.bin, .cue CD burning problem...

cdfreelancer

cdfreelancer

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I just got hold of a really good program that I've been looking forward to opening but I don't understand how to make the program run after burning it to CD. You see, I only just acquired my burner yesterday.
Basically I have a .bin file and a .cue file. I have made sure that both files have the same name (Aprogram.bin & Aprogram.cue). I have opened the .cue file with notepad and made sure that the filename in the qoutes is correct: FILE "Aprogram.bin" BINARY
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I then burnt both the .bin and the .cue to CD but when I place then into the main CD drive the program doesn't start-up?!?!? I mean the program should start-up when you put it in the main CD drive right? Even when I right click on the drive in my computer and select autoplay, still nothing happens.
Please excuse my noobishness and help!!!
 
Praetor

Praetor

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when I place then into the main CD drive the program doesn't start-up?!?!?
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Not a big deal unless it doesnt manuall start either?

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Loooks good :)

I have made sure that both files have the same name
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They dont need to have the same name but the CUE has to be structured correctly, did you make the CUE yourself?


I then burnt both the .bin and the .cue to CD
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Did yiu burn as an Image (like you should) or did you burn as DataCD

I just got hold of a really good program
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It might be a fake. Really depends on where you got it from.
 
cdfreelancer

cdfreelancer

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"They dont need to have the same name but the CUE has to be structured correctly, did you make the CUE yourself?"

No I didn't make the .cue myself, I downloaded it along with the .bin. This is the exact filename of the .bin: "Il2-Sturmovik Forgotten Battles Aces Expansion.bin" and this is the exact contents of the .cue:
FILE "Il2-Sturmovik Forgotten Battles Aces Expansion.bin" BINARY
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"Did you burn as an Image (like you should) or did you burn as DataCD?"

I've only been buring CDs for 24hrs so I don't know what you mean. All I did is copy and paste both the .bin and the .cue onto my CDRW drive. It then made a temporary copy. After it had done that I simply selected "Write these files to CD" and it burned them onto the CD. I have no idea what you mean when you by image or DataCD. By the sounds of it, this is the problem.

"It might be a fake. Really depends on where you got it from."

I know it's not fake because I've managed to install and run it using Daemon virtual CD drive. Now that I have a burner I want to reinstall the game but without worrying about 'no-CD' patches.
 
Praetor

Praetor

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I've only been buring CDs for 24hrs so I don't know what you mean. All I did is copy and paste both the .bin and the .cue onto my CDRW drive.
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That's the problem! :) (and it has an easy solution)

Now that I have a burner I want to reinstall the game but without worrying about 'no-CD' patches.
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Well since you've downloaded it, you will probably need a patch since the game was initially protected with Safedisc 2.80.011 which you have to backup using a specific method. Downloaded games strip this off and need noCDs -- there are a few exceptions to this rule of 1:1 downloads but they are very few and far between.

On burning Images:
Many of the available cd burning applications available are able to burn cd-images (visit http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/7976 for a more extensive listing). The most common techniques involve either Nero BurningROM (with V5, File --> Burn Image and wih V6, Recorder --> Burn Image) or Alcohol120 (using the image burning wizrad). Of the two, Alcohol120 is a far more capable burning application and able to handle virtually every major cd-image format available. You can obtain Nero at http://www.cd-rw.org/software/cdr_software/cdr_applications/nero.cfm and Alcohol120 at http://cd-rw.org/software/cdr_software/cdr_tools/alcohol120.cfm For a quick step-by-step guide on burning BIN/CUEs with Nero, visit http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/bin_cue_with_nero.cfm
 
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