Fina Fantasy 7 backup

[fortune2k]

hi i have a legit copy of final fantsay 7 PAL and well i found it a few days ago and started playing it again but my disks 1 and 3 look like they have been attacked by sand paper sooooooo i tryed copying disk 1 at 4x speed using power iso. i placed aoriginal ps1 disk waited for the ps1 screen then swapped for my back up copy after a few secounds the screen went back then nothing .. how can i play my backup without spending money...

i currently have a ps2 v12 slim atm but i think 2morrow im swapping it for a fat ps2 and getting a network adapter.

i also suck bad at soldering and no 1 in my area is a pro soooo if i have to eventuall get a modchip ill get a dms4 pro solderless seems best option

[kira25]

well i let you know that what you need is the psx launcher elf that is located in the forums somewhere. What you need to do is block the sensors on your ps2 slim and then use the elf file to swap a original ps1 game for a back-up. If you plan on try the elf on your fat ps2, you will have to open it up and fix the disc tray so that you can pull it out to swap the games.

[windrider42]

You can find the Psxlauncher.elf here. It works on V9 and up PS2

But if I were you to back up your PS1 games I would use Alcohol 120%,Nero or CloneCD over power ISO
http://www.xtreme-source.com/tutoria...rom-games.html

The guide tells how to back it up , and then how to burn it.
Has always worked best for me.

[fortune2k]

i removed sensor 2 and wacked some blue tack over 1 and 3 im gonna read up bout this launcher is there a guide explaining bout the psx launcher.

the only reason i used power iso was so i an burn at a low speed alcohol didnt seem to let me do it

[fortune2k]

the lowest speed alcohol alcohol allows me is 16 power iso lets me do 4

[Dastan]

If you want to burn CD games, 16x is perfect!

[dlanor]

People constantly misinterpret what effect slower or faster writing speeds will cause.

You need to remember that burning a CD/DVD really is a photographic process, with the energy of the laser beam affecting the photosensitive material in the programmable layer(s) of the disc. And since it is a photographic process some of the effects of incorrect writing speed correspond to the effects of incorrect exposure in normal photography.

Most people realize that writing too fast may not allow the photosensitive layer(s) to be sufficiently affected, which corresponds to photographic under-exposure (pictures where details drown in darkness).

But many fail to realize that writing too slow may affect the photosensitive layer(s) too much, which corresponds to photographic over-exposure (pictures where details drown in brightness).

Although these are not pictures but bit streams, both over- and under-exposure will have the same effect of making it harder to discern the details, which here means that bit errors will be plentiful.

So it is wrong to always strive for the slowest possible speed. What you should strive for is to use a speed suitable for the disc used. And of course you should always use high quality media.

Best regards: dlanor

[windrider42]

i removed sensor 2 and wacked some blue tack over 1 and 3 im gonna read up bout this launcher is there a guide explaining bout the psx launcher.

the only reason i used power iso was so i an burn at a low speed alcohol didnt seem to let me do it

You can burn these PS1 games and PS2 CD games at 12-16x speed. I have done it
But just follow the rest of the settings for PS1 games in the guide and you should be fine.
You are thinking about burning DVD ISO games which again depends upon your Discs and burner.
PowerISO is for ISO, not for CD image and personally I just don't like it for PS2 games.