The sims and expansions backups

[SimGal]

I have all the sims and expansions. I bought them all legally . I need to make copies of them for my PEROSNAL use. How do I do this? they r copy protected.

[Monty Burns]

Read this (http://forum.alcohol-software.com/index.php?act=ST&f=18&t=901&).

Use google to find the necessary tools.

[SimGal]

I would use google except i dont know what tools im looking for

[Monty Burns]

You read the guide ??

Point II: Some tools and links
Get them!
(I was suggesting google just in case any link is dead)

Edit: Here is a protection list to make your life easier :D

The Sims Safedisc 1
The Sims Deluxe Safedisc 2.72.000
The Sims Livin' Large Safedisc 2.50.020
The Sims House Party Safedisc 2.10.030
The Sims On Holiday Safedisc 2.51.021
The Sims Unleashed Safedisc 2.80.010

I hope they are correct!

[RincewindTheWiz]

Don't forget to see if your writer supports safedisc 2, check this handy list (http://www.elby.ch/english/products/clone_cd/writers/a.html). If your writer isn't mentioned, you can always try and see what happens, but I wouldn't recommend it. What you CAN do, is do like me and make images of all discs and backup the images themselves. I made images on my hard disk of all expansion packs + the original, up to and including Vacation. Then I compressed this with winrar 3.0, and I used a 700Mb volume size, so I got 4 files of 700Mb each and a smaller one, and I just wrote those files on the cds. Now everytime I want to install the sims I first have to decompress those image files and mount them with daemon tools, but the upside is that I don't need any cracks and I can use any patches, plus I finally have a backup.