game backup

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i have recently bought sacred plus by ascaron, i want to ask if i can backup
my original game cd's since this game needs the playdisk to be inserted in
the cdrom and i dont want to have scratches on my original game disks

 

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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.games (More info?)

Even if you make a backup copy, assuming it's copy protected implies the
backup would not be accepted for playing the game (although install would
probably work).

You can try a virtual cd drive, loading an image of the cd. Daemon tools,
Alcohol%120 might do it.

Usually most people just go to someplace like megagames.com and download
what's called a "no-cd" patch. The "patch" is usually either a) a file that
replaces one of the games installed files or b) a small app that changes key
data within one of the installed files.

This is not the place to ask followups.

"jercs" <jercs@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:923B9832-A3AC-463F-A4C3-1E2EF628857E@microsoft.com...
> i have recently bought sacred plus by ascaron, i want to ask if i can
backup
> my original game cd's since this game needs the playdisk to be inserted in
> the cdrom and i dont want to have scratches on my original game disks