Important Game Burning Question

[lucky_strike]

my burner doesnt seem to want to burn cd images like bin or iso files...so i was wondering if anyone can tell me if i just extract all the files inside a bin and then burn it, will this be ok?

[MagicNakor]

What CD burning software do you use? I haven't come across any that won't burn disc images yet.

:ninja:

[DataMore]

Get Nero (http://www.nero.com/en/index.html#download). ;)
It will burn all the image files. :)

[Spindulik]

Originally posted by lucky_strike@22 March 2003 - 01:05
my burner doesnt seem to want to burn cd images like bin or iso files...so i was wondering if anyone can tell me if i just extract all the files inside a bin and then burn it, will this be ok?
NO!! This will not work, most of the time. The BIN, CUE or ISO image file contains vital information about the original CDROM, such as multiple tracks. These tracks can be DATA and/or audio.

Some CDs have multiple tracks for various reasons. Sometimes for copy protection. Some games require the CD to be inserted during play, that is when multiple tracks are important.

You can extract all of the information from the Image File, and it may work perfectly fine. Give it a try. What does a blank CDROM cost? 29 cents?

Your Burner may be fine, it is probably the software that can't use the image file. Try using several brands like NERO, ROXIO and others.

I get the best results from ROXIO Easy CDcreator 5.x Platinum.