Action Replay 2 copy ?????

[Mie]

Can someone help me, I tried to copy the boot cd1 of the AR2 but after throwing several cd's out of my window I don't know how to make a backup of this cd.
I tried it with Clony/Clonecd/Plextools........

I have a Plextor 16/40/10

Anyone ????

[Charlie]

Before anyone else gets in with a ruder reply than this, RTFF!

You can't do such a fundamental thing as to boot off a copy of a boot disk.

[Warlock]

Will they ever learn??

[Mie]

Warlock (24-09-2001 23:03):
Will they ever learn??

Why not ?

I paid enough money for the original and want to keep that one intact, so what's wrong to backup the bootcd ??

[Charlie]

Because it technically won't work. The Boot CD has to be of the sort recognised in pre-boot mode by the PS2. I'm shaky on the full detail because it's not published but the PS2 first reads the CD/DVD off-phase to establish from its colour (and I believe by other light related means) whether this is a PS CD, a PS2 CD or a PS2 DVD. Such CDs are created through a SONY OEM kit and pressed, not burned.

A copy is not in the necessary pre-boot condition. Now do you believe me?

[Warlock]

Sorry Mie, wasnt trying to sound mean, it's just impossible to do. No cd writer is capable of writing the unique data that seperates a original from a backup. As Charlie states in his reply, this data must be pressed into the original. No bootdisc, AR2, GAMESHARK2 or REGION_X can be copyed or downloaded and used to boot backups.

[Mie]

Warlock (25-09-2001 22:13):
Sorry Mie, wasnt trying to sound mean, it's just impossible to do. No cd writer is capable of writing the unique data that seperates a original from a backup. As Charlie states in his reply, this data must be pressed into the original. No bootdisc, AR2, GAMESHARK2 or REGION_X can be copyed or downloaded and used to boot backups.


Charlie and Warlock, thanks............

Mie