Reliable iso programs. - by TTK12G3
TTK12G3 on 3/8/2008 at 23:44
fett's recent (
http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=122167) accident has gotten me worried about my extensive(ly) aging collection of CDs. Why ISO programs do you guys use? I have never successfully used ISO programs before.
Renzatic on 4/8/2008 at 00:07
Fett's lucky. Thief 2 is still rather easy to find. The one and only game I've lost due to explode-in-drive syndrome (which I always thought was an urban legend up until I heard the shotgun crack myself) happened to be the first disc of Sanitarium. That was nigh on five years ago. I still have yet to find a replacement.
june gloom on 4/8/2008 at 00:31
My copy of Doom 2 shattered in the drive. I had to take out the drive itself and shake the damn shards out. Luckily the game was installed at the time so I've had the same IWAD (which these days is all you really need thanks to ZDoom and other source ports) across 3 different hard drives across 8 years.
Anyway I use Daemon for mounting- it's easily the best mounting program. However, I'm using what's very likely an outdated version because there are certain filetypes that it won't accept- so I use PowerISO for those situations.
And yes, Fett is very, very lucky. I believe Eidos still sells it, and I got mine in the original packaging off a seller on Amazon for 11 bucks a couple years ago.
I have backup ISOs of Thief Gold, 2 and SS2, just because of this type of shit. Well that and listening to SS2's copy protection gives me nightmares for a week. That was a very expensive $80 and I like to protect my investment any way I can.
Also:
Quote Posted by fett
I'm off to Commchat again I guess. You guys are the reason the George Lopez show keeps getting picked up. :rolleyes:
I choked on my drink.
CCCToad on 4/8/2008 at 02:02
Also, its worth pointing out that You can backup the first two thief games with a simply copy-paste operation, something that I am glad to have done after my discs got all scratched up.
Renault on 4/8/2008 at 02:10
Quote Posted by Renzatic
The one and only game I've lost due to explode-in-drive syndrome (which I always thought was an urban legend up until I heard the shotgun crack myself) happened to be the first disc of Sanitarium. That was nigh on five years ago. I still have yet to find a replacement.
Punch it into Amazon, many copies available (2 new, 24 used when I checked).
doctorfrog on 4/8/2008 at 02:13
(
http://www.free-downloads.net/programs/Alcohol_52__Free_Edition) Alcohol 52 hasn't failed me in about 3 years of moderate use. It'll do both major tasks: Rip CDs and DVDs, and mount and emulate them similar to Daemon Tools.
Professionally developed software, free, with no malware, but stay alert during the install routine to avoid adding the Internet Explorer search/ad bar. (Daemon Tools has one as well, I believe.)
For burning copies of those ISOs, I use (
http://www.imgburn.com/) IMGBurn. It's surprising that in this day and age, burning and keeping copies pristine can still be a delicate thing, so I make copies of all my vital stuff every year, and backups of my personal work every week (mostly using a backup drive).
But also consider getting two external backup drives and storing them in different locations. Not just for games, of course, but all the serious things you have on your PC as well, if there's a need for it. If it can happen to a CD, it can happen to anything.
mrle01 on 4/8/2008 at 14:05
Daemon tool are great for mounting, while PowerISO can do both ISO creation and mounting. When I make backups of my older game, I usually put patches on CD and PowerISO is great for that.
catbarf on 4/8/2008 at 14:37
You bastards are terrifying me. I guess I should start burning I-War...
At least they don't take up a lot of room.
mothra on 4/8/2008 at 14:38
daemon & isoburn & dvd-shrink
