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[MrBackAlleySka]

Think of an ISO like this...to have a reproduction of "My Room", you need all the furniture I have, AND have it all in the same place...If you simply take all my furniture, and put it in another room, it wouldn't be "My Room", but if you take a picture of my room, and arrange the furniture to the same exact places as they were in my room, you have an almost perfect working copy of "My Room". an ISO is like a box with all my furniture, and that photograph stored in it.

[Moshchu]

Anybody know how can I create CD-image file having all needed files on HD? I've downloaded many programs which are offering creating isos directly from cd-rom or DVD. None of them however, can process files from hard disk. If i have a cd-recorder i could just burn these files into cd and then create a cd-image unfortunately I dont have any. Any suggestions?

[Eagle of Fire]

some games expect certain files to be on a certain place on the cdrom.

These are security checks.
if you simply copy the file this location infomation goes lost.

with an iso it doesn't

Recently I bought a game names "Singles - Flirt up your life" and I wanted to create a backup copy but been surprised to see that even an ISO is not enough to copy the game. There is a special security on the game which check the original CD everytime the game start. There is probably some random pieces of code written past the 530megs something CD that the ISO can't grab that the security program read on the original CD when it start.

I was wondering tough, doesn't that goes against some law which state that you have full right to have a backup copy for personnal purpose of any game you purchase? :blink:

[Data]

i'm not sure that law really exists.
Anyway Usually a better ripping program will do the job. (or report the "bug" to the problem of the rip/emulating cdrom program).

[NrmMyth]

Originally posted by Moshchu@Apr 24 2005, 06:18 PM
Anybody know how can I create CD-image file having all needed files on HD? I've downloaded many programs which are offering creating isos directly from cd-rom or DVD. None of them however, can process files from hard disk. If i have a cd-recorder i could just burn these files into cd and then create a cd-image unfortunately I dont have any. Any suggestions?

For what do you need that image?

And, do you have already an image or just bunch of files?

k:

[Danny252]

You have no cd recorder? then no new cd's for you, my friend.