Copying a hybrid CD.

[Hypernate]

I need to make a copy of a hybrid Windows/Mac OS CD, but I don't know how. All Mac OS can see is the Mac side, but not the windows. My windows PC doesn't have a burner, so i'm stuck with trying on the iMac. How is it possible?

 

[edX]

toast titanium does it. i don't know if disc burner does or not. i have never had need to use it since i have toast.

 

[RacerX]

I have one burner and two CD-ROMs connected to my Quadra and I just do a blind copy in Toast to make copies as I need them of hybrid CDs.

 

[Hypernate]

Ugh, does that mean I have to BUY Toast Titanium? And also, since I only have the single drive in my iMac, I can't do a blind copy.

 

[lethe]

maybe this will work:

% hdiutil convert /dev/rdisk0 -format UDTO -o ~/Desktop/disk.dmg.cdr

you can then double click the cd-r master to mount it, and then you can use pdisk to view its partition table, and make sure that it has the windows partition. then unmount the volume, and burn the image file.

what do you think?

 

[lethe]

and of course, you replace /dev/rdisk0 with the disk device name of the CD in question.

also you will have to eject the cd in question and insert the blank before burning

 

[cybergoober]

Not that the Terminal is anything to be afraid of. But if you can do it through the GUI, why not?

**Never tried this with a Hybrid disk, but see no reason why it shouldn't work**

You should be able to use Disk Copy:
1) Insert disk you want to copy
2) Open Disk Copy and go to Image-->New Image from Device…
3) Select the CD-ROM (in your case should be disk1, click on the disclosing triangle. You should see something like CD_ROM_Mode_1) and click Image
4) Select Name and Destination. Click on the drop-down menu that says Image Format and select DVD/CD master and click Image
5) When it is done imaging, go to Image-->Burn Image… then select the image you just created
6) When prompted, insert a blank CD then click Burn

This will create an exact copy of the disk.

 

[Hypernate]

I tried to use the disk mount, but it only mounts the Mac half. Ah well At least it isn't all dealing with HFV, HFS+, FAT32, NTFS etc.

ERGH, why on earth must even Windows and Mac OS themselves each have 2 files systems that arne't compatible! (Rhetorical question)

 

[Dekatophil]

You don't need to mount any images. Just do the following:
1)Insert the CD you want to copy
2) Fire up Disk Copy, select new image from device (under "Image")
3) In the dialog choose your CD drive etc.
4) Specify place and name (let it finish creating the image)
5) In Disk Copy, choose "Burn Image". Just choose the image ! Don't mount it.

That should give you a hybrid copy.
Well, basically what cybergoober said.
Just do it exactly that way.

Let me know whether it works.

P.S. Disk Copy resides in your "Utilities folder".

 

[Hypernate]

Originally posted by Dekatophil
You don't need to mount any images. Just do the following:
1)Insert the CD you want to copy
2) Fire up Disk Copy, select new image from device (under "Image")
3) In the dialog choose your CD drive etc.
4) Specify place and name (let it finish creating the image)
5) In Disk Copy, choose "Burn Image". Just choose the image ! Don't mount it.

That should give you a hybrid copy.
Well, basically what cybergoober said.
Just do it exactly that way.

Let me know whether it works.

P.S. Disk Copy resides in your "Utilities folder".

Sorry, I didn't mean disk mount, I meant the disk copy. When I mounted the images after they were made, they were only Mac. I burnt to a CD-RW and my XP box couldn't read the files, as they were mac.

 

[lethe]

check the image before you burn it to disk. it will save you time and a blank CD. i described how to do that in my previous post.

when you make a disk image, desribe what method you used to do it, and then post back the results from pdisk.