Re: Images versus disk Clones
- From: "Lil' Dave" <spamyourself@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 23:26:54 -0500
Apples and oranges you mix in your runon.
The way a CD boots, and a hard disk partition boots are completely
different.
An ISO image of a bootable CD does contain the boot portion of that CD.
A CD or DVD media is a D I S C, not a D I S K.
If used in the proper selection within the appropriate CD burning software,
like Nero, one can make an identical CD that the iso image was created from.
If the software is very old or very limited, it probably has no contengency
for making such.
You can start by providing specifics such as the make and version of the Cd
burning software you are using.
Dave
"Curt Christianson" <curtchristnsn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OLXi6I1uHHA.4412@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thank you all for taking the time to read my question, although after all
the time I've spent in this and other NG's I feel I should know the
answer.
I understand *some* of the basis differences between a disk image, and a
disk clone. Apparantly a clone may be bootable, an ready to run provided
in
it installed in the proper BIOs channel along with it's coresponding
settings.
My understanding of any ISO image,it is not bootable and it is also a
bit-for-bit reproduction,--albeith in only ONE file?? Apparantly raw ISO
image is *not* bootiful. I don't understand this is that I thought an
image
is a bit-by-bit exact copoy of the original.
I realize we don't usually use AUTOEXEC.BAT and more, or even ConFig.sys,
but there still must be bootable files on an ISO image, that left by
themselves just can boot. I know I'm missing something in the boot or
file
structure anywhere, and would be so appreciative if one could explain it
to
me, or know of a good site that, in this case, assumes I know
nothing.(That's getting closer all the time ;-(
Why for example can't i make a duplicate XP install disk as a back-up,
using
the native "copy" command, and get it to boot?? AArrrrrgggggghhhhh!
My
quess this all has to do with different file structures between medium.
Some kind of boot files do not allowed themselves to be copied in this
matter, and I want to know why.
If I take a simple DOS 6.22 disc, do a copy *.* to a destination drive,
(CD)
it works flawlessly. Xp sure doesn't/won't do this As i've said, I'm
open
to all ideas, lectures, or re-directs to other web-sites.
I' asking all this now becuse I've never been with the abiilty to back up,
and had a CD-rom burner before. It's high time **I**finally started
usuing
backups. Yes Rock and others...you finally got through to me)!
Thank you for all you time and effort this rather lenght post, (nobody)
has
every accussed my of not enough detail <VBG>
--
HTH,
Curt
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