Does anyone know if a utility (built into bwabuilder or otherwise) to do this conversion is ever going to be produced???

Why do you need that?

If you want to create a MDS, you can use Alcohol 120% and your original disc.

I think Alcohol can read BWA files now. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Yes, Alcohol 120% supports reading BWA files as they're a subset of the much better and accurate MDS. But it can't create BWA.

That is your opinion only.
No one from the alcohol team will back that statement with fact, they say try it yourself and see, I have, with no difference here. Or they will just say because we say so.

It doesn't make any difference for me whether I use alcohol to create an MDS or Blindwrite to create a BWA, either one is just as accurate as the other IMO. Blindwrite will take an MDS and convert it to a BWA, Alcohol will not convert a BWA to an MDS. I don't believe alcohol will ever offer that option, they may prove me wrong but I doubt it. I believe the reason to be what is quoted above, but I could be wrong.

They don't have to convert it.
This is because Alcohol fully supports BWA files and uses them as if it was a MDS file as long as you use Blindwrite standard image files.
Ofcourse Alcohol uses MDS as its control file. Blindwrite has BWT file for the same thing. The difference is that Blindwrite stores the media density information in a "new" BWA file whereas, Alcohol stores the information in its allready existing MDS file. This makes it tricky for a BWA ---> MDS conversion.

thanx guys

I followed this thread but still have not seen a solution that someone claims works.

I currently have BlindWrite 3.4 and a burner that is supposedly good for duping CDs. (BTC)

What software can I use to make a reliable backup of the MOO3 dics?

Also, where can I download the older version of BlindWrite, I could not find it on their website.

Thx,
CC

Look here for the older version of Blindwrite you want.

~Hitman4life

please explain how i can use blindwrite ( BWA images ) and convert them to MDS files on ALcohol? Do they need to be saved into a directory of some sort so when i..... to make a long story short will these BWA files appear on alcohols mds image log, so i ccan then just click the newly converted image (BWA) and burn it onto disc? hope this makes sense TO MUCH COFFEE LOL

I'm also interested in a tool that could just convert bwa to mds, are there any chances to get it...?

Two things for you.

Firstly BlindWrite has just released a new version of BWABuilder for all registered users. You can find it on the downloads page.

Secondly I don't think you can convert BWA to MDS. I belive BWA is a subset of MDS which is why you can convert MDS to BWA but not the other way round.

Thx, but I already know that about bwabuilder, anyway it's not what I need and I really don't understand what's the problem by creating also a progy that converts bwa to mds if we already have an converter from mds to bwa (subset?)!?

if that were to happen then it would be alcohol that has to do it not Blindwrite, Alcohol chooses the files they want to support and convert just as blindwrite has made their choice, But the question was asked earlier if you want an mds why not use alcohol to create one.
And at this point in time there is no plan for what you ask. Lapinou will correct me if I am wrong.