DISK BURN vs DISK COPY?

Can someone kindly explain the difference between copying a disk (using disk
copy) and burning a disk image to a second disk. When would you use one in
preference to the other?

Thank you

On Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:58:12 -0400, "its_my_dime"
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>Can someone kindly explain the difference between copying a disk (using disk
>copy) and burning a disk image to a second disk. When would you use one in
>preference to the other?

First: there is a difference between the terms "copy" and "burn",
unless you're talking about copying/burning to optical media. Are you?

Your turn.

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"DDW" <> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:58:12 -0400, "its_my_dime"
> <> wrote:
>
>>Can someone kindly explain the difference between copying a disk (using
>>disk
>>copy) and burning a disk image to a second disk. When would you use one
>>in
>>preference to the other?
>
> First: there is a difference between the terms "copy" and "burn",
> unless you're talking about copying/burning to optical media. Are you?
>
> Your turn.
>
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Just a standard CD-DVD player/burner. And I'm talking about CD's, not
DVD's.

Thank you.

On Sat, 18 Oct 2008 16:24:55 -0400, "its_my_dime"
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>"DDW" <> wrote in message
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>> On Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:58:12 -0400, "its_my_dime"
>> <> wrote:
>>
>>>Can someone kindly explain the difference between copying a disk (using
>>>disk
>>>copy) and burning a disk image to a second disk. When would you use one
>>>in
>>>preference to the other?
>>
>> First: there is a difference between the terms "copy" and "burn",
>> unless you're talking about copying/burning to optical media. Are you?
>>
>> Your turn.
>>
>> DDW
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>Just a standard CD-DVD player/burner. And I'm talking about CD's, not
>DVD's.

"Copying" burns the files to the media in uncompressed form that you
can access with Explorer.

"Burning an image" burns everything into a single compressed file
that would probably require a proprietary browser (related to the
software you use to do the imaging) to access.

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> "DDW" <> wrote in message
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>> On Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:58:12 -0400, "its_my_dime"
>> <> wrote:
>>
>>>Can someone kindly explain the difference between copying a disk (using
>>>disk
>>>copy) and burning a disk image to a second disk. When would you use one
>>>in
>>>preference to the other?
>>
>> First: there is a difference between the terms "copy" and "burn",
>> unless you're talking about copying/burning to optical media. Are you?
>>
>> Your turn.
>>
>> DDW
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>> No email please
>
> Just a standard CD-DVD player/burner. And I'm talking about CD's, not
> DVD's.
>
> Thank you.


CD or DVD makes no difference..

Disk copy from one CD/DVD to another. The entire contents are copied such
that both are identical at the end of the process..

Burning an image to a CD/DVD. Generally, the image file type is 'ISO', and
the process converts the ISO file to a bootable form on the recipient
CD/DVD.




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"its_my_dime" <> wrote in message news:...
> Can someone kindly explain the difference between copying a disk (using disk
> copy) and burning a disk image to a second disk. When would you use one in
> preference to the other?
>
> Thank you
>

"DDW" <> wrote in message
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> "Copying" burns the files to the media in uncompressed form that you
> can access with Explorer.
>
> "Burning an image" burns everything into a single compressed file
> that would probably require a proprietary browser (related to the
> software you use to do the imaging) to access.
>
> DDW
> --

Wrong, Kojak. An image, ahh, never mind. I doubt you'd get it

"DDW" <> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 18 Oct 2008 16:24:55 -0400, "its_my_dime"
> <> wrote:
>
>>
>>"DDW" <> wrote in message
>>news:. ..
>>> On Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:58:12 -0400, "its_my_dime"
>>> <> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Can someone kindly explain the difference between copying a disk (using
>>>>disk
>>>>copy) and burning a disk image to a second disk. When would you use
>>>>one
>>>>in
>>>>preference to the other?
>>>
>>> First: there is a difference between the terms "copy" and "burn",
>>> unless you're talking about copying/burning to optical media. Are you?
>>>
>>> Your turn.
>>>
>>> DDW
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>>> Reply via this group
>>> No email please
>>
>>Just a standard CD-DVD player/burner. And I'm talking about CD's, not
>>DVD's.
>
> "Copying" burns the files to the media in uncompressed form that you
> can access with Explorer.
>
> "Burning an image" burns everything into a single compressed file
> that would probably require a proprietary browser (related to the
> software you use to do the imaging) to access.
>

Crap.

Burning an image is the same as copying the entire disk. It doesn't put
everything into a single compressed file, and it does not have anything to
do with browsers (proprietary or otherwise).



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