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catchaserguns
10-09-2008, 05:19 AM
i just got a old machine that has Windows 95 and it works fine. But I learned something recently. When you burn an ISO or Cd Image of a game you must burn it at the slowest speed in order for it to copy it right. Older CD players on old computers can't read as good as the new machines. I had to burn a game twice in order for it to play right on my Windows 95 machine. And I had to burn it slowly. Its Just a suggestion.
bobson
10-09-2008, 05:34 AM
It was a problem a couple of Years ago, but also - the CD-recorders had lower speeds.
I still do not use higher speed than x8 to burn audio-CD. Some of the players do not work correctly with faster-burn-compilations.
The Fifth Horseman
10-09-2008, 08:38 AM
Don't forget that sometimes cleaning the lens in the drive helps a bit.
AlumiuN
10-09-2008, 08:41 AM
I never burn anything at higher than 8x, and mostly at 4x. I was getting some nasty corruption using anything higher than 12x.
einstein999999
13-09-2008, 12:14 AM
I have my burner set at maximum speed (12x), but it always burns at around 2x. I used to get pissed off at that, but I guess I'm happy now that I know about this, lol.
_r.u.s.s.
13-09-2008, 08:17 AM
what kind of dvd/cd-roms are you guys buying? if you invset in a good rom in first place, you can actually burn at the speed it says that it does

i had no problems with this (http://www.plextor.be/products/px-755a.asp?choice=PX-755A) so far
einstein999999
13-09-2008, 07:21 PM
Haha, yeah, that may be one issue. I mostly use cheap DVDs. The CDs are pretty decent, so I haven't had many issues with that.
bobson
14-09-2008, 07:17 PM
Don't forget that sometimes cleaning the lens in the drive helps a bit.

I tried to clean it once ... since then - it is NOT working :confused:
gregor
15-09-2008, 06:09 AM
i never had a problem with this yet i've been using CD's on both the new and old computer. The onl yissue i found was with LG burn drive and my car CD radio. The radio has problems finidng the beginning of CD (sometimes it helps whern i skip a song). I never had this problem with the other burner (i am not sure which one that is but i think it's NEC). I burn the CD's at maximum speeds.
AlumiuN
15-09-2008, 10:29 AM
Errrahehehem. I would not recommend burning music CDs at anything over 4x at maximum, and, to be honest, even with a good burner 1x is still best.
_r.u.s.s.
15-09-2008, 10:49 AM
Errrahehehem. I would not recommend burning music CDs at anything over 4x at maximum, and, to be honest, even with a good burner 1x is still best.

why? ____________
AlumiuN
15-09-2008, 08:32 PM
I don't know a particularly scientific reason for it, but most CD players seem to be very picky about it.
sgtboat
03-12-2008, 07:08 PM
How exactly do I take advantage of the games in the ISO cellar since i dont even know what ISO means.
I would love to get them games but dont know how.
Luchsen
03-12-2008, 07:50 PM
Use Daemon Tools from the utilities section (http://www.abandonia.com/en/node/23027). Or just burn the CD images with any decent burning application.
Rogerwilco
06-12-2008, 11:48 AM
How exactly do I take advantage of the games in the ISO cellar since i dont even know what ISO means.
I would love to get them games but dont know how.

It's easy, sgtboat. ISO is just a file extension, like exe, com, etc.

Think of an ISO file as a package that's got all the files & folders of a cd or dvd.

All you need now, is a virtual drive. There's lots of free ones out there.
That Daemon is good, I use MagicISO 'cause it's free, small package and easy to use.

If you want that one just Google "MagicISO"

So....get the virtual drive file.

Install & run it. You'll see the icon, assuming you're using Windows, at the bottom right of your screen.

After you've downloaded the game ISO file(s), unpack 'em & put 'em in a folder.

Right click on your MagicISO icon. (All virtual drive software works pretty much the same)

A menu will pop up. Go to the top that says Virtual cd/dvd drives.

You'll see a drive letter - usually k - and it'll say "no media"

Click on that...a sub menu will appear.

Click on "Mount"

A window will open. Go to where you put your ISO file. Click on the file, then okay.

If you have auto run turned on, the installation will start in a few seconds.

If the game has more than one ISO files, and you see the "Please insert disk 2"

Right click on the MagicISO, or whatever you're using.

Go to the top of the menu.

UnMount that first cd/dvd disk.

Then Mount the second ISO file in the same drive letter.

That's it.

If the game requires you to have the CD in the "drive", just leave whatever disk, or iso they want there.

Hope that helps.