noob with no cd question

[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.