My back-up only works in my WRITER - Club CDFreaks

Ghostbit · 09-09-2002

I used CloneCD 4.0.0.1 to make a backup of Civ 3 in my Lite-On LTR32123s with the SafeDisc (2) [no AWS] profile and ended up with a back-up that my writer reads just fine as an original but my reader (a Creative Labs CD-5233E-N) doesn't recognize. This seems to be opposite of other threads I've read where people can't get the writer to recognize the back-up but have no problem using their readers. Anyone have a solution to this problem? Thanks!

*Flying Dutchman* · 09-09-2002

Some games can only be run from the drive the are installed from. Dont know about Civ 3 in particular but this might be the cause of your problem.

Ghostbit · 09-09-2002

FlyingDutchman,

Thanks for the thought. In this case, the game was originally installed on drive D (the Creative reader). My writer is drive E (The Lite-On writer) so that doesn't seem to match up.

[Edit:]

You may be right afterall. I went back and tried to play Civ 3 with the back-up. Autorun brought the spalsh screen up and offered me the option to play. I hit play and the game launched but then quickly requested that I insert the Civ 3 disc to play. Since I had the back-up in drive E (my writer) and my reader (drive D) doesn't recognize the back-up disc I was unable to play. I put in the original as a double check and then the game fired right up.

Sooo... Either your theory is correct and I must have the disc in the drive the game was installed from or the CloneCD back-up has other issues...

CCDKing · 09-09-2002

Well, what kind of media did you use? Perhaps you wrote the disc at too high of a speed?

09-09-2002	#1 (permalink)
Ghostbit New on Forum Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Middle Tennessee Posts: 6	My back-up only works in my WRITER <a href='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/ck.php?n=a13febf7&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE' target='_blank'><img src='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=30&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE&n=a13febf7' border='0' alt='' /></a> I used CloneCD 4.0.0.1 to make a backup of Civ 3 in my Lite-On LTR32123s with the SafeDisc (2) [no AWS] profile and ended up with a back-up that my writer reads just fine as an original but my reader (a Creative Labs CD-5233E-N) doesn't recognize. This seems to be opposite of other threads I've read where people can't get the writer to recognize the back-up but have no problem using their readers. Anyone have a solution to this problem? Thanks!

09-09-2002	#2 (permalink)
Flying Dutchman CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: NYC / Binghamton Posts: 1,369	Some games can only be run from the drive the are installed from. Dont know about Civ 3 in particular but this might be the cause of your problem. __________________ I'm not spamming, I'm trying to help people And the CDFreaks living room has reached a new low...

09-09-2002	#3 (permalink)
Ghostbit New on Forum Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Middle Tennessee Posts: 6	FlyingDutchman, Thanks for the thought. In this case, the game was originally installed on drive D (the Creative reader). My writer is drive E (The Lite-On writer) so that doesn't seem to match up. [Edit:] You may be right afterall. I went back and tried to play Civ 3 with the back-up. Autorun brought the spalsh screen up and offered me the option to play. I hit play and the game launched but then quickly requested that I insert the Civ 3 disc to play. Since I had the back-up in drive E (my writer) and my reader (drive D) doesn't recognize the back-up disc I was unable to play. I put in the original as a double check and then the game fired right up. Sooo... Either your theory is correct and I must have the disc in the drive the game was installed from or the CloneCD back-up has other issues... Last edited by Ghostbit; 09-09-2002 at 04:05.

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CCDKing CD Freaks Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Posts: 377	Well, what kind of media did you use? Perhaps you wrote the disc at too high of a speed?