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skcin7
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_ 		11. July 2005 @ 16:09 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Here's just a general question because I'm a curious kid. I want to know why burnt PS2 games don't boot on their own. If a copied game has the EXACT SAME files as the original disc, then why don't they function exactly the same? What does the original disc have that a copied disc doesn't that allows it to boot?
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p4_tt
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_ 		11. July 2005 @ 16:22 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Ps2 DVD's are pressed with a code on them that the Ps2 needs to read b4 it can boot it, it's so the Ps2 knows it's real. Burnt media does not have this code so therefore the Ps2 knows it's not the real thing and will not boot.
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skcin7
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_ 		12. July 2005 @ 20:08 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
So does that mean that somehow Swap Magic discs have the code duplicated? Does this mean that Swap Magic discs were specially created to be booted on the PS2?
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Decon954
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_ 		12. July 2005 @ 20:30 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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PS2 games are actually pressed DVD/CD discs, they are not burned. PS2 games use the Burst Cutting Area (BCA) of the disc to identify themselves to the PS2 unit. The BCA is not part of a disc that you can burn on, it is only replicated on pressed discs.

So, the only way to play backups is to get boot-discs or a mod-chip. And yes swap magic is just for the ps2 and they work great, Best thing I ever bought
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gillies
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_ 		12. July 2005 @ 21:05 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
decon, do you have version 3.6 and if so can you tell me the diff between that version and the original disk that i have that is allmost two years old. i have bought the new one but still waiting for it to arrive. do games boot more faster,do all games work or do u still need dvd loader. thanx
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Decon954
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_ 		12. July 2005 @ 21:22 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
whats up I see that your helping a lot of people and that's cool, I have v 3.3,I think that you can boot games with bigger TOC's and no you don't have to use dvdloader, I've never had to use it with my v3.3. check out a tread called (mds file) see what you think may help this guy,and I have just a post by you that said that we can't help people with downloads questions,but thats not true anymore they have changed the form rules from what I read we can help them just can't give out passwords and things like that, where did you get your new swap magic from and how much It's just good to know these things, later
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gillies
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_ 		12. July 2005 @ 22:09 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
yeah got it from divineo.com with slide tool for 10.99 pound which aint that much didnt know they changed the rules. but i cant help with downloading questions as i dont do it. however i have read lots of threads on here telliing you what you need to do so good luck.
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