/vr/ - Retro Games

Download Limpster to copy ISOs easily

>>8835090
I have been using ImgBurn for ripping PC games which seems to do the job well.

>>8835137
This. You want disc images. That way if the game requires a cd in the drive, you can still make it work.

>>8835090
Create disc images, loose files are useless. ISOs are more convenient for everyone, but bin/cue is better for games with CD Audio tracks.

Thanks for all the info, I'll be sure to get on this when I have some free time.

Or if you want to do it properly:
Drive Image Creator with DICUI
MPF
Aaru

>>8835339
"Disc Image Creator" of course, derp

>>8835090
>not a single beer in that room

>>8835090
>when your boxers are longer than your shorts
times have changed significantly captcha: GAAA0

>>8835090
>>8835137
for some, i find cloneCD is still necessary to get past the copy protection. anyone know an alternative that isn't paid (or that you don't need to pirate/use the trial)?

>>8836382
If there's no open source alternatives, then pirating paid ones is your only option.

>>8836390
what about this shit?
https://github.com/SabreTools/MPF

>>8836393
Never used it. We should give it a try and see how it works.

>>8835090
>CDs can last 50 years plus
>Hard drives last 5 years if you're lucky
>ripping to ISO to archive
BAD Idea. you'd have to buy new hard drives every 5 years, you should be backing up your CDs to new CDs.
or if you're truly paranoid you can get M-Disc 100GB Blu-Rays that offer a 1000 year warranty.

>>8835090
Upload to archive.org

>>8838236s
pressed CDs last like 20-30 years in good conditions
hard drive can easily last longer if you put them in temperature and humidity controlled environments, I have drives from the early 80's that still work fine

use tape for archival though, better yet, upload them so people share them, so it's not just backed up on one device but several

>>8838245
modern hard drives have 2 year warranties for a reason.

I am unironically in this picture.

>>8838253
Yeah, if you use them. Not if they are in a 20C room and in a low humidity box.

>>8838253
that's why I buy the 5yr ones.

>>8838253
>uncited """data""" from a cloud storage company ad

>>8835090
Just get them all from GOG

>>8835090
I used nero and alcohol 120% for my original cd's and I was able to play them fine but some people say they are not 100% clones of the original. I am surprised there is no open source standard to backup cd's instead of having to use proprietary software designed for win 95.
Its also a nuisance to use with Rhea since I have to use imgburn to make then that special format.

>>8838236
That's why I think its pointless to backup blu rays. You waste so much money of hard drives.

>>8838253
>still using 200gig harddrive that I bought in 2006
yeah I doubt that chart is accurate

>>8835153
Genuine question: Why? I never understood why people prefer bin/cues over ISOs

>>8840904
one of the reasons is in the friggin posting you quoted, holy shit, learn to read.

>>8838236
OP didn't say anything about hard drives fucktard. Anyway, I have working drives that have been in daily use for over 10 years and drives offline that are much older. So you;re double retarded.

>>8838245
I have CDs that are nearly 40 years old and have been around the world in my bag dozens of times. A few years ago I ran some tests on them and they had amazingly low error rates. A tiny fraction on what brand new burned discs did.

>>8842226
"they are better for aduio"
y tho
"reeeee u r retard"

>>8838253
All mine have 5 years. Which is coincidently exactly how long you need to wait before you'll be old enough to post here.

>>8840478
I started getting nervous because my external hd is plugged in constantly and it's about 11 years old now. I bought a bunch of SSD to duplicate it's data in case it fails.

>>8840904
i believe ISOs only work for discs where everything's a single data track, and not for games that are split into one data track and then a bunch of different Redbook audio tracks, thusly.

what i want to know is how the fuck you're supposed to mount these mixed-mode images on a modern machine; the last program i saw that could actually handle them properly was Daemon Tools Lite 3.47 back on windows XP; everything newer only sees the first data track at most.

>>8844769
I just burn them to CDs. CD drive emulators are sketchy and try to integrate itself too deeply into windows for my taste.
Not helpful advice if you don't have a disc drive, but if you're on /vr/ you should really have one.

>>8844769
alcohol 52%, thought not free *cough*.

or if you're courageous:
https://www.tenforums.com/software-apps/15529-alternative-daemon-tools-lite-mount-audio-cue-bin-cd-images-post1288230.html#post1288230 (don't download the installer from that link, get it from a reputable source) and the regedit-stuff instead of messing with the sdb-files-shit two postings below it.
didn't try it, no idea if it works, computer may explode and turn into mustard gas.

>>8845590
found it on a pirated copy of red alert 2, double prize

>>8846678
>red alert 2
aw yiss

>>8835090
https://github.com/saramibreak/DiscImageCreator

That's the only answer if you want a copy as close to a 1:1 clone as possible.
You can use Virtual Clone Drive to play the backups.

>>8835090
lol you zoomers are so fucking retarded

>>8835090
Be sure to get original Soldier of Fortune, Diablo 2 LOD and Swat 3