How To Backup Ps2 Games
How To Backup Ps2 Games
Okay, these are some methods to backup PS2 titles and Xbox titles, in order to play
a backup you need a modchip of some sort, I have also included a tutorial on boot
methods. Follow any one of these instructions to fit your needs. You can tell what
format the PS2 title is by looking at the written side of the disc, DVD's are
Silver and CD's are Purple. The DVD backup methods here consist of reading the
image to the hard drive then burning it to the media for an easier backup, this
depends on your hardware and it?s setup. I say that because the proper setup would
be to have the Reader and Writer on separate IDE cables. This allows no cross
information when doing Disc to Disc/On the fly copying. But, since most people
would not know how to check or fix this, I suggest reading the image to your Hard
Drive and then burning from there. *A little useful trick*, If the DVD backup
"image" is small enough in size you can fit it onto a CD-R (80 minute or larger if
need be) instead of using a more expensive DVD-R. I have done this succesfully
using Prassi and the first tutorial for it below. In addition a DVD Movie backup
will play on a PS2/Xbox without a chip. As I get more info I will update. Dexter
1. Start CloneCD
2. Select "Copy CD"
3. Select your Reader, press Next
4. Select "Game CD", press Next
5. Select/Deselect your options here (on the fly, cue or delete) then press Next
6. Select your Writer, press Next
7. Select your burn speed and "Game CD"
8. Press "OK" to begin
Using Prassi
1. Start Primo
2. Select "go to full application"
3. Right Click the drive that has your original in it
4. Select "build global image" and choose a path for the image (preferably on an
NTFS opsys)
5. After the image is extracted go to next step
6. Choose the 3rd disc icon from the left *or* click file, new job, Global/Other
Image
7. Then just burn the .gi (global image) of the game
This next way has one less step which saves some time because once you press record
it does everything by itself (if you have a DVD reader and DVD Writer)
1. Start Primo
2. Use the "PrimoDVD Starter" (it's easier, and less confusing)
3. Choose "disc copy"
4. Select your Reader and Also your Writer
5. Select "make a temp image on HD..."
6. Select your burn speed and then record to begin
Using Nero
Xbox original games are burned from the outside in. The only way to backup a title
is to have a modchip like X-exuter (best), Enigma, or Xodus/Matrix. You also have
to flash the bios and have a CD program inserted or installed into the X-Box named
EVO-X (this allows you to assign the X-Box an IP address). The game has to be
stored on the X-Box's HD, this allows you to file transfer the title to your PC
using an ftp program like FlaxhFXP (best) or similar. From there you use a burning
application to make the backup. Some applications allows you to "drag & drop" right
from the Xbox or you can build an ISO of the image then burn to CD-R/W or DVD-R/W
backup. (I will update this to show steps as soon as I have a minute)
Modded PS2 with or without Action Replay/GameShark CD & DVD backup booting methods
1. Turn on PS2
2. Press Eject
3. Insert PS1 CD backup
4. Press reset
5. PS2 tray will close
6. PS1 CD backup will now boot
PS2 with Neo 2.2 & AR/GS, PS2 DVD backup booting
* Note - "Original-TOC-DVD" is an original DVD that is a larger file size than the
backup
* Note ? For a shortcut make a few ?Add new codes? and after step 8 just highlight
one of them and press square to delete it, then proceed on with step 11