Lol - I'm in no doubt they will boot perfectly m8. What I want to do is see if I have the same version of the game that you do. Your statement was that Magics WONT boot some back-ups, now I havn't found a game yet that won't boot! If we have the same version, and mine works, I'll send you mine to prove that the prob lies elsewhere.
I wont be on a computer full stop m8 while I'm away
( but I'm sure you can hang on a couple of weeks.