question about makeing a good back-up copy of a pc game

efx2003 · 13-05-2007, 08:02 PM

Does anybody know the proper software I need so I can make a good back-up copy of a pc game that will work. Please help if you can.

Big B · 15-05-2007, 08:37 PM

Alcohol 120%...but basically what you need is something that will copy the disc exactly as is and not try to fix any "errors" it might come across.

DaRuSsIaMaN · 18-05-2007, 08:20 PM

And what does that? Nero, for example, just said it's copyrighted and accomplished nothing when I tried it.

ferg · 19-05-2007, 09:13 AM

With the latest protection systems on games these days only bespoke programs like Alcohol 120% and to a lesser extent Blindwrite/Blindread or CloneCD/DVD with Clonyxxl can even come close to making 100% copies of games.

Give up on nero for this kind of stuff, it cant even 'backup' an old copy of worms 2 i have ....

If you manage to make an image using the latest build of Alcohol and mount it through alcohol you may be fine, however you may need to enable the advanced settings for securom emulation etc - deamon tools is also very good for mounting and working around some protections. If you are having issues backing up a certain title then google it - most likely you'll find someone who has posted a way.

Best piece of advice for this sort of problem unless you are 'backing up' lots of games simply download an image of the game instead. I'm not going to give you links to do this however in case the information was... miss-used ^_^

donkey42 · 19-05-2007, 05:10 PM

apparently the next version of CDBurnerXP Pro will do a CD to CD copy

BTW: not sure if it will make an exact backup, or when it due out

Off Topic:

it's also freeware

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efx2003 Big Geek Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 293 Status: Offline	question about makeing a good back-up copy of a pc game Does anybody know the proper software I need so I can make a good back-up copy of a pc game that will work. Please help if you can.

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Big B HWF Godfather Join Date: Dec 2001 Age: 28 Male Posts: 9,640 Times Helpful: 585 My Mood: Devilish Status: Offline My Computer	Alcohol 120%...but basically what you need is something that will copy the disc exactly as is and not try to fix any "errors" it might come across. __________________ Hardware Forums\|HWF Rules\|My DVD's\|PSU FAQ\|HWF Folding Team\|2CPU

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ferg Manbearpig Join Date: May 2004 Age: 25 Male Posts: 539 Times Helpful: 26 My Mood: Innocent Status: Offline My Computer	With the latest protection systems on games these days only bespoke programs like Alcohol 120% and to a lesser extent Blindwrite/Blindread or CloneCD/DVD with Clonyxxl can even come close to making 100% copies of games. Give up on nero for this kind of stuff, it cant even 'backup' an old copy of worms 2 i have .... If you manage to make an image using the latest build of Alcohol and mount it through alcohol you may be fine, however you may need to enable the advanced settings for securom emulation etc - deamon tools is also very good for mounting and working around some protections. If you are having issues backing up a certain title then google it - most likely you'll find someone who has posted a way. Best piece of advice for this sort of problem unless you are 'backing up' lots of games simply download an image of the game instead. I'm not going to give you links to do this however in case the information was... miss-used ^_^ __________________ FREE STUFF Spybot S&D Ad-Aware Spyware Blaster Comodo Free Firewall Speedfan Ad Block Plus (Plugin for Firefox) Last edited by ferg; 19-05-2007 at 09:15 AM.

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donkey42 Paranoid Geeky Geek Join Date: Mar 2006 Age: 34 Male Posts: 5,826 Times Helpful: 309 My Mood: Paranoid Status: Offline My Computer	apparently the next version of CDBurnerXP Pro will do a CD to CD copy BTW: not sure if it will make an exact backup, or when it due out Off Topic: it's also freeware __________________ GRUB manual \| Google Linux \| Distrowatch \| Linux Chix \| Kubuntu \| My Mini City

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