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| Thread ID: 98469 | 2009-03-26 03:24:00 | CD to DVD | GordonBennet (13808) | Press F1 |
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| 759621 | 2009-03-26 03:24:00 | Hi folks I've now got a DVD writer, and I see that the disks are 4 . 7GB (single layer) . I have a lot of CDs (data & music), which take up a fair bit of space, and so I'm wondering if I can transfer them to DVD - I should be able to get at least 6 onto 1 . However, when you load a CD, it often "knows" what to do and gives you a menu to utilize whatever's on it . I guess that poses a problem . Does anyone know of software (preferably free) that allows one to encapsulate several CDs' contents on a DVD and then run any CD (perhaps bringing up a pre-selection menu) from the DVD? Or alternatively, a "virtual CD" on disk so that the entire CD could be restored to disk and accessed from there? |
GordonBennet (13808) | ||
| 759622 | 2009-03-26 03:46:00 | CDs don't "know" anyhting. Thats a Windows popup. You would need to copy the contents of the CDs to your hard drive then burn a DVD from that. If you want to make them bootable thats another story. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 759623 | 2009-03-26 06:53:00 | CDs don't "know" anything. Thats a Windows popup.. Fair enough. I didn't put it very well. What I had in mind was ... for a commercially prepared CD, for instance a PC World giveaway CD or an install disk, sometimes something will start up (browser, menu, etc.). So, somehow windows knows not to give the "what do you want to do" dialog. If I copy the files from a CD into a folder on disk, then copy (say) six folders worth onto a blank DVD, I don't get that first screen to guide me - I have to delve into the folders trying to figure out what I should be looking for in order to access the content. |
GordonBennet (13808) | ||
| 759624 | 2009-03-26 06:59:00 | If you really want, you can use ImgBurn to make iso's of the cds, then use something like MagicIso or DaemonTools to mount all the vtrual isos on your DVD to virtual CD drives. www.imgburn.com forum.daemon-tools.cc Once you create the DVD-you can edit the autorun.inf file to show stuff on autoplay or you can use a peice of software to create a menu. Blam |
Blam (54) | ||
| 759625 | 2009-03-26 08:09:00 | What I had in mind was . . . for a commercially prepared CD, for instance a PC World giveaway CD or an install disk, sometimes something will start up (browser, menu, etc . ) . So, somehow windows knows not to give the "what do you want to do" dialog . Thats all done by the autorun file on the CD- if you have a look for example at the contents of a PCWorld CD that will automatically open a web browser As shown here ( . imagef1 . net . nz/files/Autorun . jpg" target="_blank">www . imagef1 . net . nz) - the autorun contents are telling the HTML file to open - which is basically a web page on the CD . All the links in that first page will be linked to applications, instructions or what ever in the folders . Its easy enough to do, but can be time consuming at the same time . There are applications that allow you to make bootable CD's to do just about anything . An Example - I give out to may customers- who want it, a Bootable CD with a whole heap of security Videos from Microsoft, you put the CD in the drive, and This pops up ( . imagef1 . net . nz/files/CD . jpg" target="_blank">www . imagef1 . net . nz) ( I've blanked out my company Name)- you click on which ever video you want watch and it automatically opens and starts playing . I can also set it to open documents, web sites the lot . All the Videos are free and available from Microsoft, but people would rather have them on an easy to use CD . Edited: What Speedy put below ( different program though) :) |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 759626 | 2009-03-26 08:15:00 | There are programs that will do the menus, add the autorun . inf file to a cd etc . And let you can backgrounds etc I used to use one here . called Autorun Pro, but its not free . Its not too bad, all you do is create a folder put whatever files in it, do the menu etc, and then you can test it to see if the install files work . Before you burn the lot to cd . Which is a good idea |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 759627 | 2009-03-26 08:28:00 | Here's a simple program that can do that: www.softpedia.com All the other ones on the web were either old or not free |
Blam (54) | ||
| 759628 | 2009-03-26 09:32:00 | If you download the one blam6 suggests you will also need Autorun.inf Maker requires the Visual Basic 5 runtime (Msvbvm50.dll). I just tried it to check. Looks like my computer does not have that file currently but you can get it from here:- www.dll-files.com |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 759629 | 2009-03-26 23:04:00 | Thanks to all for the replies . Daemon Tools is a very versatile program . I've found that it allows me to create the . iso files from the CDs, and also load them as virtual CDs . For a long time I've had a CD cataloging tool called 'Offline CD Browser', which is adequate but clunky and is not being updated anymore . I had a search around and found a better one called Visual CD, which I like a lot better . So, now after playing around with it, I've got half a dozen PC World CDs on my hard-drive and catalogued to be searchable, which is exactly what I want . Once I know which CD I want to get something off, I can load it to the virtual drive and get the benefit of the menu/browser interface . I could just burn the . iso files to DVD, but maybe I'll just accumulate them until I get enough for a an external hard-drive (which would be cheaper per GB) I got free burner software with the new laptop (Roxio Creator), which may be adequate for what I want on DVD, but I'll keep a shortcut to this thread in case I need to avail myself of the other utilities mentioned . Thanks again for all the suggestions . |
GordonBennet (13808) | ||
| 759630 | 2009-03-26 23:18:00 | The iso's would have to be big for you to burn to DVD . Since once you burn an ISO to a cd/dvd, it'll finalise it (you wont be able to burn to it again) |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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