Alcohol 120% , Worth the $$$ ??????

[SirPappy]

I have the demo,but it doesnt back-up everything. they have a list of diff types of settings(game protection list)http://www.makeabackup.com/modules.php?name=Game_Protections_List&op=all , for different types of games,
buy I dont see those exact settings on the demo(yes,its up to date) . I wouldnt mind paying for the full retail version as long I knew for sure that it would actually work.

So my question is, does the full retail version actually back up the games that the demo can't?

does anyone have the full retail version in here?

 

[PowerMacG5]

I paid for the full version and am quite satisfied.

 

[CTho9305]

I use daemon tools, which has always worked for me. It's free.

 

[SirPappy]

daemon tools?

 

[CTho9305]

http://www.daemon-tools.com/ (seems to be down right now. google links to another site also, which may or may not be the same software, i dunno)

 

[SirPappy]

is it as good as alcohol 120%, or even better?

does it back-up all games and software?

 

[Sid59]

i've always liked Daemon Tools better than Alcohol 120%. i suggest Daemon Tools to all my friends.

 

[SirPappy]

trying it out as we speak, er post

 

[tad214]

hi,
this is free and awesome burner

click here

let us know what you think.

 

[SirPappy]

I like daemon tools so far(and free too) but what about image burning? i have about 4 games i want mounted on my hard drive so i dont have to go looking for the cds every time i wanna play.
halo,black hawk down,call of duty,battlefield 1942,and medal of honer.(ok , 5 games)

 

[WobbleWobble]

Originally posted by: CTho9305
http://www.daemon-tools.com/ (seems to be down right now. google links to another site also, which may or may not be the same software, i dunno)

http://www.daemon-tools.cc

 

[CTho9305]

Originally posted by: SirPappy
I like daemon tools so far(and free too) but what about image burning? i have about 4 games i want mounted on my hard drive so i dont have to go looking for the cds every time i wanna play.
halo,black hawk down,call of duty,battlefield 1942,and medal of honer.(ok , 5 games)

I ripped my images with ddump.

 

[dpm]

Originally posted by: CTho9305
I use daemon tools, which has always worked for me. It's free.

Another vote for daemon tools. Working great for me. No more shuffling through my cd box..

 

[Slickone]

Isn't daemon tools for a different purpose than Alcohol?

 

[arcaneman]

Daemon tools does a subset of what alcohol 120% does. It allows you to mount images of protected cds and use them as if the cd was in the cdrom drive. This is what I suppose the original poster wanted to do. Alcohol 120% adds the function to burn these copy protected images to create a perfect replica of your original cd so you can let your friends borrow your games without worrying about them wrecking your original cd.

 

[erikistired]

i paid for alcohol 52%, because i wanted to make ISOs of my discs (aka i'm not warezing and need more than just daemon tools). it's been good so far, altho there was a hitch with making an image of CoD because of the new safe disc ver 3 i think. it's been easier to use than some of the free things out there, and had no issues making images of all my old games. also (and this doesn't apply to probably 99% of users) i believe DT is limited to 4 virtual drives, where alcohol is more like 99. once again, unless you're playing a ton of games and don't want to mount/unmount iso's then that probably isn't an issue.

oh yeah, the difference between 120 and 52 is that 120 burns copies of cds. with 52 you can make images and mount images, but you can't do disc to disc copying (making backups) and you can't make cd-rs of existing iso's using alcohol.

 

[SirPappy]

what about ddump as posted above earlyer? is ddump free? reliable?

 

[CTho9305]

Originally posted by: SirPappy
what about ddump as posted above earlyer? is ddump free? reliable?

free, and hasn't failed me yet.