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Need a Program to Backup my Games

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JHB

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Folks,

I am one of those gamers who still likes to buy physical games. I do not like to install programs like origin and steam on my computer just to run a game. So, I am looking for a way to make and exact copy of the DVD's into an ISO. That way when I need to install a game, I can just mount the ISO to do the install, which is much faster than my DVD drive reading the disk. What programs can make an exact copy to ISO? What do you all recommend! Thanks!
 
I have a complete format and install of Windows 7 coming up, and the biggest time waster is installing games. So I thought just installing from an ISO would be the quickest way to get games back on. Installing all my games can take almost 2-3 hours. Oh the horror!
 
GushpinBob said:
Not good for game backups since ripping/burning software like the aforementioned will "fix" whatever copy protection is used on the disc.

Something like Alcohol 120% or CloneCD is recommended in this scenario.
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Can you explain what you mean by "fix"?
 
And ISO can't reproduce a disk perfectly. There are tricks that companies use to stop you from doing this. You need a special format that can take an "exact" picture of the disk, or one that can get around the "tricks".

I used to use Alcohol 120% to do this, but I haven't even thought about this in years. I don't play many games any more, but when I do I look for digital distribution... less junk for me to want to save.
 
JHB said:
Can you explain what you mean by "fix"?
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I think what they mean is that normal duplicating of a disc will leave out the error codes and such that is used by copy protection. Programs like Alcohol 120 make raw copies, which includes the errors.
 
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