How to make an image of a bootable dvd

Question

How can you create an image of a dvd that is bootable? And by that I mean create an image which will let you burn a new dvd which is also bootable.

What application should you use? And what actually makes the dvd bootable?

Answer 1

Daemon Tools and Imageburn has an option to create iso. Or if you have Nero installed, you can copy the disc to NRG image and then convert it to ISO using the light application Any To Iso. This method is easier if you have Nero installed already.

This explains what makes a CD/DVD bootable

Answer 2

The image will carry the ability to be boot-able.
All you need is to get the image out with some tool.
You could then burn the image to a blank DVD.
ImgBurn will let you do these things.

This gets complicated if the source DVD is DRM protected.

Answer 3

ImgBurn should do it. I'm not sure what makes a DVD bootable though - presumably some kind of flag? It's something that's part of the data/image, not something physical on the DVD.

Answer 4

LC ISO Creator is very small, lightweight, free and portable!