Hi, newbie here. After reading the very helpful faq-type post (must read for all newbies) I'm still having a problem. It may be that the bin I'm attempting to burn is AFU (all messed up). I've used the Nero burn image function, as well as CDRwin with a cue file. Here is the cue file I made: FILE "NOLF22.BIN" BINARY TRACK 01 MODE1/2352 INDEX 01 00:00:00 The body of the bin filename is the same as the body of my cue filename and they reside in the same directory. When using Nero, I tried two different sector sizes (recall that when using Nero, you don't need a cue file) 2048 and 2352. (I read the reply-post by the admin that answered "wrong sector size specified in Nero" to a similar problem-post.) Every time I've waited thru the burn process, both Nero and CDRwin have created blank CDs. I haven't yet attempted to mount a virtual drive with something like daemon-tools. I'll prolly try that while I'm waiting for a reply from you smart people. Assuming that I've done everything properly, is this 'blank cd' problem typical of a messed up bin file? or is it typical of some obvious mistake? Thanks in advance for your help, and thanks for the other useful posts here. --Thomas M. p.s. Pertinent parts of my system: p4-2.4ish, ASUS P4S533 mobo, 256megs DDR, western digital 800JB, liteon 32123s.
Nice from you to manage reading all the post. It is becoming HUGE. Maybe the admin should think about closing it. Three guess: a) The .BIN is corrupted b) The CD is protected c) The CD is multi-track and you cannot burn the .BIN with the 'standard .CUE' I would suggest these tests: for a): - Open the .BIN with Isobuster and try to extract all files you find inside the ISO on your HD (from there, since the disk is a PC-disk, you can also burn them on a CD-RW and try to run the CD you created). - 2nd way: right-click on the file name from Windows Explorer, choose 'properties', write down the file size in bytes. Then divide the number you find by 2352 or 2048. The number that gives you an exact integer result (no decimal point) is the DATA option that must be selected in NERO. If neither 2352 or 2048 give an integer number of sectors, the .BIN file is corrupted. for b): - Look on the net (not here, please) to know if the CD is backup-protected for c) - You absolutely need the .CUE that was created together with the .BIN. If you did not create it, you're in trouble. Probably option a) (Isobuster) will not work. - Dunno if you can do something...
THanks for your reply. I actually already tried option A. I used isobuster to 'bust' the files to a fresh dir on my harddrive. I already had a working copy of CD1. When asked for CD2 during installation of the game, I simply "browsed" to the dir on my HD. voila! the game is fully installed and running like a champ. THis raises a big question for me, and I think other newbies who are having probs with bins may be interested: why bother finding a program that can deal with burning a nitpicky bin file to a cd? why not simply use isobuster to put the directories on your harddrive and run them from there? I can see this is slightly complicated by need to get the 'no CD' crack for whatever game you're working on, but anybody who is pimping games won't feel bad about that. Am I missing something?
Many PC applications/games are protected. Images copy the protection scheme too, simply extracting files doesn't. For PSX this is even more necessary, since PSX files cannot be simply copied on the HD and burned.
