How Do I Back up larger games

[Jerseyboy8234]

I have two games that are larger than i can back up on a DVD-R disc. Is there any easy way to back them Up? Do they make bigger Dvd-R disc yet? Sorry I am still a newbie

[lufcfan]

DVD9 Burners are starting to be released, but the media is quite expensive, so you should use a ripkit to shrink the games down... What game is it by the way?

[jay zee]

where can i get a dvd9 rip/shrink kit from??

[lufcfan]

you could try www.alucard.cc

[MoBiUs]

is it possible to backup the games on DVD+R DL, ive got a DL disc and burner. and would love to backup my MGS 2:sub

[ottoman]

probably totally possible but whethter the ps2 would read it afterwards is another question. The lasers are pretty poor and struggle reading standard dvd-r most of the time

[lufcfan]

I say try it and see...

[TylerDurden]

I second that!



Tyler!

[Jerseyboy8234]

The two games that I am trying to back up are Xenosaga and Champions of Norrath. Both games exceed dvd disck capacity

[MoBiUs]

ill try it soon, but bad thing is i just sold my mod chipped ps2(finally a paying bidder on ebay) and my DMS3 V9 hasnt come so i am without a mod chipped ps2.

[ottoman]

reading forums on dual layer dvd burners......after burning a dual layer disc it is hard to get another dvd drive to read the disc, let alone knows the cheap sh1t*y laser that sony use in PS2. Iwould suspect that u could probably recal the laser to read it, but after a few weeks of reading it the laser would die a nasty death, just as if all yr backups were on Bulkpaq dvd-r(EUGH!!!).

Having said that, a lot of firmware updates r coming out for dvd drives so that they will read dual layer burnt discs but that still won't help ps2 users.

My strangly wise advice......I wouldn't do it!!!!!!!(Or not more than once just to prove that it won't read)

If its tougher to read than a single layer Ritek G4 dvd-r then it will slowly kill yr laser an that just ain't worth it!!

And i especially wouldn't do it on a version 9 or 10. Best test bench....v5 or v7.

Hopefully the next generation of dual layer dvd-r/+r will be more reliable....Besides the price they charge for blank dual layer dvd u might as well get on e-bay and buy a second copy to use.

[MoBiUs]

i only pay $11 for one DL disc, im going to try it on a V7

[ottoman]

cool, but like i say....try it once.

It gonna be difficult to try both layers without considerable gaming.....Have u got HDLoader and a harddrive? A good way might be to try and install it to yr harddrive....that way it gotta read the whole disc......although if it gonna fail i would think it would fail straight away because of the lack of reflectivity on the first layer......

Well, if i was gonna test it I would use a version 7 as well....Definitely the Rainier Wolfecastle of the ps2 world (Ice to see you!!!)

Regards

P.S U lucky u in da states. Prices r more like £11 a disc here!!

[spedmetal]

Originally Posted by ottoman

Have u got HDLoader and a harddrive? A good way might be to try and install it to yr harddrive....that way it gotta read the whole disc......although if it gonna fail i would think it would fail straight away because of the lack of reflectivity on the first layer......

DVD9 games have a known compatibility issue with HDloader.... they don’t work as of yet!

[MoBiUs]

im going to backup the game but what use is it casue you guys go the laser will die after a few weeks and i dont want to burn out my new ps2(just got it 2 days ago).

btw friend backed up a 5gb xbox game to a DL disc worked fine he has been playing it for weeks. But xboxs have way better lasers than ps2s