Re: Sick of putting in the disk all the time?

**daveyjonesjr** · 12-29-2008, 10:58 PM

this is a pretty old trick, always used it for many games, and never had problems!

I remember when i lost my bfvietnam cds,i had it installed but didnt had any cd, this helped me a lot.

**snooggums** · 12-30-2008, 03:57 AM

FYI I am getting a 'cannot mount image' error when I download the mini disk you have listed.

**sirsolo** · 12-30-2008, 04:26 AM

There are other programs out there. One that has come in handy for me is something called Magic Disk. It worked when Daemon failed me.

~Sirsolo

**Pwn3ge** · 12-30-2008, 02:12 PM

Originally Posted by snooggums

FYI I am getting a 'cannot mount image' error when I download the mini disk you have listed.

Ok, i think i uploaded the wrong file by accident D:
Hold on, let me upload the right one...
Put this one+the one you already downloaded in the same folder together and mount this one instead, not the smaller file.
http://files.filefront.com/BF2+DVD+M.../fileinfo.html

**Pwn3ge** · 12-30-2008, 02:14 PM

EDIT: MOUNT THIS ONE INSTEAD IF YOU HAVE A CAN NOT MOUNT ERROR:
BF2 MINI-IMAGE FIXED
Oopsie double post

**msdz** · 12-30-2008, 10:14 PM

Yeah, there are other programs that will work besides Daemon Tools such as Alcohol120, PowerISO, and MagicISO to name a few but Daemon tools is the one I like best. IF you have problems with other games not wanting to run properly you can "Exit" out of daemon Tools and usually that will solve the problem and then if not, you can always disable Daemon Tools from starting up with the computer and that almost always works. WIC works fine for me while using Daemon Tools though.

I have used mini images for the past 4 years if not longer. Most games already have the mini's made and work fine. I also got it tired of when I had to install BF2 with the 5 disc I made one install DVD. So, I have a back up of the product key and the back up DVD(I made) so the originals never need to leave their safe case on my computer desk.

**Riffraffselbow** · 12-31-2008, 05:10 AM

Originally Posted by snooggums

Faster load times, less wear on the discs/drive and less switching out of disks to play different games. Doing this with Starcraft made it so that I stopped getting errors altogether and everything loads instantaneously.

Wouldn't improve load-times much when it comes to BF2. All the data in on the hard-drive.

For Starcraft that makes sense; older games didn't install all data to drive because people didn't have big hard drives.

As far as mini-images go, I've never bothered, not worth the work.

**creepin** · 12-31-2008, 10:17 AM

Haha, pwn3ge u poser, I posted this a month ago in the irreg forums (without mistakes).
You should check it out!

**Pwn3ge** · 12-31-2008, 12:57 PM

Originally Posted by Riffraffselbow

Wouldn't improve load-times much when it comes to BF2. All the data in on the hard-drive.

For Starcraft that makes sense; older games didn't install all data to drive because people didn't have big hard drives.

As far as mini-images go, I've never bothered, not worth the work.

Actually, start up and verifying client data go almost instantly.

**VividSynergy** · 12-31-2008, 05:57 PM

Originally Posted by pwn3ge106

Actually, start up and verifying client data go almost instantly.

That's because the PR team almost disabled it because it didn't do much with detecting hacks and etc.

Go try on Vanilla and you'll have to wait as long as before.

**Tarthkin** · 12-31-2008, 08:49 PM

This is great, it loads the game up much faster and lets me keep my dvd-drive closed. Ive also had problems in the past with the game not loading with the disk in the drive and this takes care of that problem.

**snooggums** · 12-31-2008, 09:32 PM

Originally Posted by Riffraffselbow

Wouldn't improve load-times much when it comes to BF2. All the data in on the hard-drive.

For Starcraft that makes sense; older games didn't install all data to drive because people didn't have big hard drives.

As far as mini-images go, I've never bothered, not worth the work.

For Starcraft it was the DRM that would hang at times, not the amount loaded on teh hard drive. With PR I still have a long verification on my name but the rest of it loads much faster.

Thank you Pwn3ge!

**Fighter** · 01-01-2009, 12:20 AM

Originally Posted by snooggums

long verification on my name

gasp!!!! Omg hacker ban him!!!!!!!

**msdz** · 01-01-2009, 11:00 PM

Load times should not be increased by using a mini image and Daemon Tools people. The game files are already on the hard drive(HDD), the disk was only used to start the game by verifying the disk.
To get faster load times of PR get a second HDD and put BF2 and PR on the second HDD, this frees up the primary to run the operating system only OR get a faster primary HDD if BF2 and PR are installed on the primary.
If the game starts up faster with the mini image then you may just have a slow optical drive using the original disk in the optical drive.

**Eavy Gunner** · 01-02-2009, 08:56 AM

I just bought a CD Holder in a the shape of a Can. Its stylish, efficent and I dont have to download so much crap nor lose my disks. I love you CD can.

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