CD COPPIER HELP!!!!

Hi, I have a CD writer and I recently tried to copy a Microsoft Game but for some reason not all of the files were coppied and when i tried to run the game it sayed Invalid CD. I installed the game just fine but for some reason it wouldnt play. I am desperately looking for Software that Will Copy from CD to CD. If there is a place to download it or you know of a good utility that i can buy please e-mail me, thanks

You are best advised to contact Microsoft direct as they will help you with identifying not only the problem but also which software to use. Make sure that you give them your full name and address details as they will definitely need that in order to contact you with your goodies. -- Best regards, Bruce. ====== The Stunned Mullet........seriously satirical stuff! http://welcome.to/the_stunned_mullet =============================================== >Hi, >I have a CD writer and I recently tried to copy a Microsoft Game but for some >reason not all of the files were coppied and when i tried to run the game it >sayed Invalid CD. I installed the game just fine but for some reason it wouldnt >play. >I am desperately looking for Software that Will Copy from CD to CD. If there is >a place to download it or you know of a good utility that i can buy please >e-mail me, >thanks

If that reply was sarcastic, i am not coppying a game and returning it. I am coppying it for backup purposes because my PC is out of hard disk room

Huh? Why would you need to back up a CD because you are low on disk space? And there's only one P in copy, by the way. ~daxe -----------== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News ==---------- http://www.newsfeeds.com The Largest Usenet Servers in the World! ------== Over 73,000 Newsgroups - Including Dedicated Binaries Servers ==-----

That doesnt really make sense. You're making a copy of the CD because your computer doesnt have enough hard disk space. So what if it doesnt have the space? Does it mean that the original wont work? Why would another copy of it work? Does it magically make your hard disk bigger? -- Nathan Wong http://www.nectar.com.au/~alfacors Alfa Romeo - Super Touring - Club Cars http://fullspeed.to/astc Australian Super Touring Championship News and Information

room Huh? Seems to me your existing CD is already a "backup" for what's on your hard disk. Or is it that you're worried about your CD becoming damaged? Randy

Question/Comment: Don't you need extra hardrive space when you are copying {one P. lol} CDs or re-writing {I believe is the correct term}? I do not have a Re-writable CD {just a CDrom} & I am only curious? Cheers.... Thom _j. aka ^Fretts.

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> > If that reply was sarcastic, i am not coppying a game and returning it. I am > > coppying it for backup purposes because my PC is out of hard disk room > Huh? Why would you need to back up a CD because you are low on disk space? > And there's only one P in copy, by the way. > ~daxe > -----------== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News ==---------- > http://www.newsfeeds.com The Largest Usenet Servers in the World! > ------== Over 73,000 Newsgroups - Including Dedicated Binaries Servers ==-----

Just because i sell teh Roms on a C does not mean That I USE THEM. Anyone Can Download the roms

Sure doesn't make any sense Nathan. I don't have a writable CD just the old CDrom but dont you have to have 650megs on your hardrive for CD re-writing?? Seems Odd?? A Curious Thom_j. aka

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> >If that reply was sarcastic, i am not coppying a game and returning it. I am > >coppying it for backup purposes because my PC is out of hard disk room > That doesnt really make sense. You're making a copy of the CD because > your computer doesnt have enough hard disk space. So what if it doesnt > have the space? Does it mean that the original wont work? Why would > another copy of it work? Does it magically make your hard disk bigger? > -- > Nathan Wong http://www.nectar.com.au/~alfacors > Alfa Romeo - Super Touring - Club Cars > http://fullspeed.to/astc > Australian Super Touring Championship > News and Information

Wonder why a tape-backup is not an option??

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> > If that reply was sarcastic, i am not coppying a game and returning > it. I am > > coppying it for backup purposes because my PC is out of hard disk > room > Huh? Seems to me your existing CD is already a "backup" for what's on > your hard disk. Or is it that you're worried about your CD becoming > damaged? > Randy

huh? > Just because i sell teh Roms on a C does not mean That I USE THEM. Anyone Can > Download the roms

If you have more than one CD drive you can sometimes write directly from the regular CD to the CDR (writer), though that depends on a bunch of variables like the drive speeds, ATAPI or SCSI, etc. Generally, you would have the data on your hard drive that you wished to store on the CDR. You can make an 'image' of a CD from which you can make multiple copies, but that, of course, requires that you have the image stored on your hard drive. Re-writing may be being misunderstood here. A CD-RW is a CDR which can deal with CD blanks that can be erased and written on again. Regular CD blanks cannot do this; write them once and you are stuck with the results. That used to be a real big deal when the blanks were 15-20$ each, but now you can get them for about 1-2$ each so it doesn't matter if***one up, you just toss it (and get an extra jewel case out of the deal). The re-writable blanks are more like 15-20$ these days and tout the ability to be erased and written to again 1000 or more times. Not every CDR handles re-writing, you will see both CD-R drives and CD-RW drives, the CD-Rs being generally cheaper. I have a CD-RW in addition to my regular CD-ROM. I have used it to back up CDs of my 2 year old daughters' games because she likes to push the button on the CD drive and take the CD out (shiny, y'know) and tote it off somewhere in the house, being none too gentle or careful in the process. Whenever I get her a CD, I always copy it before I ever even put it in her computer. CD-writers are also very useful for getting accumulated pictures, videos and other space-devouring ***off your hard drives. 1$ for 650 meg of storage space is a better deal than any Zip drive-like solution I can think of. ~daxe -----------== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News ==---------- http://www.newsfeeds.com The Largest Usenet Servers in the World! ------== Over 73,000 Newsgroups - Including Dedicated Binaries Servers ==-----

Great Info Daxe.. Thanx!! P.S. I haven't had a 2yr old around since 26yrs ago ;0) I'm older than volcano dirt.<g> Seems like I ain't gonna be any "grand-pappy" soon either but that's fine with me for now! Again Thanx..Thom_j.

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> > Question/Comment: Don't you need extra hardrive space when you are > > copying {one P. lol} CDs or re-writing {I believe is the correct term}? > > I do not have a Re-writable CD {just a CDrom} & I am only curious? > > Cheers.... Thom _j. aka ^Fretts. > If you have more than one CD drive you can sometimes write directly from the > regular CD to the CDR (writer), though that depends on a bunch of variables like > the drive speeds, ATAPI or SCSI, etc. Generally, you would have the data on > your hard drive that you wished to store on the CDR. You can make an 'image' of > a CD from which you can make multiple copies, but that, of course, requires that > you have the image stored on your hard drive. > Re-writing may be being misunderstood here. A CD-RW is a CDR which can deal > with CD blanks that can be erased and written on again. Regular CD blanks > cannot do this; write them once and you are stuck with the results. That used > to be a real big deal when the blanks were 15-20$ each, but now you can get them > for about 1-2$ each so it doesn't matter if***one up, you just toss it (and > get an extra jewel case out of the deal). The re-writable blanks are more like > 15-20$ these days and tout the ability to be erased and written to again 1000 or > more times. Not every CDR handles re-writing, you will see both CD-R drives and > CD-RW drives, the CD-Rs being generally cheaper. > I have a CD-RW in addition to my regular CD-ROM. I have used it to back up CDs > of my 2 year old daughters' games because she likes to push the button on the CD > drive and take the CD out (shiny, y'know) and tote it off somewhere in the > house, being none too gentle or careful in the process. Whenever I get her a > CD, I always copy it before I ever even put it in her computer. CD-writers are > also very useful for getting accumulated pictures, videos and other > space-devouring ***off your hard drives. 1$ for 650 meg of storage space is a > better deal than any Zip drive-like solution I can think of. > ~daxe > -----------== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News ==---------- > http://www.newsfeeds.com The Largest Usenet Servers in the World! > ------== Over 73,000 Newsgroups - Including Dedicated Binaries Servers ==-----

Selling them is even worse than downloading and using them yourself. You are scum. -- Nathan Wong http://www.nectar.com.au/~alfacors Alfa Romeo - Super Touring - Club Cars http://fullspeed.to/astc Australian Super Touring Championship News and Information

Nobody buys pirate tapes.

Right, they buy pirate CD's. -Jan Otto