Does anyone have any experience of backing up Playstation2 ?

[Will Hay]

Does anyone have any experience of backing up Playstation2 ?
Is it simply a case of copying disk to disk?
Thanks,
Will

[jeex]

cdrwin/nero for copy CD based games, record now max(or prassi primodvd) for copying dvd based games.

[Will Hay]

cdrwin/nero for copy CD based games, record now max(or prassi primodvd) for copying dvd based games.

Thanks for the message.
I have Prassi PrimoDVD and have just tried backling up a disk of mine - it reported 508mins burning time (so I stopped it) - is this normal?
Will

[wolfspyder]

The best software to backup PS2 software is Primodvd, just let it do it's business and it'll make a perfect copy for you every time

[Will Hay]

The best software to backup PS2 software is Primodvd, just let it do it's business and it'll make a perfect copy for you every time

How long would you expect a copy to copy take?
Will

[jeex]

silky,

yeah. i've been burning movies/games/data lately and recordnowmax (aka prassi primo dvd) sometimes say a ridiculously large amount of time, but it never takes near that long.. it takes as long as it should depending on the amount of data and speed of writing.. it doesnt do it every time, just sometimes.. i think its a non-serious bug in the program.

[Will Hay]

...sometimes say a ridiculously large amount of time, but it never takes near that long.. it takes as long as it should depending on the amount of data and speed of writing.. it doesnt do it every time, just sometimes.. i think its a non-serious bug in the program.

Cheers Jeex,
I stopped the backup but will give it another try tonight.
Will...
....Cool signature BTW

[hdelsolracer22]

do you need a chip to play the backed up games w/ this method?

[wolfspyder]

Yes you will need a Modchip to play any backup on PS2

[AND1]

Yes you will need a Modchip to play any backup on PS2

No you don't. All you need a flip-top ps2 cover. No modchips. And you can played burnt dvd-r games.

[hdelsolracer22]

Thanks AND1, i should be getting mine in tomorrow! cant wait!!!

[AND1]

Do you have the swap magic disc too? You need them. Use RecordNow Max 4.5 to burn the games. It's perfect.

[hdelsolracer22]

yep. ordered the flip top cover and swap magic discs from chipzone.com, shipped out yesterday, so hopefully i'll have it tomorrow. anyone know if imation dvd+r's are any good?

[AND1]

Use Verbatim. You wont have any problems with these if you burn properly.

[hdelsolracer22]

Yeah, i really liked verbatim cd-r's, how much do the verbatim dvd+r's run?

[hdelsolracer22]

AND1, do i have to make a global image of a ps2 game or can i just do "exact copy" in recordnow max?