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Old 09-05-2007, 17:16
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Can't make the iso work (I HAVE THE GAME)

Alright, before I continue, I have to make this clear: I have the game. I have no desire to illegally download games, I'm just sick and tired of using the disk, and no-cd patches seem to not work that well.

Ok, now that that's out of the way:

I've created a .iso, and mounted it to a drive. When I double-click on the drive, it does nothing.

Can anyone explain this, and perhaps how to fix it? Thank you very much.
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Old 09-05-2007, 18:02
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Read the FAQ a bit more about this.

.iso files cannot and will not carry the topography (a complete image of the top layer of a disc including protections) of the disc, unlike other disc image creation software which will do.

Alcohol 120%
CloneCD
etc..


Ill link to the page.

http://www.fileforums.com/showthread...es_HowToCreate


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Old 10-05-2007, 09:50
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It would also be helpful to know exactly WHICH game you are trying to backup!
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Old 10-05-2007, 14:30
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OH! I'm SO sorry! I completely forgot to mention it!

I'm trying to back up The Sims 2: Family Fun Stuff (Don't laugh- it's my mom's)

Is there some weird thing I gotta do for it?
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Old 10-05-2007, 17:44
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Follow DABHand's link, the bit about making a Safedisc mini-image and the Alcohol part too!
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No need to be ashamed Baulderan :P
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lol, alright. Sorry, I've had people say that I'm not a gamer because I have The Sims or something :\

Actually, I DID go to the faqs you sent me to- it actually helped me alot, especially for saving hard drive space. But, when I double-click on the drive, it just brings up the file, like if it was just "explored" in Windows Explorer. I've done Daemon Tools emulation, used BlindWrite and Alcohol 120%, and downloaded the .mds and .mdf from GCW. Is there some section of the FAQs that I'm just completely missing?
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Old 12-05-2007, 09:59
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@Baulderan
When you first mount the mini image, with either Daemon Tools or Alcohol 120%, a window will open (most times anyway).
The window appears to be displaying all the files which would normally be on the disc. The files are not really there.

Just close the window and start the game from the normal desktop shortcut.
The mini image is just to trick the protection into thinking you have the disc in a drive.
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