Wow, I'm stupid. CD/burner help

07-22-2004, 11:49 PM

Okayyyyyy... so I have two computers at my house, and I wanted to set up this one computer game on both PCs so I could have both running at the same time. I installed the game fine on both PCs, and if I put the game CD in either one, it works flawlessly, so no problem there.

The thing is, I can't run both at once (obviously). I tried looking everywhere for a no-CD exe file, to no avail. I figured I'd just burn the CD and use the burned copy on one PC and the original on this one. Simple enough solution.

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Anywho, long story short; I don't have a burner on this PC, and I do have one on my other PC. However, that's the only drive on the other PC. Normally you'd just put the original CD in the cd-rom drive, the blank in the burner, and voila.

So my predicament is, how do I go about copying the CD contents to the hard drive, then burning the contents to the blank? I know it's possible, there's programs that do it or something, just not sure where to look. Hell, I think I even posted this exact thread before but I'm a gimp, so y'know. Just link me to a site with a program or something and I will give you 5 trillion rep or something

**$ideburns** · 07-23-2004, 12:22 AM

I think you should be able to use a program like WinISO to create an ISO file from the CD that you want to copy, then make a CD from that ISO image.

DS · 07-23-2004, 12:40 AM

Yeah, WinISO would probably be the best thing to work with from what you're saying. It will take a long time depending on how fast your drive is. So it may be like an overnight type thing if you don't want to bother with it. Probably the best thing...only thing is you'll have to copy the contents from the ISO file to the CD.

Do this:
1) Download WinISO and D-Tools (search google)
2) Put the CD in the drive and use WinISO to create an ISO file out of it.
3) Use D-Tools to open the ISO file and go to My Computer.
4) Open the drive with the ISO file in it (it will be a new drive in MC so if your real CD drive is D:\ then it will probably be E:\)
5) Copy the contents of the ISO to your CD drive (D:\ from earlier example) and burn it.

If that doesn't work come back here and maybe we can find a no-CD crack.

**LoDownM** · 07-23-2004, 06:01 PM

Did you check gamecopyworld.com? They have a buttload of no-cd patchs.

**Jonster** · 07-23-2004, 07:52 PM

If you use nero, you can actually copy a disc using one drive, you put the disc you want to copy in, it copies it to an iso on your computer, then burns it to a blank cd you put in afterwards.
Then it deletes the iso.

**Penner** · 07-24-2004, 01:17 AM

Yeah you can just do it with Nero.

When you go to CD Copy, if it sees that you have one drive it will automatically make a temporary image, then ask you for a blank cd, then burn it.

Pretty easy shit.

**Y2Ant** · 07-24-2004, 01:09 PM

Yeah I saw the copy CD option on Nero 6 last night, I can hook you up if you want

07-25-2004, 07:03 PM

Had I seen this earlier, I also would have suggested Nero 6. There are some serials in a thread I made somewhere in this forum.

07-25-2004, 07:05 PM

http://www.tpww.net/forums/showthread.php?t=15000

There you go. Just d/l the program of their website, and use the appropriate serial # from the thread.

07-22-2004, 11:49 PM	#1
road doggy dogg Guest Posts: n/a	Wow, I'm stupid. CD/burner help Okayyyyyy... so I have two computers at my house, and I wanted to set up this one computer game on both PCs so I could have both running at the same time. I installed the game fine on both PCs, and if I put the game CD in either one, it works flawlessly, so no problem there. The thing is, I can't run both at once (obviously). I tried looking everywhere for a no-CD exe file, to no avail. I figured I'd just burn the CD and use the burned copy on one PC and the original on this one. Simple enough solution. [/intro with far too many details than necessary] Anywho, long story short; I don't have a burner on this PC, and I do have one on my other PC. However, that's the only drive on the other PC. Normally you'd just put the original CD in the cd-rom drive, the blank in the burner, and voila. So my predicament is, how do I go about copying the CD contents to the hard drive, then burning the contents to the blank? I know it's possible, there's programs that do it or something, just not sure where to look. Hell, I think I even posted this exact thread before but I'm a gimp, so y'know. Just link me to a site with a program or something and I will give you 5 trillion rep or something

07-23-2004, 12:22 AM	#2
$ideburns Posts: 12	I think you should be able to use a program like WinISO to create an ISO file from the CD that you want to copy, then make a CD from that ISO image.

07-23-2004, 12:40 AM	#3
DS look at that hat Posts: 4,520	Yeah, WinISO would probably be the best thing to work with from what you're saying. It will take a long time depending on how fast your drive is. So it may be like an overnight type thing if you don't want to bother with it. Probably the best thing...only thing is you'll have to copy the contents from the ISO file to the CD. Do this: 1) Download WinISO and D-Tools (search google) 2) Put the CD in the drive and use WinISO to create an ISO file out of it. 3) Use D-Tools to open the ISO file and go to My Computer. 4) Open the drive with the ISO file in it (it will be a new drive in MC so if your real CD drive is D:\ then it will probably be E:\) 5) Copy the contents of the ISO to your CD drive (D:\ from earlier example) and burn it. If that doesn't work come back here and maybe we can find a no-CD crack.

07-23-2004, 06:01 PM	#4
LoDownM Retired Prolly. Posts: 11,296	Did you check gamecopyworld.com? They have a buttload of no-cd patchs.

07-23-2004, 07:52 PM	#5
Jonster Has an evil monkey... Posts: 7,299	If you use nero, you can actually copy a disc using one drive, you put the disc you want to copy in, it copies it to an iso on your computer, then burns it to a blank cd you put in afterwards. Then it deletes the iso.

07-24-2004, 01:17 AM	#6
Penner Crash Bang Posts: 21,391	Yeah you can just do it with Nero. When you go to CD Copy, if it sees that you have one drive it will automatically make a temporary image, then ask you for a blank cd, then burn it. Pretty easy shit.

07-24-2004, 01:09 PM	#7
Y2Ant Crows Before Hoes Posts: 24,501	Yeah I saw the copy CD option on Nero 6 last night, I can hook you up if you want

07-25-2004, 07:03 PM	#8
Funky Fly Guest Posts: n/a	Had I seen this earlier, I also would have suggested Nero 6. There are some serials in a thread I made somewhere in this forum.

07-25-2004, 07:05 PM	#9
Funky Fly Guest Posts: n/a	http://www.tpww.net/forums/showthread.php?t=15000 There you go. Just d/l the program of their website, and use the appropriate serial # from the thread.