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Name: jnjritz
Date: April 5, 2005 at 07:00:25 Pacific
Subject: pc game copy problems
OS: win xp pro sp2
CPU/Ram: amd xp 3200+ 1 gig ram
Comment:

i have one other question i want to back up my pc games (i have 2 curious and young kids lol)
it keeps giving me a error when i try to make a exect copy someone told me to make a iso image but now im lost does anyone know of a free program and how to use it to copy my games


(have you ever seen a disk that a kid gets ahold of and iceskates on tile floor with lmao not a pretty site)


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Response Number 1
Name: jam
Date: April 5, 2005 at 07:56:44 Pacific
Subject: pc game copy problems
Reply: (edit)

Try CloneCD

http://www.oldversion.com/

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Response Number 2
Name: jnjritz
Date: April 5, 2005 at 08:56:00 Pacific
Subject: pc game copy problems
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hey thanx jam ill try it then ill get back to you let you know if it works


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Response Number 3
Name: jnjritz
Date: April 5, 2005 at 10:30:56 Pacific
Subject: pc game copy problems
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one quik question jam is it suppose to take 2 or 3 hours to read into a image file?
sorry 4 the stupid q.


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Response Number 4
Name: livingdecay
Date: April 5, 2005 at 11:05:17 Pacific
Subject: pc game copy problems
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no.
Use alcohol 120% to create images of your CDs on your computer, which you can also burn to disk at a later stage, or just mount the image into the virtual drive. Alcohol 120% is available as a free trial, but c r a c k s are readily available (:o)

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Response Number 5
Name: jnjritz
Date: April 5, 2005 at 11:13:55 Pacific
Subject: pc game copy problems
Reply: (edit)

ok ill try that thank you


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Response Number 6
Name: jam
Date: April 5, 2005 at 11:33:08 Pacific
Subject: pc game copy problems
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"is it suppose to take 2 or 3 hours to read into a image file?"

Are you sure you have your optical devices configured properly? Here's a few suggestions:

1. do not pair up two HDDs on the same cable/channel

2. do not pair up two optical drives on the same cable/channel

3. do not use Cable Select. Use Master or Slave jumper settings only

4. setup the burner as the Secondary Master

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Response Number 7
Name: jnjritz
Date: April 5, 2005 at 14:39:20 Pacific
Subject: pc game copy problems
Reply: (edit)

ok ill try that i do have my hdd on the same channel and my 2 disk drives r on the other
ill change them
i didnt know what settings to use on the clone cd so i just used it the way it comes maybe i did that wrong to
i copied it to image then i copied it to disk but it took so long cause it put in dummy files when it found a error


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Response Number 8
Name: jnjritz
Date: April 5, 2005 at 18:13:25 Pacific
Subject: pc game copy problems
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i havent tryed it yet but i will first thing in the mornin n then ill tell you how it worked


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Response Number 9
Name: jnjritz
Date: April 6, 2005 at 14:37:08 Pacific
Subject: pc game copy problems
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it runs a lil better but i dont think im running the right settings in the programs both the clonecd and the alc.120
sorry for being a such a newbie i just never did comp games before.


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Response Number 10
Name: jam
Date: April 6, 2005 at 18:30:58 Pacific
Subject: pc game copy problems
Reply: (edit)

Check your e-mail for a detailed explanation

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Response Number 11
Name: jnjritz
Date: April 6, 2005 at 20:10:56 Pacific
Subject: pc game copy problems
Reply: (edit)

i got it jam i sent you email to thanks im going to try it in the mornin ill let you know how it went


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