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Offline motorollinTopic starter

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Using WHDLoad to test games
« on: October 27, 2008, 07:42:43 AM »
I've got some old games on floppy which were stored in a loft for several years. I want to test that each disk is fully working. Is installing them with WHDLoad a good way to do this? Will WHDLoad highlight errors on the disks if they exist, or will it just rip the disk anyway?

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Re: Using WHDLoad to test games
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2008, 08:48:28 AM »
What if I use preload when I launch the game? Will that check that everything was read as it should be?

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Re: Using WHDLoad to test games
« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2008, 07:26:15 AM »
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jmbattle wrote:
A number of WHDload installers utilise custom disk rippers which only function with recognised version of the original game disks.

Therefore, if there are any sector errors on the disks, it is unlikely that the installers/rippers will function correctly.

Hmm good point. I'll check the manuals for the games I'm testing. Thanks!

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Re: Using WHDLoad to test games
« Reply #3 on: October 28, 2008, 07:28:20 AM »
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Angus wrote:
I think you might be looking at a "layered defence"
scenario here. If you could boot the games up from floppy successfully, and also WHDLoad them, and if possible then use a level skip cheat to access the different stages of the game, you ought to be on fairly safe ground.

Good idea, I'll try it.

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Re: Using WHDLoad to test games
« Reply #4 on: October 28, 2008, 07:30:57 AM »
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darksun9210 wrote:
i might be being daft here, but, if you have the boxed originals, what're the copyright implications on downloading a known working WHDload for that game?

AFAIK you are entitled to use a WHDLoad installed version, but download sites are not entitled to provide it for download (unless they have been given explicit permission).

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Re: Using WHDLoad to test games
« Reply #5 on: October 28, 2008, 07:32:55 AM »
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Phantom wrote:
For me yes, it is. I use WHDLoad to test my game disks. If the disk has read/write errors or checksum errors you will see a requester.

Actually that did happen yesterday when I tried to install ProjectX and I got a read/write error. I just wasn't sure if that would *definitely* happen in all cases where the disk is not as it should be.

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I never had a problem after when I installed a game 100% with WHDLoad. This applies for original disks, I didn't test it with copies or backup ones.

That's reassuring - thank you.

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Re: Using WHDLoad to test games
« Reply #6 on: October 28, 2008, 07:45:35 AM »
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