How to copy computer games from CD to hard drive
If you want to copy you computer games from the CD drive to the hard drive, you will need to create an image of the CD first.
Images are basically 1:1 copies of the original CD’s. Creating such a copy is perfectly ok for personal reasons as long as you don’t share it online. There are various tools that allow you to create such an image.
Often, video games have a copy protection. So you can’t simply computer games from CD to your hard drive.
What games can I copy with GameCopyWizard?
Xbox 360, Xbox, PS3, PS2, Nintendo Wii, Gamecube, PC, Dreamcast games can be copies from CD to your hard drive. Basically, you can copy all games that use a CD. Console cartridges are obviously harder to copy and require special tools.
Game Copy Wizard is one of the most popular tools to copy games. It works exceptionally well and creates even perfect copies of protected computer games.
Copy Games from CD’s to Hard Drive
If you have a large hard drive it only makes sense to use create some backups of your games. DVD’s do not life very long, the average lifespan of a DVD is a couple years (depending on the quality of the DVD of course). If you can easily copy your computer games from the CD drive to your main hard drive, then why shouldn’t you? If your DVD’s/CD’s have a lot of scratches already it’s about time to copy them to your HDD.
Any smart buyer will see that this is a great investment that could save you a lot of time and money in the long run.
After copying the computer games to your drive, you can proceed and burn them to another DVD/CD as your backup copy. Even if you have a large hard drive, burning the game on to a CD/DVD is recommended. Hard drives can crash and cause data loss.
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Written by oliversk Sunday, February 20th, 2011
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