PC games

[wheelchairman36]

What is the best program to use to make a backup of PC games..

[Derree]

PC games are much harder to back up then dvd's much much more protection...'almost' impossible..

[a2j3]

Hello wheelchairman36

Gamejack 4. We don't have any problems with this program. Derree is right they r very hard to backup. Hope this helps.

[drfsupercenter]

CloneCD. Works great.

[futurex]

do a search

[drfsupercenter]

do a search for clonecd

[bravo2zero]

clonecd couldn't copy a virus.

[wheelchairman36]

clone cd didnt work and even found what the copyright was and tried alcohol %120 and didn't work either.

[drfsupercenter]

What program is this? I just used CloneCD on my Lord of the Rings game that causes read errors in Nero and Roxio. Never had a game it couldn't copy... but then again I only have a couple games

[futurex]

clonecd is crap, doesn't work nearly as well as alcohol 120%.

there is a certain method needed to back up each game depending on the type of protection. search around cdfreaks forum

[drfsupercenter]

Hmmm... isn't Alcolho 120 for making ISOs tho?

And CloneCD has a "protected game cd" option that emulates the weak sectors. When copying LOTR it did that, which makes the computer think it's still copy protected.

[Cambion7]

I vote for alcohol 120% and maybe Blindwrite as a supplemental tool. Though I used alcohol 120% to make a backup image (ISO) of Sims 2 and of Chessmaster 9000 so I could load them in the virtual drives (they're play discs) and not HAVE to use the originals.

For the two titles (Sims 2 and Chessmaster 9000) you have to use NEW SECURE ROM profile.

Edit: I was able to backup the play disc for Unreal Tournament 2004 (using the above to create the play disc) then burned using Alcohol %120 and the backup disc worked just fine too. There are methods to get it to work and a few web sites that discuss the more difficult titles.

Regards,
Cam

[drfsupercenter]

I couldn't get blindwrite to work. It made a CD but when inserted into the drive, just kept spinning and overheating... My Computer never saw it as a valid CD. My solution was CloneCD... but my success storirs seem to be different from most people.