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No Cd's by Nathan on 08-21-2006 at 02:38 PM
Anyone know how to put all my games cd onto my hdd so i dont have to play the game with the cd, i can just run it off my pc?
Thanks,
Nathan
RE: No Cd's by Kenji on 08-21-2006 at 02:40 PM
This isnt possible unless you use a crack which is illegal. i wouldnt use one of them, i tried and it fucked it up.
RE: No Cd's by RaceProUK on 08-21-2006 at 03:47 PM
quote:Some games can run fully off a hard disk, and I know for a fact that Unreal Tournament games eventually get an official No-CD patch, direct from Atari.
Originally posted by Dazmatic
This isnt possible unless you use a crack which is illegal. i wouldnt use one of them, i tried and it fucked it up.
RE: RE: No Cd's by Mike on 08-21-2006 at 05:33 PM
quote:Not really.
Originally posted by Dazmatic
This isnt possible unless you use a crack which is illegal. i wouldnt use one of them, i tried and it fucked it up.
Some games can run if the original CD's ISO is mounted on a virtual HDD.
A game that I know that allows you to play it if the iso is mounted on a virtual drive is Warcraft III (both RoC and TFT)
There is also a program called GameJackal that allows says that you can play your game without a cd, but I dont know if this really works and if this is legal...
RE: No Cd's by pollolibredegrasa on 08-21-2006 at 05:39 PM
One method I have used in the past: Save ISO images of the CDs onto your HDD, then use software to create a virtual CD drive and manage the ISOs (I use Alcohol 120%), though IIRC there WAS a small free one released by MS.
However, there are drawbacks to this method (such as having to have extra software running in the background), and as Dazmatic pointed out most games will have some sort of copy protection on the disk, which will require extra workarounds (such as cracks).
I'm not sure about the whole legality of this though, so I won't go into more detail here, but a google search should help 
RE: No Cd's by Negro_Joe on 08-21-2006 at 05:49 PM
Meh you can get fixed images form a number of websites, its not illgeal if you own the game and purchased it legally, you simply replace the exe in the directory with the one you download,
Try www.megagames.com The link on the left to pc fixes should help you find it!
RE: No Cd's by Jimcando on 08-21-2006 at 06:24 PM
If you use a virtual drive then you still have to load the disk image which is just as much work as putting the CD in a real drive 
And the disk image can take up lots of room. But it is legal, whereas a crack isn't.
quote:I don't know about Alcohol 120%, but most programs that create a virtual drive automatically work around the copy protection. Daemon Tools, the one I use does anyway.
Originally posted by fatfreechicken
and as Dazmatic pointed out most games will have some sort of copy protection on the disk, which will require extra workarounds
RE: No Cd's by ShawnZ on 08-21-2006 at 06:31 PM
tried copying the cd's contents to a folder on your hard drive and running "subst x: c:\path\to\"
RE: No Cd's by RaceProUK on 08-22-2006 at 10:18 AM
quote:You're permitted to make a single copy for backup purposes
Originally posted by fatfreechicken
I'm not sure about the whole legality of this though
RE: No Cd's by Nathan on 08-22-2006 at 10:34 AM
Yep,
Thats the same with dvd's as well