Re: Copying Bootable CD Disk to DVD Disk

>From the replys posted so far, I think we are losing sight of what the
objective or soultion should probably be !!

In my opinion, the objective is to completely and accurately clone a CD disk
unto a DVD disk. If you are able to clone the CD completely and accurately
unto a DVD similar to the copy disk to disk copy applications of the major
writing software vendors (Nero, Roxio, Sonic, etc) you will solve the boot
problem

Whether or not the source disk is simple or complicated, bootable or non
bootable -
should not be a factor - if the source disk is completely and accurately
copied from start to finish you will end up with the same disk as the source
and it will function the same

I personally have yet to experience any problems whatsoever when using their
CD to CD or DVD to DVD disk to disk copying applications regardless of how
simple or complicated, bootable or non bootable the source disk may have been

The solution to fixing the boot problem is not to try and figure out how to
make a bootable DVD and the associated programs related to the boot
environment but rather simply how can you copy a CD completely from start to
finish and burn it to a DVD

Trying to figure out the proper booting files, drivers and the programs that
run from the boot environment would be a nightmare - probably only the
original software programmers would know the exact files, etc

I really think the solution to this problem is strictly a copy problem and
has nothing to do with how simple or complicated the source disk might be,
bootable or nonbootable, etc, etc

The problem is: (1) how can you copy a CD completely from start to finish
and burn it to a DVD or in the alternative (2) how can you find and copy all
the associated boot files and related applications on the source CD disk and
then burn them to a DVD

Finally, it seems puzzling to me that none of the major software writing
vendors to my knowledge has devised a program to copy a CD to a DVD - maybe
it simply can't be done ?? Something to do with the different media disks ??

Thanks in advance for any replys
.

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