using games without a disk

lenan07 · 05-08-2006, 07:29 AM

Hey, I just installed a game on to computer and want to know if there’s a way of running the game without the disk present

Thanks... please post if you got an answer

PC eye · 05-08-2006, 07:39 AM

That simply depends on whether the game strictly installs the needed files to the drive or requires a disk to load files while the game is running. Some games requiring a disk may be able to run if you can create a virtual drive even though the files have been copied. That would be rare though mainly due to the compression seen with large game maps.

mrgeorgedude · 05-08-2006, 08:54 AM

are we allowed to talk about this here?...

im not sure so ill just say it is possible...

Filip · 05-08-2006, 08:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrgeorgedude

are we allowed to talk about this here?...

im not sure so ill just say it is possible...

I'm not very familiar with US law, but isn't backing up an original CD/DVD legal, he would only make a virtual drive and then load it from there without having CD/DVD in CD/DVD-ROM.

PC eye · 05-08-2006, 09:07 AM

To run an 8bit dos application in XP you would create and mount a virtual dos drive through the 16bit command prompt. Copying any protected material for PRIVATE USE ONLY is all too common. Any distribution of protected materials WITHOUT the express permission of the owner gets you into ???! deep.... But copying files off a disk to run them there would be on that drive alone. You have already purchased a retail software to run where? On Your Machine only.

The idea here however is to get a game already installed to the HD to run without the software disk in any of the system's drives. Again this depends on the way the game was designed. To create a virtual drive to run the game after copy to the drive would require a software utility designed for that.

**DCIScouts** · 05-08-2006, 06:39 PM

NO, you are not allowed to discuss this here, as has been discussed a lot recently. If users are found to be continually discussing this issue certain penalties will be issued.

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lenan07 New Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 2	using games without a disk Hey, I just installed a game on to computer and want to know if there’s a way of running the game without the disk present Thanks... please post if you got an answer

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DCIScouts Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA Age: 26 Posts: 5,435	NO, you are not allowed to discuss this here, as has been discussed a lot recently. If users are found to be continually discussing this issue certain penalties will be issued. __________________ In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. -Martin Luther King Jr. The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up there's no law against wacking them around a little. -Joe Martin FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND :F@H Team 44358 Posting and you - CF Edition Cheers CF

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05-08-2006, 07:39 AM	#2 (permalink)
PC eye banned Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 20,803	That simply depends on whether the game strictly installs the needed files to the drive or requires a disk to load files while the game is running. Some games requiring a disk may be able to run if you can create a virtual drive even though the files have been copied. That would be rare though mainly due to the compression seen with large game maps.

05-08-2006, 09:07 AM	#5 (permalink)
PC eye banned Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 20,803	To run an 8bit dos application in XP you would create and mount a virtual dos drive through the 16bit command prompt. Copying any protected material for PRIVATE USE ONLY is all too common. Any distribution of protected materials WITHOUT the express permission of the owner gets you into ???! deep.... But copying files off a disk to run them there would be on that drive alone. You have already purchased a retail software to run where? On Your Machine only. The idea here however is to get a game already installed to the HD to run without the software disk in any of the system's drives. Again this depends on the way the game was designed. To create a virtual drive to run the game after copy to the drive would require a software utility designed for that.