When working with a computer, sometimes abnormal situations arise. To solve them, it may be necessary to boot from a separate CD or DVD. It is desirable to have a boot disk at hand for every user. However, physical media deteriorates over time and can become unreadable. Plus, they're pretty fragile. Therefore, it is necessary to take care of saving the information in the form of an image of the existing boot disk. The creation of a bootable image is performed by a full copy of the physical disk. This allows, in case of damage, to quickly write the boot image to a new empty disk. The boot image can be created using the Nero application.
Necessary
Application for working with Nero discs
Instructions
Step 1
Start the Nero Burning ROM disc utility. In the main menu of the program, select the items "Extras" - "Save Tracks …". This operation completely copies all information from the disc, as well as boot tracks. This creates a boot image on the hard disk with the extension *.iso or *.png.
Step 2
Insert the saved bootable disk into the floppy drive of your drive. In the Save Tracks window, select all the tracks on the disc to copy. To do this, click on the "Select all" button in the window or select the necessary tracks in the list with the mouse.
Step 3
Select the image format from the drop-down list. And also specify in the "Path" field using the "Browse …" button the name and path where the program should save the created boot image. Set additional parameters for reading and copying the disk, if desired.
Step 4
Start creating a bootable image. To do this, click the "Go" button in the save window. A progress window will appear showing the copying process. Upon completion of the operation, the program will display a corresponding message. The boot image has been created on your hard disk.
