Sybarite Paladin AxL Posted January 9, 2008 Posted January 9, 2008 How do you guys preserve your old PC games? I've been having an idea for a very long time now and I need some help with it. Ok so basically, I take a game,and I update it to the latest patch, and I merge all the CDs it was on into one installation. I might also include downloaded content from fan sites like mods, maps, walkthroughs, no-CD patches etc. depending on the game. Then I burn it onto a DVD compilation. What tools would I need to do those things?
alexis Posted January 9, 2008 Posted January 9, 2008 mmm i dunno if you can actually do this, when you install anything into your computer, the setup process also creates some registry entries and stuff, I don't know if there are any methods to backup installed programs...
Sybarite Paladin AxL Posted January 9, 2008 Author Posted January 9, 2008 it's not just that, it's also including the patches into an installation so that the installation installs the latest version of a game or so that it also installs the extra content, and also I'd like to know how to merge multiple-CD installations into one installation.
MasterPhW Posted January 9, 2008 Posted January 9, 2008 Yeah, I did a lot of these stuff for my older games.Create a DVD from multiple CDs, include Patches and Mods and an own autostart Menu and then burn it to DVD.All you need, you will find at http://www.cd-2-dvd.com/ and if you need additional advices, just ask me via pm or in this thread.
Sybarite Paladin AxL Posted January 9, 2008 Author Posted January 9, 2008 Nice one, thanks bro. Will definitly look into this.
alexis Posted January 9, 2008 Posted January 9, 2008 looks interesting... will take a look. What i meant to say was that it was difficult to backup your game updated to the latest version with all the add ons, from your computer hard drive to a disc. However, I never investigated about this in depth since I dont pay much attention to that sort of stuff
Sybarite Paladin AxL Posted January 9, 2008 Author Posted January 9, 2008 yeah me neither, that's why I was asking. but I wouldn't back up a game that also has addons installed over it really. I mean, some addons screw the first game's campaign or change gameplay so I'd install addons or expansions separately.
alexis Posted January 9, 2008 Posted January 9, 2008 sounds interesting, beeing able to make backups from installed programs would be nice too, I will see what I can find out over the internet
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