Does an ISO archive already contain all boot information ?

[Marcus Mender]

Assume I have an *.ISO file and burn it on a CD/DVD.
Is this burned CD/DVD automatically bootable as well if the
original CD/DVD (from which the *.ISO image is ripped) was bootable?

In other words: Does the *.iso file already contain ALL necesssary boot information ?

Or do I have to tell the burning software in an additional, separate option
"please software add boot information resp. burn it as a bootable CD/DVD" ?

Marcus

 

[Gordon]

Assume I have an *.ISO file and burn it on a CD/DVD.
Is this burned CD/DVD automatically bootable as well if the
original CD/DVD (from which the *.ISO image is ripped) was bootable?

In other words: Does the *.iso file already contain ALL necesssary boot information ?

Or do I have to tell the burning software in an additional, separate option
"please software add boot information resp. burn it as a bootable CD/DVD" ?

Marcus

Depends what the iso is.....

 

[Guest]

Generally, yes. The bootcode is included in the .iso

In most cases there are few options for burning an iso, the settings have
already been determined.

An issue I have found is that some software doesn't seem to handle bootable
..isos properly. Nero seems to be the best, as usual.

 

[Ayush]

Replid to [Marcus Mender]s message :
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Does the *.iso file already contain ALL necesssary
boot information ?

Yes. That is why iso files are distributed instead of separate files in zip.

 

[Rock]

Assume I have an *.ISO file and burn it on a CD/DVD.
Is this burned CD/DVD automatically bootable as well if the
original CD/DVD (from which the *.ISO image is ripped) was bootable?

In other words: Does the *.iso file already contain ALL necesssary boot
information ?

Or do I have to tell the burning software in an additional, separate
option
"please software add boot information resp. burn it as a bootable CD/DVD"
?

An .iso is an image of the CD/DVD. It does depend on how the .iso was
prepared.but in general , yes, if the original was bootable so should a CD
burned from the *.iso.