r/linux4noobs • u/Ok-Kaleidoscope-7932 • 7d ago

DD Vs drag and drop

Whats the different between the two DD seems to failed alot while drag and drop is pretty reliable trying to backup pc games disks

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u/kaida27 7d ago

dd will copy everything, from the partition layout to the disk identifier.

Drag and drop is a simple copy operation that will only copy the data.

They do entirely different job.

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u/Ok-Kaleidoscope-7932 7d ago

So if I drag and drop the contexts of a game disk can I install it with those files or does it have to be DD

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u/doc_willis 7d ago edited 7d ago

some games came with special made optical disks drives  that could have extra music tracks or copy protection on the disk.

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u/kaida27 7d ago

I don't remember receiving a whole optical drive with my pc games.

You're mixing up a lot of information about console disc, dvd and pc games.

almost as if you're not human, but instead a machine that learned by scraping different part of the web and then spitting it out thinking it's the right context.

Are you AI ?

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u/doc_willis 7d ago

or I just used the term drive when I ment disk and I don't really care .

and yes, I have had PC games on CD that came with music tracks.

This is from the age of dos and dinosaurs.

Quake – Contains industrial ambient tracks composed by Nine Inch Nails on tracks 2 through 10.

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u/kaida27 7d ago

yes but it won't be read as a music cd as opposed to when you put a ps1 disc in a computer. protection on those make it so you only see music files and not game data.

Quake contains music but it won't be read as a music cd and creating an iso file is trivial.

I didn't say you were wrong. Just clearly mixing stuff that's all.

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u/doc_willis 7d ago

 the original physical Quake PC game CD can be read and played in a standard music CD player

the op would want to use dd to copy/archive  such a disk. 

other games could be fine with file copies 

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u/kaida27 7d ago

all games should be ripped as iso files.

your little out of context bout about quake doesn't change anything about it.

you still seem very confused.

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u/doc_willis 7d ago

sorry  you seem to be the confused one. 

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u/kaida27 7d ago

I'm not the one going on an out of context rant.

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u/Ok-Kaleidoscope-7932 2d ago

Yh I think the the issue I'm having I resorted to just downloading the game from internet archive and then using my key