noob with no cd question

[Burnie Burnerson]

my friend has a original game he wants to make a backup?i got a no cd crack for it. do i still have to emulate cd protection?

[henry]

Originally Posted by Burnie Burnerson

my friend has a original game he wants to make a backup?i got a no cd crack for it. do i still have to emulate cd protection?

A NoCD means just that, so no emulation should be required and the back-up is only needed for installing.
What's the game and why can't he get the NoCD for himself? Just give him the link to G.C.W......unless!!!! Now I'm getting too suspicious.

[spamel]

I have just tried installing a no cd patch for Hidden and Dangerous Deluxe. I am off to Iraq soon, and in my spare time hope to play this awesome game, but I don't want to take my original disc as it may get scratched and ruined. Do I need a backup copy of the original disc to play the game, as I was under the illusion I wouldn't need a disk at all and it would play directly from the hard drive.

By the way, I should probably say hello to everyone, I hope to meet some interesting people on the forums, and yes, I am crap with computers!!!

[henry]

So what are you going to play it on?
Assuming your taking a notebook, does this mean you won't be taking any disks?
What if you have a problem with windows and have to do a repair or God forbid a re-install?

By making a backup, you will be able to re-install it should you need to and still have the original safe.
The NoCD patch means just that, you won't need to have a CD in the drive to RUN the game.

[GLH]

Originally Posted by spamel

I am off to Iraq soon...

German soldiers are going to Iraq ?????

[Muji-FightR]

Originally Posted by GLH

German soldiers are going to Iraq ?????

They already sent some to Iraq a year ago ...but still today ?!

[DABhand]

He could be an american or british soldier who have barracks in Germany.

[Grumpy]

He will have more to worry about in Iraq than wether or not his Disc gets scratched!! But all the same, 'Good Luck'.

[spamel]

Indeed, I am British!!

Like I say, I'm not too clued up with these gizmos, I run anti virus and firewall, etc. but I won't be on the internet with it, and I will NOT be putting other discs from unreliable sources onto my laptop!! You can't trust some people these days!!! Hopefully I won't need to reinstall windows at all.

Coming back to the no cd patch thingy, I keep getting asked to put the cd in, but I made a backup disc, so I'll go with that. I want to do this with all of my games as I don't want them getting eaten by camels and what not!! Is this strictly legal as long as I own the original game?

[Grumpy]

@Spamel

Is this strictly legal as long as I own the original game?

Yes, as long as you own the original you are entitled to create one backup disc.

[henry]

Originally Posted by spamel

Coming back to the no cd patch thingy, I keep getting asked to put the cd in

Have you downloaded the NoCD/Fixed 'exe' from GCW and replaced the original with it?
Rename or put the original 'exe' in a safe place, saves having to reinstall should any future updates checking originality of the 'exe'.

This one from GCW is for the 1.12 update.
http://m0001.gamecopyworld.com/games/pc_hidden_and_dangerous_2.shtml#Hidden & Dangerous 2 v1.12 [ENGLISH] No-CD/Fixed EXE

[spamel]

Yup, tried that. I've made a copy of the original game, so I'll go with that. The patches from GCW seem to be working fine on the other games I've installed so maybe the H&D one is a bit dodgy.