Creating a Disc Image File

  1. Make sure that you have enough space on your hard disk drive for the disc image file. The file will be as large as the entire contents of the source CD disc.

    To determine the size of the source CD, click on the CD's icon in the Finder, and choose Get Info from the File menu. You must have at least this much free space on a single hard disk drive in your Macintosh. Close the Get Info window when you are finished reviewing the disc information.

  2. If you haven't already done so, start the Dragon Burn application. When you first start Dragon Burn, the Dragon Burn window appears on the screen.

    If the Dragon Burn window is not currently on the screen, choose New Layout from the File menu.

  3. Click the CD Copy icon to open the "Copy a CD" window.

  4. Insert the source CD into your CD-ROM drive. An icon for the source CD appears in the Finder desktop.

  5. Select the CD drive that contains your source CD.

  6. Click the CD Writer tab.

  7. Select the CD Image Writer and click the Choose button. A dialog box appears, prompting you to enter a name for the disc image file, as shown in the following diagram:

  1. Make sure that the Macintosh disk and folder that is selected has room for the disc image file. If necessary, use the pop-up menu to choose the hard disk drive that you checked in step #1.

  2. Enter a name for the disc image file, and then click on the Save button to continue.

    You are returned to the CD Writer pane of the Copy a CD window.

  3. Select the Option tab if you wish to modify your recording options.

  4. Click the Write CD button.

  5. Click the Write Disc button.

At this point, the data from the CD you chose in step #4 is written to the disc image file. When the process is complete, the Write pane of the Copy a CD window remains on the screen. You are now ready to use the CD image file to create CDs, as described in the following section.