Posted by Gunther on 11/14/06 11:27

In article <433507d1$0$16484$9b4e6d93@newsread4.arcor-online.net>,
under@lycos.co.uk says...
> When I rip a bootable CD to an ISO image: does that target ISO image contain
> the boot sector resp. boot functionality as well?
Yes.
>
> In other words: when I burn this ISO image onto another CD is that CD then bootable too?
Yes
>
> Is it dependent from the ripping software if the boot functionality is fetched
> as well during the rip process?
Maybe - but i've never seen it fail to work.
>
> How could I detect if a given ISO image contains boot record?
Burn it and try booting from it. That'd take 10 minutes and one cdr.

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