CD Freaks Mini Backup Image Making Guide

[DuffMan]

For those who wish to make their own mini backup images see the guide here:

http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=131341

** Edited your post Duffman, new link, old one died recently :P, made sticky ** // Crypton

[balthazor]

http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=118875
the link is broken ??

[DuffMan]

Seems fine to me.

[dyurko]

Sorry, what exactly is a "mini image"?
Is the program used in a virtual drive and then it doesn't ask to put the cd in the drive?

[DarkLeftos]

CD Images, in general, are files that contain a whole CD in them, with the structure intact, byte to byte.

Mini-images are very smaller files, that have just the table-of-contents of the CD, without any of the actual data, that way fooling the game that a real CD is inserted.

[merther02]

SafeDisc doesnt bother to check the whole of the files integrity, just the start of the CD.

[RodolfoSFD]

how I simulate this virtual drive? exists some program? or I have that to copy mini-image in a CD and put into driver?

[Crypton]

Daemon-Tools or Alcoholo 120% are virtual drives that mount the images. Search in google for them.

[darkbal]

i got a problem with the mini back up images whenever i run it and start my game this error comes up that says CD/DVD emulation software has been dected. Please disable all CD/DVD emlation software and re-start the game.. anyone know how to get pass this?