PS2 backups

cknb · Newbie Joined: 30 Dec 2004 Posts: 15

Could someone please point me to the forum for backing up PS2 games or the best way to do them Thanks

SirQUK · Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 11:00 am Post subject:

Hi cknb I don't know too much about ti but up to know DVDDecrypter seems to do a pretty decent job. Hoping someone else form the forum can confirm this!

rubicat · Moderator Joined: 30 Sep 2004 Posts: 816

You can probably find all you need to know here: http://forums.afterdawn.com/forum_view.cfm/50

DiViDeZeRo · r00t Joined: 12 Sep 2002 Posts: 289 Location: Netherlands

Yeah but then again we'd like the members to stick around for a little while longer Razz

rubicat · Moderator Joined: 30 Sep 2004 Posts: 816

Maybe I should rephrase that to "You can probably find all you need to know about PS2 backup here: http://forums.afterdawn.com/forum_view.cfm/50" For everything else stick with CDR-Zone.com! Wink

cknb · Newbie Joined: 30 Dec 2004 Posts: 15

Thanks for that. I will stay here tho. Is cdrwin still good for backing up ps1 games or is there something better. I used this years ago as clonecd didnt support my burner. I now use a pioneer 105 dvd burner

SirQUK · Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 7:48 pm Post subject:

As far as i know CloneCD and Blindwrite both support most PS1 games without the need for patching ( It has been a long time since I needed to back up a PS1 game). Of course you stil need the modchip or swap trick to play them.

rubicat · Moderator Joined: 30 Sep 2004 Posts: 816

CDRWin was the only app that I could get to work consistantly for PS1 backups. I always had to write them at 2x or it didn't always work. I haven't done a PS1 backup for years though, CloneCD or Blindwrite may be better. I don't think they were around back then (could be wrong). I've never tried PS2 backups.

Roadworker · Forum Admin Joined: 24 Sep 2002 Posts: 383

A brief DvdDecrypter tutorial for backing up PS2 games from my good friend psx_paul: Open up the DVD Decrypter program. Before you insert your PS2 original DVD, from the menu select Mode>ISO>Read. Select your Source drive. Insert your PS2 original DVD. DVD Decrypter should recognize the DVD and compile some information about it. Select your destination area on your hard disk where you want to store the ISO image. Then click on the DVD > Hard Disk button at the bottom of the screen. DVD Decrypter then extracts the files from the DVD and builds an ISO image onto your hard disk. This will take a short while depending on the size of the DVD and the read speed of your DVD reader. Once DVD Decrypter has finished building the ISO image onto your hard disk, it will alert you “Operation Successfully Completed!”. It will also play a little music sample. Burn the image from hard disk back to DVD-R/DVD+R From the menu select Mode>ISO>Write. Select your destination drive (your writer) and insert your blank DVD disc. DVD Decrypter should recognize the blank DVD and compile some information about it. Tick the “BURN-Proof” check-box (if applicable). OPTIONAL – Tick the “Test Mode” check-box if you wish to perform a test write prior to the actual write. From the Settings area select “DVD” as the write mode. From the Settings area select your write speed. Then click on the Hard Disk > DVD button at the bottom of the screen. DVD Decrypter will then start to write the ISO image to your DVD disc. Once DVD Decrypter has finished writing the ISO image onto your blank DVD disc, it will alert you “Operation Successfully Completed!”. It will also play a little music sample. A short note: Rumours are that some of the latest PS2 games,like Gran Turismo 4,come on a dvd-9,which means that you have to have a dual-layer burner and dual-layer discs,because you can't shrink those games to fit on dvd-5,(at least not in an easy way)unlike dvd movies...

SirQUK · Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 2:25 am Post subject:

I can confirm tonight that GT 4 is indeed a 5.76gb Dual layer DVD image and the DVD Decrypter method worked great! Cheers Roadworker for confirming what i thought - Decrypters good for PS2

cknb · Newbie Joined: 30 Dec 2004 Posts: 15

Thanks Roadworker for the tutorial. Now I need to get it mod chipped. Any advice or do I just take it to my local computer fair ( bowlers, Manchester ) to let them do it. Which one is the easiest to use and how much should I pay. Bear in mind its mainly for my 8 yr old son as the backups are because he keeps wrecking the originals !!!!

SirQUK · Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 6:18 pm Post subject:

The guys at bowlers are very good at it ( i quite often visit bowlers on a saturday!).

losferwords · Newbie Joined: 22 Mar 2005 Posts: 2 Location: Norn Iron

While the DVD Decrypter method works for "normal" PS2 games, there is still a great debate on how to backup GT4. One guy has claimed to have got it working, but i have yet to see any proof of this.

SirQUK · Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 8:49 pm Post subject:

Yup Decrypter cant do GT4! at least its a challenge!

Roadworker · Forum Admin Joined: 24 Sep 2002 Posts: 383

Rumors are,that you even can't backup it on an empty dvd-9 with a recorder that supports double layer,due to the fact that the correct navigation structure is gone on the backup,because the second layer of the dvd is read as opposite track path when you create a backup of it... If the original layer order is pressed as parallel track path,your backup won't work properly..... Hope for ya that the rumors are wrong.....

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