FM 2006 Mini image

[theguy]

Step by step guide to run Football Manager 2006 without CD in drive
Updated and Revised
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Step 1. Install Football Manager 2006

Step 2. Make an image of your original CD

-> Insert the FM2006 CD in your drive (obvious ).
-> Run Alcohol (if you have it).
-> On the left-hand panel click on Image Making Wizard and the wizad opens.
-> Select the drive where there is FM2006 and select your prefered Read Speed (by default Maximum).
-> Tick Skip reading errors and leave the others unticked.
-> Click Next>.
-> Name the image, select where you want to save it and Start making the image.

Step 3. (Optional) Disable the real DVD & CD Drives.

-> Right click on My Computer and select Properties.
-> Under Hardware tab click on Device Manager
-> In the Device Manager window click on the + sign near DVD/CD-ROM drives to expand it.
-> Right-click on each of the real (not virtual) drives and select Disable and click OK.

Step 4. Change compatibility mode of fm.exe to Windows NT 4.0 (SP 5).

-> Right-click on the shortcut of Football Manager 2006 in the desktop and select Properties.
-> Under Compatibility tab tick in the box near Run this program in compatibility mode for:
-> Form the Drop-down menu select Windows NT 4.0 (Service Pack 5).
-> Click OK

Step 5. Mount the full image (not the MINI_IMG) by using Acohol or Daemon Tools.

-> Make sure that no emulation is on when using Daemon Tools (System Tray Icon is RED not GREEN)

Step 6. Double-click on the Football Manager 2006 shortcut on the desktop and play.

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Note: To re-enable the DVD/CD-ROMs you need to follow Step 3, but instead of selecting Disable, select Enable.

[yandao]

Ehz,everytime I run the game using the programs like daemon tools,alcohol and anti-blaxx, there's always an error message appearing saying that the application has encountered an error and needs to close. Haizz.. Can any1 offer some advice please? I using windows xp. Thanks alot

[jockscot1]

Have tried everything to load game (anti-blaxx, safedisc4 hider and the NT compatability way) and still won't load. When i first installed the game it worked no problem in NT mode but now it doesn't load. I opened the windows task manager when attempting to load like this and noticed that the fm.exe file appears but it only stays for a couple of seconds and disappears?!

Any tips anyone please?

Also when using the anti-blaxx method, when selecting securom 5 protection, it says this can't be recognised and to choose a protection manually.

This is doing my head in!!!! Any help appreciated. Cheers!

[king_damo]

i also need a mini-image has i have the game but me and my brother went halfs on the game and when he is on the game i carnt go on the game.
can somebody please send me a mini-image so i can mount with demon tools? thank you

[Sidius]

Guys hi, this is my first post about this great game!
I have a very good way to run your game without the cd.
1. Go downtown and buy the Original Fifa manager 2006 game! The guys have done a great Job and we need to support by buying the game!
2. After installing the game, copy Paste all the files in cd3 to the hard disk. (make sure to have show hiden files on)
3. Use your burning software to make one image NRG (Nero Disk Image) with the data you have on your computer.
4. Use Alcohol 120% to make an ISO file (ignore read errors).
make sure you have daemon up and running.
5. Load the NRG image to Daemon and the ISO image on Alcohol! Even if the autorun says to insert the proper disk you make sure to also run the game from the Desktop Icon.
Most of the times it works right away. But you may need to mount unmount the images in random order 2 or max 3 times. (Remember to no rely on the Auto run message . Once you mount the images run the game from the Desktop shortcut.
I Know it works in W2k and WINXP Pro .
I hope it helps!
Sidius

[Zoolok]

Thanks for the effort, but all of us here are waiting (hoping) for a Football Manager 2006 mini-image, not FIFA Manager mini-image

[Inferno_11]

its says earlier in this topic that u cant use a mini image, u need a full image of the game which i think takes hours to create using alcohol 120%, i have tried it with my mini image that i created from the original game and it dont work, i mounted it on daemon tools and clicked on the desktop icon but no luck, i even tried changing the compatibility, i really cant be bothered to spend hours creating a full image....must be a better way!!!!!!!!???????

[jockscot1]

Still not working properly. Un-installed FM2006 and re-installed it and the NT method worked for me, same as it did the first time. After exiting the game and re-booting my computer it stopped working again. Means i've got to un-install and then re-install every time to play the game!! Nightmare! Any ideas? Cheers.

[registrau]

It doesn't work with the method u guys say:

I installed the game, mounted an alcohol image ith DT 3.47, then I used the sd4hide program, and yet it doesn't play cause it says it detects a virtual drive...

So it does NOT work on all machines.

I don't want to use the NT compatibility method, cause it causes crashes when you play. I don't want to use anti blaxx cause Iheard its a crappy program that causes problems.

So I guess I'm out of luck ;(

[jockscot1]

My game is now working. Uninstalled and then re-installed game. Got it to work using the NT method and by not importing any player pics, kits, club logos etc. from my football manager 2005 folder which i have done previously. Not sure why this would affect it though?! Also downloaded latest fm.exe build type file from the SI website. Might have something to do with that?! Hope this helps some people to get it working.

[typnhp]

i can play with alcohol and s4h but still get the memory problem (not use nt4 mode, newest 6.01 patch), after 1h, memory used in taskmanager is about 800M then out of memory, what's up?

[Ferhat]

does the no cd work with the new patch ?

[baza72]

Hi people i have been keeping an i on this thread as i too am keen to have fm2006 running without cd, i may have a solution for you, it appears to work on first impressions, but need some of you guys to help test it over a period of time.

first make a image of your original fm2006 cd

download and install Daemon tools v4 and enable safedisc emulation then mount the image

install from image, once installation complete download and apply the official 6.0.1 patch

Then before running the game disable all optical drives from device manager

Play the game!!!

did'nt have to use any other software, works for me anyhow, hope this is of help, as i said have'nt tested fully as i have literally only just discovered this.

[Robbos]

All you guys who have successfully used the compatibility mode to play the game...

Have any of you managed to get the game beyond the end of the first season.

Mine mysteriously crashes at the same point, different games...etc.

Let me know!