Sure glad I didnt toss my old cdrom drives. I knew they may come in handy again some day. I was gonna scrap em at one time. :D

i only do have panzers installed, but the copy of my original-cd no.3 works perfectly with my dvd-rom-drive (toshiba m1712). so imo no need to get an old cd-drive...try it with your dvd-rom first if one has one)

DId you create an image file using winoncd or just copied the game cd on the fly ? and how long takes it for that 8x drive to pass the cd check ?

@highstuff:
I made an Image, CD check in old CDrom: 2-3 sec

greetz

Thanks for the info , damn that 8x drive pass the check fast! :)
I hope my 4x drive can do the same but i doubt it.

It also workz for you?
GREAT hm? ;)

greetz

I tried on TDK CD-R but did not work ,but TDK is crap ,i will buy quality discs and try again. i will buy some FUJIFILM :)

..i think its not the CD-R Manufactor what i used.. i think its the old CDrom-Drive why i could play the Backups.. Wish you luck with trying FUJIFILMs..

And also i have no problems to make an Image of a Disc what is Starforce protected.. Strange, because i read a lot of problems in this forums about making backups..

I could not tell why they all works on my PC, but i am happy that so it is :)

greetz

well i had the same 8x drive as you have but i sold it in 1997 or 1998 or so , i thought i would not need it anymore and now you see :) however i still have an slow 4x cdrom will try some tricks. otherwise i will buy a Toshiba drive,lots of people have mentioned that sf3 backups works on that drive :)