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Blade64
13-06-2002, 04:13
I have over 20 Dreamcast games and was wondering if it is possible to rip them to a PC as ISO's.
Also - I have a few games on CD-R's and was wondering if it is possible to backup these using CloneCD by doing a straight copy??
Thanks
Blade
Megalexxx
13-06-2002, 04:33
To copy your backups, use DiscJuggler.

To copy your orignal games, you'll have to rip them using a PC / DC cablre, them hack your bin files, and finally burn it the good way. It's a long and hard work !!!
Blade64
13-06-2002, 05:37
Will clone cd do the trick!!!
Megalexxx
13-06-2002, 07:13
No idea.
I'm not sure CloneCD manages multi sessions well.
If you've got non selfboot games, you can copy them using whatever you want (Nero, DiscJuggler, CloneCD, EasyCDCreator, ...). If they're selfboot, you surely can use DiscJuggler. I think the latest version of Nero can do it also. Maybe CloneCD too.
Anyway, try and you'll see !

Do you care about wasting 1 CD ?!?
Wayne
13-06-2002, 19:28
If you're asking will CloneCD copy original Dreamcast GDROM discs, the answer is a resounding NO!. There is no software program known to man that will allow a standard CD-R or CDRW drive copy a Dreamcast GDROM because the discs are different formats and capacities and the only part of the GDROM you can see on a standard CDROM drive is the boot session.

If you're asking if CloneCD will copy **BACKUP** discs that have already been ripped and burned (and are known to work already), I don't know but knowing that CloneCD is supposed to do exact copies of CDROM discs, it probably will work. Don't hold me to that though...
Blade64
17-06-2002, 11:49
oh ok - i have ripped my copys of soul calibur and headhunter!!!
They are in ISO forma - how do i now burn them to a self booting CDR???
Megalexxx
17-06-2002, 11:56
I thought Head Hunter was already selfboot.
If it's the case, use DiscJuggler to make a Player to Recorder copy.

If not, either follow echelon's tutorial or make a Bin image using CDRWin and use Bin2Boot.

I know no way to make selfboot game using Clone CD.
Blade64
17-06-2002, 12:43
OK so with soul calibur i need this echelon thing - where do i find this?? Sorry to sound thick but the DC really is not my thing!!!
Megalexxx
17-06-2002, 14:07
Here you can find all you need :
http://www.megagames.com/dc/dc_utils.shtml
(DC Boot Tools section)

You should read the tutorials.
Blade64
18-06-2002, 02:44
Well the good news is that cloneCD copys backups perfectly (including self boot). I am having problems making a self-boot soul calibur though.
Megalexxx
18-06-2002, 03:05
If my memory is good, Soul Calibur is to large to fit on a 700 Mo CD unless you downsample something.
Wayne
18-06-2002, 06:35
I've got an Self-Boot copy of Soul-Caliber (if memory serves me, it wasn't self-boot until I converted it), and it only takes up 675mb (708,249,440 bytes). If I remember correctly, I extracted the files using CDMAGE and found that the files totaled considerably less than the original image that wouldn't fit on a 700mb disc. Then when I burned it using Echelon's self-boot tutorial, it worked perfectly.
Megalexxx
18-06-2002, 07:22
I know there are many releases of this game.
Maybe mine was bigger than yours : I've got the full intro...
angelo24
01-07-2002, 17:03
blade64 what where the steps to copying your dreamcast backups with clonecd 4. i can not get clonecd 4 to copy my backups. i just want to verify that clonecd 4 does make copies of dreamcast backups!:)
angelo24
01-07-2002, 17:09
correction! the question is to wayne!
Wayne
01-07-2002, 20:36
Sorry Angelo24... You probably would be better asking blade64, since I've never used CloneCD in my life. When I burned Soul Caliber, I actually used the Echelon tutorial and used the DOS level program CDRECORD.EXE to actually burn the disc (in multiple steps).
Blade64
02-07-2002, 06:34
Simply download ClonyXXL and insert the CD then scan it with clony. then start clone CD and the settings are pre set.


My soul calibur iso was actually downloaded. Is their an easy way to just burn it and add a selfboot tool!!!
Wayne
02-07-2002, 09:08
Self-boot isn't a program, but rather the precise format of the disc. To permit the disc to selfboot, it must have a TINY audio track first, followed immediately by the data track (for older Dreamcasts) or it must contain a data track mirror image of the data first, followed by the actual data track (as BIN2BOOT does when converting ISO images to DiscJuggler's CDI images). The latter is the format that some newer Dreamcasts can read, although there are some Dreamcasts that it has been reported will not read ANY copies.