JDFan Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 I'm pretty sure you can as long as you don't give it to anyone. How do I do it then? I've never had to backup a disc before, do I need any special software? I have two DVD drives.And will the computer have any trouble recognising it? I know that several games require the original to run due to various copy protection issues***. Thanks for your help! to make a backup copy* of the disk, you will need: 1. a blank DVD of the correct format of your drive. either - or +, or a multiformat -/+2. **an ISO ripping + burning program, such as nero, or one of many that can be found by a quick google search 3. once you have both of the above, insert the oblivion disk into your DVD drive, and run the program. Somewhere on it, it will say rip disk/copy disk/rip image/etc. you click that, and somewhere it will ask you where to store the image file. choose a location you can remember, and start the rip. 4. after it finishes, remove the oblivion disk and insert the blank DVD. then select burn image to disk/write image to disk/etc in the ISO program. then select the oblivion image file you just created in step 3. just sit back and wait for the disk to finish burning, after that you should have a second copy of oblivion. *if the disk is scratched very badly, the ripping process may not work correctly, and you have no choice but to buy oblivion again or copy a friends (latter being illegal, if you care) **yes there are more choices then ISO. but to keep it simple, and because it really doesn't matter in the first place, thats what im putting down. ***if you make a copy of the disk in the method i give here, it is for all intents and purposes the exact same disk (sans the scratch on the original). Are these programs freeware? If not, can you tell me of a freeware one? Thanks for your replies, guys! Ther are many free programs that can do this and others that offer free trials like CLONEDVD for instance the are also many others for download from MAJORGEEKS.COM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dark Brother Posted July 10, 2007 Author Share Posted July 10, 2007 Cheers! Edit: Many thanks to everyone who helped. I now have a working Oblivion backup, minus the crack in the middle. At least, it runs ok and the PC detects it, so it should be fine? I'll keep the original for any necessary future reinstallations, if the backup can't do that. @JD Fan: Thanks for your suggestion, but it appears that Clone DVD only works for films (that's what it told me, anyway.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agent0002 Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 Cheers! Edit: Many thanks to everyone who helped. I now have a working Oblivion backup, minus the crack in the middle. At least, it runs ok and the PC detects it, so it should be fine? I'll keep the original for any necessary future reinstallations, if the backup can't do that. the backup can do EVERYTHING that the original can do. like i said, it is has all of the exact same data and abilities the orginial has. i am not making a guess at this, i know for certain that its true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sypron Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 I second that. I've used mine to install the game. Like I said erlier, a crack on disc shouldn't stunt its performance. It will just Work, then not work. Scratches are what makes it stutter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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