Burning the contents of a PS2 DVD on a DVD-r!?

[ryssen]

Ok, what I need to know is the following. Can I copy the contents of a PS2 DVD disc to my computers HD, and then either:

-burn it as a data disc
-create on ISO from the files now of my HD and burn it

and end up with a working copy of the game?

[prisoner1138]

why copy the data and then amke an image when you could have just made the image off the disc to start with? i dont get why people like to add steps...

[ryssen]

I guess it was inevitable....


A friend of mine (overseas) is the one who has the game, and wants to rip it for me. Now the problem is, he's using Win98 FAT32 which means his comp can't handle files larger than 4GB.

The contents on the dvd is more than that so he can't make an image straight from it. But as about 2.5 GB of that is dummy data, it can be compressed to next to nothing. You get the picture right....


Anyone, please just tell me if this is possible or not !

[RAISTLIN]

Primo/RNM will break the image into seperate 1GB files with a .gi extension. There will be a small cue file that tells Primo/RNM how to stitch them together to recreate the image. All he needs to do is build the global image and then send the files over. You could recreate the image file by file if you want, but you will need to use CDDVDGen to place the files in the proper order and location by the LBA's so it will load properly. Then you would generate the new ISO (which will also get broken up in 1GB chunks as well) and have to rename the cue and seperate image files to the standard ISO naming structure to pipe them into your burning software.

If you both have RNM, it would be best for him to image it in this, send the files to you, and you burn it from the .gi files. You can still d/l the originally free Primo release from some warez sites. I can't post it here, but you can find a link if you search on "Free DVD Recording Software". You will need an updated pxEngine to support the newer burners. The engines for RNM at the Sonic and Veritas sites will work. Stomp now owns RNM, and you may find updates there as well. I don't have the links available at my workstation, but they have been posted here numerous times. Check the stickies up top for more details on use and updating of the different burning apps.

Of course, the downloading and burning of games is not actively encouraged and supported here (it's just flat out illegal), so you may not get much more posted on this issue, so Good Luck!

Raist

[burning_arc]

wtf dont make it harder lol.

get him to use primo or record max now and rip the dvd using 1 of those 2 programs. it will be ripped to around 3, 1.5gb files.
then get ur friend to zip up those 3 files and send it to you. then use primo or record max now to burn them.

[ryssen]

Ok, so when creating a global image using RecordMax Now, how do I make it create the image in several parts? For instance 2 1,5 GB parts instead of 1 3 GB image.

[ton23]

i do not have experience using recordnow max (i use a MAC which basically takes 2-3 clicks of the mouse)

but from what i can tell from reading peoples replies, it will automatically do it. of course, you might want to check in the options menu and stuff like that.

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[RAISTLIN]

If you have a FAT32 file system (ie Windows 98) it will automatically break it into 1GB chunks. I'm not sure if it still breaks it up on an NTFS disk (NT, Win2K, XP, etc.) or not. (I'm still on W98SE) You will have a 4GB (actully 3.99GB) limitation on a FAT32 system, so beware of creating an image larger than this unless you know for certain the system you will be transferring to has an NTFS partitioned drive. You can right click the drive in your browser and look at the properties screen and it will tell you what file system is in use.

Raist

[ryssen]

Then, as I have NTFS on all my drives I guess the program didn't see any reason to break it up. Well, I think it should be alright now then. Thanks a lot for your help