Ghost Recon
 

What I want:
To backup the original Ghost Recon CD, even if it's just a CD where I can just install it from, don't care if I have to use a NOCD patch after it's been installed.

What I did:
Used CloneCD with correct settings for SD2
Used BetaBlocker to patch image
Burned with CloneCD, correct settings for SD2

My Hardware:
AOpen 24X CDR/W Model: CRW2440

Results:
When trying to install, got error message after 99% was complete, messege said something about bad .exe, installation aborted

Any ideas on how to make an imperfect copy, just so that I can install the game and use the NOCD patched .exe

Is my Burner SD2 compatible???? Do I need SD2 compatability to burn an imperfect CD copy where I can just install it from?

Thanks,
Emilio
Monterrey, MExico

well,i think that the setup exe is protected 2 so i would suggest you to find the safedisk version and see if you can make a crack with unsafedisk...

Got it to work!!!! Burned Ghost Recon successfully.

What I did:
Installed CLONECD, running in the system tray I selected HIDE CD-R MEDIA option from the menu. The game worked perfectly, installed and ran without patch!!! Any idea on why this works???

Cheers!
Emilio Olivares
Monterrey, MEXICO

It's because the game checks if you're using a CD-R. You are probably running the game from your CD-RW drive. If you can, try installing it from a regular CD-ROM, which can't tell if it's reading a CD-R.

You can install from any drive. It is when you go to play the game that Safedisc 2.51.021 checks for the ATIP

http://knowhow.cdfreaks.com/article.php?ID=122

http://www.cdfreaks.com/document.php3?Doc=58