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jas6969
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_ 		30. March 2005 @ 07:18 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi all,

I was reading a post the other day regarding rebuilding ISO's, and i read something about "dummy files" and that you should remove them.

Could someone please tell me wot these dummy files do? and why they should be removed?. And how do you know which files are "dummies"???
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keras
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_ 		30. March 2005 @ 10:09 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
For Example:

Shadow of rome has a dummy file. the name is dummy.xxx(i forget the extension).

all you do is open up notepad
hit spacebar once
save as... dummy.xxx(whatever the file extension is)
then replace this file with the actual dummy file

they don't hold any information, hence dummy

hope this helps
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jas6969
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_ 		31. March 2005 @ 10:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Cheers m8 :-)
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cuteperv
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_ 		30. April 2005 @ 01:32 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Is it true that the dummy files cause the game to load very slow?
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berty642
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_ 		30. April 2005 @ 09:46 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi
The dummy files are there to bulk out the disc as a form of copy protection
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FreeGamer
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_ 		30. April 2005 @ 10:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Yeah thanks that helps me too!! But I heard a dummy file could be name something else other than dummy.xxx or whatever?!? True or not? If it is named other things could someone tell me so I know which ones are crappy! Thank you 8)
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