How can I rip PS2 ISOs to HDD?

[Cannibal Corpse]

Hi All,
I have managed to make an ISO image off of my PS2 games (legally purchased at retail price!) and I would like to know how can I "disassemble" this ISO image, so I can use a patch file in order to make it to run off of my HDD that I have installed on my PS2.

My conditions:

* I am using HDLoader and PCX CD Exploit method to install my game collection to PS2's HDD.

* My PS2 is NOT fitted with a MOD Chip.

* I have successfully managed to FTP from my PC to my
PS2, using ExecFTPs (v0.69) and FlashFXP.

Questions:

1 - Where do I find (I mean what directory, on my PS2's HDD) all of these installed games? (All I see is /hdd/0/ then in that sub-directory, there are some 2~4MB files and no actual game files (like Xbox file structure)

2 - Can I use an ISO ripper to " disassemble " the ISO file, use a patch program to patch this dismantled ISO and send all of them back to PS2's HDD?

As you can see, I don't have a MOD Chip installed on my PS2, so I need to find a method to transfer this ISO to my PS2's HDD via my PC.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[anjilslaire]

Use ps2handiness (sp?) or hdldump. Put your ps2 hd in your PC and transfer directly.

[stu]

or WinHIIIP 1.6.x

[alucard_x]

i'd recommend WinHIIP if your going to put the hd directly into your pc. if you want to do it over your network through a router, use hdldump

[skaz]

be careful with handiness though... it creates "orphan images" which will create partition collisions if you go back to winhiip

[JayZone]

To disassemble an ISO, I use winRAR or ISOBuster. This will give you all the individual files. But I don't know how to recompile them back into an ISO again after youve done your patch, sorry.

[alucard_x]

ultraiso should be able to do anything you need