Backing up Final Cut Studio discs

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Backing up Final Cut Studio discs

Hi:

I traditionally back up all original software discs--just in case. When I try to back up my Final Cut Studio Disks, however, something weird happens. It'll take 45 minutes to copy them to my hard drive for burning. But when I burn the disk, it's only a 1.7 MB .rtf file. Is back-up prohibited?

Thanks!

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.3)

Posted on Oct 29, 2010 4:52 PM

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Answer 1

Oct 29, 2010 6:19 PM in response to phoenixisstrategic

Yes I believe there is some type of encoding to prevent exact duplication

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Answer 2

Oct 29, 2010 6:34 PM in response to phoenixisstrategic

Thanks!
I'll just pray that nothing happens to my originals.
🙂

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Answer 3

Oct 29, 2010 8:30 PM in response to phoenixisstrategic

I have successfully created disc images of each FCS install disc and saved them to a thumb drive. No problems.

What was your step-by-step procedure?

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Answer 4

Nick Holmes

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Oct 30, 2010 12:00 PM in response to phoenixisstrategic

Insert one of the discs into your computer.
Launch Disk Utility -it's in the Applications/Utilities folder.
Click on the DVD name (for example: Install Final Cut Studio) at the bottom of the disk list, on the left side of the Disk Utility window.

Go to File in the menu bar, then *New > Disk Image from > Install Final Cut Studio*.
In the next window, click on the *Image Format* button and choose *DVD/CD Master*.
Do not change the name offered in the Save dialog.
You can set the save destination to anywhere that you want.

When it is completed, click the Disk Image "Install Final Cut Studio" in the lower left part of the Disk Utility window. Click the Burn button. Follow onscreen instructions.

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Answer 5

Oct 30, 2010 3:51 PM in response to phoenixisstrategic

I did the Disk Utility back-up as well. I had a flood, once from the apartment above which ruined my discs, and if they hadn't been backed up, it would have sucked.

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