Backing up using no cd cracks???????

[WhatWhat]

I have already installed medieval, total war and I`ve checked the protection the game has with clony XXL and it has phenoprotect 2 so I guess I will have to use a no cd crack and transfer all the installed components to blank cd`s but there is a small prob. The size of the installation is 1.7GB and I guess I will need 3 blank CD`s but how do I pass all that into 3 CD`s????????

[Watchout]

G'day WhatWhat,

If my memory serves me correctly Medieval Total War was 2 discs to install the game.

Why dont you simply use Clone CD, Blindwrite or Alcohol to create an image (from your original discs) & then burn them back to a CDR. You can install from those 2 backups & simply apply the crack you downloaded after install if you have not made a 1:1 copy

Or alternatively copy / paste the image of say CD1 to your harddrive & create a new folder called Crack in that directory / paste the crack / fix you downloaded & then burn the contents of the directory back to a CDR. You could use Nero to do this, however, remember to use the same name of the original disc as your copy which is probably something like Medieval CD1.

Burning back the game folder on your harddrive to 3 discs wouldn't be really sensible to do as their may be registry entries installed when you installed the game which you can not burn back to your CDR.

Entrusting of course you have the 2 original game discs to backup.....

[WhatWhat]

I cant make a 1:1 copy because it has phenoprotect V2 and I dont know how to overcome that protection. Any suggestions?????

[Watchout]

Phenoprotect protection is not an easy one to make a 1:1 Copy.

CD Media World may give you some tips.

But I recall MTW being safedisc Ver 2.60.052 protected. Why dont you give CD Killers Protect ID Proggie a go & see what that comes up with. CD Killer has a Thread going, about this.

If it is Safedisc Ver 2.60.052 protected then you can simply use bOOls eYe's safe disc cleaner proggie to clean it..... So you would install the game, run safedisc 2 cleaner & clean the .exe file.....& whallaaa you can play without your backups in the drive.