apparently, i had been doing it the hard way, by installing the games directly from ps2 drive to hdd (except for the few my friend gave me). i just assumed that the amount of laser stress would be considerably less from installing than if you actually played the games all the way thru, so i didnt bother worrying about the 30 min for a 4GB game. i look at it like this, 30 min copying a game is not much compared to the 50+ hrs you spend playing ONE game you like on disc.

would you guys suggest using dvd decryptor, and winhiip, or just winhiip?