How to Copy a CD Image to a Hard Drive
To copy a CD image to a hard drive, the CD image must first be created by a CD burning tool such as Nero Burning ROM or Roxio Easy Media Creator. A CD image is a compressed file containing a duplicate copy of a CD. CD images may have the file extension of ISO, IMG, NRG or BIN. CD image files are typically large, so make sure plenty of hard drive space is available to copy the image.
- Difficulty:
- Moderately Easy
Instructions
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Place the CD to be imaged in the CD burner.
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Open Nero Burning ROM or a similar CD-burning utility.
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Select "Image Recorder" as the destination drive. In Nero, this is accomplished by clicking on the drop-down box in the top navigation bar and selecting the "Image Recorder" option.
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Drag the CD to be imaged from the right navigation panel and drop into the left navigation panel.
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Select the "Recorder" button from the top navigation bar.
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Select "Burn Compilation" from the context menu. The Image Burning interface will appear.
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Click the "Label" tab and type a new volume name for the CD image, if desired.
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Click the "Burn" button. The "Save Image As..." interface will appear. Provide a name for the CD image file.
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Click the drop-down box and select an image file type. Nero will default to the Nero image file type of NRG, but any supported image file extension may be selected.
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Click the "Save" button. The CD image will save in the designated location.
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Test the CD image by burning the image to a CD and playing the disc in a CD player. If the duplicated CD is identical to the original, the image is a clean one.
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To copy the CD image to another location, right-click on the file and select "Copy." Paste the file to the new location.
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Tips & Warnings
Nero provides free trial versions of its newest media creation application (See Resources).
ISO image files have a 2 GB limit. For CD or DVD image files larger than 2 GB, use the UDF option when creating an image.
