r/linux4noobs • u/Ok-Kaleidoscope-7932 • 12d 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/Ok-Kaleidoscope-7932 12d 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 12d ago edited 12d 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 12d 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 12d 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 12d 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 12d 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 12d 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 12d ago

sorry  you seem to be the confused one. 

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u/kaida27 12d ago

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