| "Backing Up" computer games is all about making | | | | Clicking this button will bring up the "copy on the |
| a copy of your game which you can | | | | fly" screen, where you are able to duplicate a disc |
| use-and-abuse, rather than putting your original | | | | in one continuous process. To do this, you first |
| game at risk. To do this, you just need to be able | | | | need to put the original game disc in the DVD |
| to copy the game onto another disc and play the | | | | drive so it can read it. Once this has been done, |
| game with your new disc. However, because | | | | select a write speed of 4X and then click "copy". |
| many people have been illegally copying games, | | | | The copying process should take no longer than |
| they have become extremely hard to duplicate, | | | | 40 minutes, depending on your PC's speed. What |
| which can be a problem. This tutorial is going to | | | | will happen is that the software will first read the |
| show you how to make backup PC games. | | | | original game disc and then save its contents onto |
| What You Will Need | | | | a blank one, meaning that you will end up having |
| Before you begin, you will need several tools and | | | | to change the discs in the drive half way through |
| pieces of equipment to backup your games: | | | | the copying process. And once CloneCD has |
| - the original game | | | | copied the data from one disc to another, it |
| - CloneCD (free trial) | | | | should post a success message. This is when |
| - a DVD burner | | | | you've completed your backup! |
| - blank DVD | | | | How To Play Your Newly Backed Up Games |
| How To Backup Your Games | | | | Playing your games that have just been backed |
| To back up your games, you first need to get | | | | up is not as simple as copying them. This is |
| your hands on Clone CD. This is a powerful tool | | | | because many of the copyright measures on the |
| which allows your computer to copy game discs, | | | | latest PC games are uncopyable, meaning that in |
| and can be downloaded from as a free trial. Once | | | | order to play your new game, you will need to do |
| you have downloaded the software, install it and | | | | a few minor tweaks to your system which are |
| then run it. It will bring up a screen with 4 buttons | | | | very simple to do. |
| on. Choose the button with 2 CDs on it. | | | | |