Newbie...ISO rippers?

[Wayne]

Just out of curiosity, you're not trying to use these programs to make copies of an original Dreamcast game disc, are you? Since you specifically stated "ISO rippers", I initially thought you were talking about ripping the data out of .ISO or .CDI files. Looking closely into your message it appears that you're under the misimpression that you can copy original GD-ROM discs (Sega-branded Dreamcast games) using an "ISO-ripper". If this is the case, it is not true! The only way to "RIP" original Sega Dreamcast game discs (GD-ROM) is by attaching your Dreamcast to your PC by serial or ethernet connection, and running special software on both. The ripping will take you overnight, then you'll have to hack, downsample and try to get the results into a new image to fit a (smaller) CD-R disc.

One last thing: There is ******NO WAY****** to copy an ORIGINAL Dreamcast GD-ROM disc using a CDRW drive. It is impossible. A GD-ROM holds a gigabyte of data and your CDRW drive isn't capable of reading anything beyond the small boot header found on the inside ring of the data. There is a separate and different density game data section on a GD-ROM and you can even see where the data tracks are separated.