How to Copy a Windows Multimedia CD-ROM With a Mac

To run a Windows multimedia CD-ROM on a Mac, you will need to use special software. But you can copy a Windows CD-ROM using the Disk Utility program included as part of Mac OS X. To make a copy of the CD-ROM, you will have to save an image of the disk on your computer. You can burn that image onto another disk to create a copy of the original CD-ROM.

Things You'll Need

• Blank CD

Instructions

1. Insert the Windows CD-ROM into your Mac computer. In the "Applications" folder, open "Utilities" and double-click on "Disk Utility."

2. Highlight the CD-ROM from the menu on the left-hand side of the window. Click on the "New Image" icon in the toolbar at the top of the window. The name of the disk will appear in the text box. Save the disk image to the Desktop. Change the image format to "DVD/CD master." Press the "Save" button to create the disk image. The disk image will appear in the menu on the left side of the window.

3. Eject the CD-ROM by clicking the "Eject" icon in the toolbar at the top of the window. Insert a blank CD into your computer.

4. Burn the image to the disk by clicking on the disk image in the menu on the left side of the window and pressing the "Burn" icon in the toolbar at the top of the window. The computer will eject the disk automatically when the copy of the CD-ROM is finished.

References

• Ken Stone: How to Make Copies of DVDs