Tutorial on ripping PC games?

zipzappy · 06-24-2009, 12:23 PM

Can someone give me a tutorial on ripping PC games or just explain it to me in a post? See i have alot of games on disc but im trying to get rid of some junk in my room, and i want to still be able to install the games from their ripped images, is that possible? or can someone give me a better way to do this? and would i be able to run the game from a flash drive if i wanted? I heard it's called "direct play". Thank you in advanced.

**Tyree** · 06-24-2009, 08:26 PM

Not sure if that information is allowed here.

**Aus_Karlos** · 06-27-2009, 09:34 AM

Its not allowed, ripping the CD/DVD to play on the HDD via emulation software is circumventing the games security protection like SecuRom.
The game will prompt you for the correct CD in the drive anyway.

If you wish to keep your room free of CD/DVDs keep stored somewhere. Or get steam and start buying your games from the online store and download the games digitally to your HDD.

www.steampowered.com

Baejung92 · 06-27-2009, 05:57 PM

There are certain older games that allow you to do this after patches (i.e. StarCraft), but other than those ripping would obviously be illegal.

**wrench97** · 06-27-2009, 06:02 PM

Thread closed.

06-24-2009, 12:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
zipzappy Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 208 OS: XP	Tutorial on ripping PC games? Can someone give me a tutorial on ripping PC games or just explain it to me in a post? See i have alot of games on disc but im trying to get rid of some junk in my room, and i want to still be able to install the games from their ripped images, is that possible? or can someone give me a better way to do this? and would i be able to run the game from a flash drive if i wanted? I heard it's called "direct play". Thank you in advanced.

06-24-2009, 08:26 PM	#2 (permalink)
Tyree Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: May 2009 Location: Illinois Posts: 4,769 OS: XP Pro-7RC-Mandriva My System	Re: Tutorial on ripping PC games? Not sure if that information is allowed here. __________________ Posting your PC specs will help us to help you quicker and more efficiently.

06-27-2009, 09:34 AM	#3 (permalink)
Aus_Karlos Moderator, Games Team Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Western Australia Posts: 3,384 OS: Vista Ultimate x64, Windows XP 32-bit/64-bit, Ubuntu x64, Windows 7 x64 Beta My System Blog Entries: 2	Re: Tutorial on ripping PC games? Its not allowed, ripping the CD/DVD to play on the HDD via emulation software is circumventing the games security protection like SecuRom. The game will prompt you for the correct CD in the drive anyway. If you wish to keep your room free of CD/DVDs keep stored somewhere. Or get steam and start buying your games from the online store and download the games digitally to your HDD. www.steampowered.com __________________ MemTest86 / Nvidia Drivers / ATI Drivers / DirectX 9.0c / Sys Requirements / Everest Folding@Home Last edited by Aus_Karlos; 06-27-2009 at 09:35 AM.

06-27-2009, 05:57 PM	#4 (permalink)
Baejung92 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 167 OS: Windows XP SP3	Re: Tutorial on ripping PC games? There are certain older games that allow you to do this after patches (i.e. StarCraft), but other than those ripping would obviously be illegal.

06-27-2009, 06:02 PM	#5 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 17,890 OS: XPSP3	Re: Tutorial on ripping PC games? Thread closed. __________________ Power Supply and Selection