[CS-FSLUG] Microsoft CDs

[Frank Bax]

At 02:20 AM 8/11/05, Nathan T. wrote:

>I've encountered a dilema with the game: the CD is wearing out. The
>disk does in fact it does have a few good scratches on it but it still
>reads fine when browsing the disk and installing or playing the game.
>I tried to burn a backup CD and that is when the trouble started,


Browsing the disk only reads directories.  Do you get any errors if you 
attempt to copy all files/directories to hard disk?

I have sometimes had better results by manually selecting all 
files/directories on the disk instead of using "disk copy" option.


>I have the legal right to have a backup CD for my own personal use.

That's not quite what Canadian law says.  As I was once told by a lawyer, 
you can "have" a backup only if you "make" the backup yourself.  If a 
friend makes a copy of your disk and then returns both original and copy, 
the copy would be illegal.