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Originally Posted by Marduk
Yeah I just downloaded that this afternoon but I haven't really played around with it, yet. I'm not sure how it's supposed to help me in this situation, though, without ripping off the disk's contents how does it emulate what's on the disk, and (if that is indeed what I need to do) how would I go about ripping it off without a working CD drive?
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I'm afraid you can't do that, Dave - unless you happen to have another computer (with a working CD drive) nearby, and even then you'd still have to bypass the copy protection which is a big legal no-no...
(I'm basically in the same boat as you with having bought S&M season 1 on DVD from JoWood thus not being able to download the installers, but if my drive failed I'd just replace it - then again, if you were wondering what to do with those 50% off codes from the ToMI treasure hunt maybe you could use them to get the downloadable version for dirt cheap?)
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As you can probably tell; I'm a comparative novice with computers. I don't even know how to check my BIOS.
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Uh oh... I'm afraid you'd have to look in your computer's manual (if you have one - if not, try digging around on the site of the mainboard's manufacturer) on how to get into your PC's BIOS setup (it's some key like F2 or Delete you have to press after turning it on) and how to change the IDE controller settings...
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I don't recall every messing with the cables of any disk drives, however this computer is several years old and has had to get repairs several times now. I can't say for sure what might be going on inside and I don't want to open her up without further guidance.
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In that case you really might want to have it looked at by someone at least semi-professional, I'm afraid...
(I built all my machines myself except for the very first 486-based computer I got when I was in my first year of high-school so I always kinda take it for granted that people know what to do...)