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grekonsz
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_ 		31. October 2004 @ 01:32 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I have tried to back up Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and Yu Yu Hakusho: Dark Tournament. I used DVD Decrypter with memorex dvd-r, with an Iomega Super DVD USB 2.0 drive to burn them. Everytime I try to burn the backups I get a incompatible medium and semaphore timeout error. Do I need to get a diffenet brand and if so what brand is good?
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picz
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_ 		31. October 2004 @ 02:54 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Riteks are are very good brand and so are verbatim
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grekonsz
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_ 		5. November 2004 @ 16:22 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I bought verbatim digital movie dvd-r dvds and I still got the incompatible medium error and the semaphore timeout error. What should I do now?
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grekonsz
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_ 		6. November 2004 @ 02:36 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I'm yhinking about buying a firewire drive for my computer and using that with the burner, would that get rid of the semaphore timeout error and incompatible medium?
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hm1
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_ 		8. November 2004 @ 01:47 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi grekonsz

Use ritek GO4 and decrypter

burn slow too 1X or 2x

Good luck
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johnstar
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_ 		8. November 2004 @ 05:12 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Same as really...use DVD Decrypter to rip to an ISO and also to burn the image file, ALWAYS choose 1X speed & the best discs to use are Ritek GO5's in my opinion.

I burned GTA San Andreas using the above on an LG Rewriter and it's as smooth as the original, no blackouts no slow loading or skipping.
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grekonsz
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_ 		8. November 2004 @ 11:17 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Can you only get Ritek dvd's over the internet?
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johnstar
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_ 		8. November 2004 @ 14:04 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Depends where you live PAL. But most PC shops in the UK have many types of blank DVD's. I get 25 blank Riteks for £10 which is pretty good value for money
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techville
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_ 		8. November 2004 @ 17:45 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
grekonsz
use dvd+r
use dvd+r
use dvd+r
I had the same problem until
I used maxwell dvd+r for san andreas gta
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grekonsz
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_ 		9. November 2004 @ 10:47 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I thought ps2's only read -r.
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offset
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_ 		9. November 2004 @ 10:50 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Nope...They read +R as well. I backed up my GTA SA on Maxell DVD+R, and it works perfectly.

For GTA SA: +R good / -R Bad
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grekonsz
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_ 		9. November 2004 @ 16:22 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
So all versions of ps2's will read dvd+r's?
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BarryC
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_ 		11. November 2004 @ 02:36 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
No they won't it appears to be hit and miss, I have a PS2 V7 and it won't play backed up DVD movies using Verbatim DVD+R's.
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allsource
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_ 		20. November 2004 @ 10:35 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi everyone, I want to back up my copy of GTA San Andreas, what programs should I use to burn this. I already have a mod in my PS2. Thanks in advance
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