copying restore disks

[Tbag]

I have 3 restore disks on that i use a lot and noticed some scratches on them.

Is it possible to copy those type of disks? if so would i need to copy them in a certain way in nero eg. write speed

any help would be appreciated

[edsmith77]

Nope. Nero Disc Copy works just fine.

[Tbag]

what about write speed?

would i have to have it on 1x/2x or can it be like 16x

[psx_pirate]

burn at the speed the disks are rated (or as fast as your burner will allow) .... i can't see any advantage in burning slower

[edsmith77]

vijaygunners,
let me clarify my first comment. Nope means you will not have any problems making copies of your restore disks.
That is unless you do not have disc copy software. There are a number of solutions available to you. I am not familiar with "write speed." However, if you have just about any version of Nero Suite type software even the trial versions you can use DiscCopy. Roxio has a version of disc copy out. When you purchased your burner it almost always comes bundled with some type of burning software package. In there is most likely a disc copy package. Check your manuals.

Burning speed for CDs is pretty much the max that the CD media will support. Most burners today will burn in the 40x+ range. So for a CD the copy part should take about <5 minutes and certainly less than 5 minutes for the burn part. Thus from start to stop < 10 minutes.

Ed

[Bjs]

No .. burn the disc's as slow as possible will give better fixation of the data to medium used (slowest speed for chosen medium) ... you'll find this will provide a very stable backup set .

"Burn as fast as your media allow's" ... yes ... if you dont give a rats butt if they work today , tomorrow ... or when you absolutelty need them because your originals are damaged / missing ...

Take it from someone with experience in this matter of creating backup set's of backups / os cds ...

[wtsinnc]

If you are referring to operating system and/or system utillity (eg: drivers) discs, yes, you can create backups. Make sure you use quality blank media (700 mb discs are perfect unless you plan to slipstream additional files) and burn at the slowest speed your cd burning program will allow. Remember, you are attempting to duplicate very complicated file sets and as was mentioned in an earlier post, you may be totally dependent on the backups some day, so take the extra time to do it right. I have used Nero and Alcohol 120% for os & utillities backups with total success and appreciate the fact that both burning programs provide for verifying the results as accurate. Following the copy process, further assure that the burn was successful by testing to see if your computer will boot from the cd. I keep a spare hard drive to test my backup discs and to play around with different installation routines. Once completed, the newly installed os is real-world tested, allowing for final confirmation of a successful duplication. Another benefit of this process is that I can now use the test hard drive to try new software without corrupting any of the permanant installations on my primary drives. I have three backups each for Windows XP Professional, XP Media Center, and XP Home as well as Linux Ubuntu and Sussie, and all of the backup discs were created with slow data transfer speeds and using Verbatim or Ridata 700 mb CDs. Good luck with your project.

[Tbag]

thanks with the input guys i shall make my copys now