How to backup Playstation 2 games

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Playstation 2 tutorials

· 4 years ago

Okay, these are some methods to backup PS2 titles and Xbox titles, in order to play a backup you need a modchip of some sort, I have also included a tutorial on boot methods. Follow any one of these instructions to fit your needs. You can tell what format the PS2 title is by looking at the written side of the disc, DVD's are Silver and CD's are Purple. The DVD backup methods here consist of reading the image to the hard drive then burning it to the media for an easier backup, this depends on your hardware and it?s setup. I say that because the proper setup would be to have the Reader and Writer on separate IDE cables. This allows no cross information when doing Disc to Disc/On the fly copying. But, since most people would not know how to check or fix this, I suggest reading the image to your Hard Drive and then burning from there. *A little useful trick*, If the DVD backup "image" is small enough in size you can fit it onto a CD-R (80 minute or larger if need be) instead of using a more expensive DVD-R. I have done this succesfully using Prassi and the first tutorial for it below. In addition a DVD Movie backup will play on a PS2/Xbox without a chip. As I get more info I will update. Dexter

PS1/PS2 CD backup tutorials

Using CloneCD (v4.x.xx) for PS1/PS2

Start CloneCD
Select "Copy CD"
Select your Reader, press Next
Select "Game CD", press Next
Select/Deselect your options here (on the fly, cue or delete) then press Next
Select your Writer, press Next
Select your burn speed and "Game CD"
Press "OK" to begin

Using Alcohol 120% for PS1/PS2

Start Alcohol 120%
Select ?Copy Wizard?
Select your Reader & Read Speed
Select or Deselect ?Copy current disc on the fly?
For Datatype select which console PS1 or PS2, press Next
Select your Image location and Name for it, press Next
Select you Writer, Write Speed and anything else you feel you might need
Make sure the Datatype selected is the same you chose above
Press Start to begin

PS2 DVD backup tutorials

Using Prassi

Start Primo
Select "go to full application"
Right Click the drive that has your original in it
Select "build global image" and choose a path for the image (preferably on an NTFS opsys)
After the image is extracted go to next step
Choose the 3rd disc icon from the left *or* click file, new job, Global/Other Image
Then just burn the .gi (global image) of the game

This next way has one less step which saves some time because once you press record it does everything by itself (if you have a DVD reader and DVD Writer)

Start Primo
Use the "PrimoDVD Starter" (it's easier, and less confusing)
Choose "disc copy"
Select your Reader and Also your Writer
Select "make a temp image on HD..."
Select your burn speed and then record to begin

Using Nero

Start Nero, Use the Wizard (for easy use)
Select "DVD" then select Next
Select "Copy a DVD" then select Next
Select your source drive
Check OFF "copy on the fly" then select next
Select your write speed
Select either "Test", "Test and Burn" or "Burn"
Press "Burn" to begin

This next way is without the Wizard

Start Nero, and select "File" then "New..."
On upper left side of the window from the drop down menu select "DVD"
Select "DVD Copy" Icon
Select "Copy options" tab
Check OFF "copy on the fly"
Select source drive and read speed
If needed Select "Image" tab to choose image directory and select/deselect "delete image..."
Select "Burn" tab and choose your settings
Press "Copy" to begin

Using Alcohol 120%

Start Alcohol 120%
Select ?Copy Wizard?
Select your Reader
For ?Separate Image file every:? choose ?Never Separate?
Select or Deselect ?Copy current disc on the fly?, press Next
Select your Image location and Name for it, press Next
Select you Writer, Write Speed and anything else you feel you might need
Select or Deselect ?Delete image file after recording?
Press Start to begin

Modded PS2 with or without Action Replay/GameShark CD & DVD backup booting methods

PS2 with NeoKey/Sbox & AR/GS, PS1 CD backup booting

Turn on PS2 and NeoKey/Sbox
Press Eject
Insert PS1 CD backup
Press reset
PS2 tray will close
PS1 CD backup will now boot

PS2 with NeoKey/Sbox & AR/GS, PS2 CD backup booting

Have AR/GS dongle in a memory card slot
Power on your PS2
Insert AR/GS disc
At the AR/GS menu, select Start Game, With/Without codes
Eject and swap to your PS2 CD backup and press X.
Screen will change and game will now boot

* Note - Neokey will not play DVD-R!
* Note - Old versions of AR2/GS2 you might need to press R1+O instead of X to boot games

PS2 with Neo 2.2, PS1 CD backup booting

Turn on PS2
Press Eject
Insert PS1 CD backup
Press reset
PS2 tray will close
PS1 CD backup will now boot

PS2 with Neo 2.2 & AR/GS, PS2 CD backup booting

Have AR/GS dongle in a memory card slot
Power on your PS2
Insert AR/GS disc
At the AR/GS menu, select Start Game, With/Without codes
Eject and swap to your PS2 CD backup and press X.
Screen will change and game will now boot

PS2 with Neo 2.2 & AR/GS, PS2 DVD backup booting

Have AR/GS dongle in a memory card slot
Power on your PS2
Insert AR/GS disc, close tray
Power off your PS2, wait a few seconds
Press and Hold Reset button to load AR/GS
At the AR2/GS2 menu, press EJECT while still holding Reset
Swap AR/GS disc for an Original-TOC-DVD* and wait 10 seconds
Select "AR/GS Codes"
Highlight "Add new code" and press X to get to the next screen
Press X three times. You will see "Updating code list please wait" each time)
Press "Start" on controller
Select "Without codes", press X
Then Press X again, and immediately release the Reset button, you will see "Updating code list please wait"
The PS2 tray will eject allowing you to swap Original-TOC-DVD* for DVD backup and then close on it?s own
Screen will change and game will now boot

* Note - "Original-TOC-DVD" is an original DVD that is a larger file size than the backup
* Note ? For a shortcut make a few ?Add new codes? and after step 8 just highlight one of them and press square to delete it, then proceed on with step 11

PS2 with Messiah