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To create your own bootable and "blessed" CD containing Mac OS 9.x and whatever additional utilities you'd like to include:
- Locate your computer's Software Install or Mac OS bootable CD and insert it into your disc drive.
- In Mac OS X, run Disk Copy. This application can usually be found in your /Applications/Utilities folder.
- Select "New Blank Image ..." from the Image menu of Disk Copy.
- Enter your selected "Save as" and "Volume name", and create it on the Desktop. To burn to a CD, you would need to select at least the 500MB option under the Size selection.
- From your Software Install/Mac OS CD, drag its System folder to the new disc image volume on the desktop which you just created. The 'disc image volume' will look like a disc drive, named with whatever you put in the "Volume Name" field.
- Now, install whatever utilities you would like to the disc image volume. Optional: Upgrade the OS on the disc image volume if you'd like, by running OS 9 updates and applying them to the disc image volume.
- After the disc image volume is prepared, drag the disc image volume (NOT the image file that ends with a .dmg!) to the trash.
- Back in Disk Copy, select "Burn Image ..." from the Image menu.
- Select the .dmg file you created earlier, click "Burn", insert a CD-R or CD-RW disc, and click the "Burn" button.
[Editor's note: Creating a bootable "troubleshooting" CD is an important part of a disaster recovery routine. I have one with DiskWarrior on it, along with key apps (ResEdit, Retrospect, BBEdit Lite, etc.) that I might have to use in the event of a total disaster.]

