How to successfully Backup True Crime from 4 CD’s to 1 DVD

[E_J]

Originally Posted by BarryB

You can also use Total Commander (Registration needed) and a plugin to allow editing MSI files!

First, Total Commander doesn't require registration to use plug-ins. Second, that plug-in for MSI won't work for this purpose. The MSI plug-in is to access the files which are stored in some MSI files. It does not modify the MSI file database as is required for changing the installation disc label.

[Grumpy]

Like i said

I only put this together as there are a lot of threads asking how this is done but no-one has really answered the question in enough detail

And not many of us can read Spanish!
I do understand there are other ways of doing it but this was just to stop the Question from being asked all the time!

[Grumpy]

Oh and Morglum 007, I never stated it was New! It was only meant to help!

[Grumpy]

@ Morglum 007

and that is totally untrue).

What is totally untrue?

Some games need the original EXE to update!
I was just trying to supply a general way of backing up games onto DVD!
If you start telling people they dont need the original exe, they may not be able to update their game at a later date! I understand NOT ALL exe's get changed in an update! This was only mentioned as a caution! Its always a safe option to keep the Original exe's! You MAY NEVER NEED them! But!
I went to the effort to give some help but unfortunately Morglem you are only more interested in advertising your own site!! Not Helping! If you really wanted to help you would have posted all your info here (in English) instead of trying to direct everyone to your site! So when I 'detailed' it in English I get rubbished because i dont speak Spanish!
Now I understand why people dont give help!
Well I do hope some English speaking people got some help from my Thread!

[Morglum007]

Well, i don't want to advertise my web page, thats only to give more info about.

Respecting requesting help, i have given a lot of help and not only in spanish. Actually, i participate in english forum to give advises and to teach people, not only in spanish. I like a lot u gave such info in english, but i cannot translate all my research on english cause i haven't time to do it.

To reply to the help assistance, well, i have been out here for more than 5 years, and believe me, expert people do not share knowledges to public cause the scene is like a race to be the better. I 'm pretty upset about, and i'm an exception cause i share my little knowledges with almost every that wanted it. Some moderator of that forum can corroborate such thing.

And respecting game updates, well, it's a good way of proceeding, but there is just only a FEW games that checks for CRC. Operation flashpoint is a typical example. Anyway, maybe we are some experts on installation "fixing" and do not require such files to get updated. Well, proceed as u wish.

Think and then, speak, i'm not here to make a fight

TIP: Thats not only the unique forum i write in, and i'm usually busy in other forum , so try to consider it.
TIP2: Use the search button for installshield or Morglum007 and get surprised about all my post here. They aren't about "Yes i have such crack", or "have anyone that thing"?
TIP3: Someone suggested me to return here from CDfreaks, cause i forgot that forum long ago. I can always leave again if people wishes...^^

[BarryB]

Yep, let's not start a fight, let's show we can have a sensible discussion without us flaming everyone, which is SOOO easy to start doing.

Everybody's opinion/advice/constructive criticism is welcome, even if you silently do not agree with it. You then make your own choices/responses from the information presented!

At least we now KNOW we can put True Crime onto a DVD and it will install with either an original or fixed EXE. Only when a patch comes out will we see whether it needs the original EXE or not, and you might want to hang on burning that DVD in anticipation of a patch

[KAMiKAZE]

Originally Posted by Morglum007

I can always leave again if people wishes...^^

DON'T do that! Your help is really appreciated and your english is just getting better and better...

[Grumpy]

@ Morglum007 I also am not here to fight.
I visited your site today and was having a good read, very good site!
And I can see where the you may be a little frustrated with my thread! It is basically what you have already discussed but this is not where I got it from!
I'm no game cracker I just enjoy them. My thread was only meant to help those who dont have maybe as much time on their hands as I do to do the searching!! Everything I wrote was from searching the net (a lot) and from pure trial and many errors! I couldnt find enough info from the one source to do it so I presumed the documentation didnt exist on the Net. Not in English anyway! And untill today I wasnt familiar with 'babefish'. (Which I like so thanx for pointing that out to me). Look sorry if I have upset or offended any one (especially you Morglum007) but even if I did acknowledge all the sites and or people I got the info from (couldnt remember them all though) you would not have been given a mention (the credit) and it seems that would have been unfair!
It seems all I have done is translated it for you! So to you I genuinely say thanx for the info. Hopefully now we can all just get on with enjoying the games!

[BarryB]

Originally Posted by E_J

First, Total Commander doesn't require registration to use plug-ins. Second, that plug-in for MSI won't work for this purpose. The MSI plug-in is to access the files which are stored in some MSI files. It does not modify the MSI file database as is required for changing the installation disc label.

First point, I meant the program will need registering eventually to continue using it, it's shareware.

But you're totally wrong on the second point! If you open an MSI file using the msi-plus 0.4 plugin, the MEDIA file can be edited using the 'F4 Edit' button at the bottom of the screen, this will open the file in Notepad where you can edit it then save it, TC will then ask if you want to repack the MSI file, so you say YES! And Robert is very much your Mothers brother, as we say