk to disk copying
applications - however, none of these applications as far as I can tell
allows you make an exact copy of a CD to a DVD

Although I can copy each file from the CD to the DVD - I am losing the so
called boot portion of the CD and as a result, the DVD fails to boot up into
its DOS environment - the DVD copy will allow you to install the program and
everything else - only the self booting capability into DOS is missing from
the DVD copy

Apparently, a bootable CD or DVD disk has two drives/partitions/sectors ??
Does Windows and these other Windows based writing programs only see or show
the non bootable drive of the disk??

How do I copy the missing boot files on the CD disk so that I can get the
DVD disk to boot and perform the same as the CD disk??

Thank you in advance for your help!!
.

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