I'm a newbie reading this, trying to sort this out.
First of all, to use these patches, backups etc., don't you need to modchip for a PS2 ?
Please layout for someone new like me with this a surefile way to make playable backups for PS2 games, and what the patches are all about?
Also, installing the modchip scares me, I afraid what it will do down the line with other ps2 products as well as invalidate the warantee.
Thanks,
Jolo
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spooky (02-01-2001 02:30):
O.K. lets give it ago...
Firstly you will need to change a couple of settings in your PC to stop interruptions with the flow of data while burning your cds. Turn off your screen saver, disable Power Management in Windows control panel, delete any Scheduled Tasks and remove any unwanted programmes from your Start up menu.
You would be better off using CDRWin for its simplicity, for some PSX games you will need a patch to get round the protection and PPF-O-MATIC patch engine to apply the patch to the BIN file.
The settings I use for CDRWin "Extract Disk/Tracks..." are Data read at 4x, Audio Read at 4x and make sure the RAW box as checked, this will create a BIN image file ready for any required patch to be applied. To burn "Record disc", i find it best to set the record speed to 2x this will reduce errors with Audio and FMV (a playstation is basically a glourified 2x cdrom). Click "Load Cue Sheet" select the appropriate CUE file and click Start. You should end up with a fully functional working copy of your PSX and Audio CD's.
An unregistered CDRWin will only work at 1x read and write but at least you will be able to get used to it.
Hope this helps.
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