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Making a copy of a System Recovery DVD


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Can I use IMGBURN to make a copy of the Recovery DVD for my computer's operating system? I know I can create an ISO image of it, but I'm not sure if this is the correct way to go about it. Any help would be appreciated.

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Well, I seem to be having a problem with this. I created an ISO image of the Recovery disc and it is saved on my hard drive. When I attempt to write the image to a disc, IMGBURN won't allow me to select the iso image, but instead says I have selected the wrong file and need to select the MDS file. It won't let me add the ISO image. Please help.

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Do you have a .mds file of that ISO file?

 

How did you create the ISO image? By the 'Read' mode in ImgBurn?

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Yes, I used the Read mode. I selected the option "Create Image File From Disc"

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Did the read mode create two files?

 

filename.iso

filename.mds

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Yes. An mds and iso file were created.

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Then can't you select the .mds file when you want to burn the disc?

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The mds file is only 11 KB in size, while the iso file is 5 GB. Isn't the iso the correct one to be backing up?

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The .mds file contains the information about what .iso file to back up/write to the disc.

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I'll give it a shot. Thanks for your quick responses.

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