It's been a long time since I've made backups of my PS1 games for use on my modded console and I'm pretty sure I used my CD burner to backup Suikoden II in the past. However, I can't remember which software I was using or which write method.
My CD burner supports burning at x1-x4 but can't burn with RAW DAO (only DAO, RAW SAO, RAW SAO+SUB and TAO) According to my research I shouldn't have been able to make successful backups without RAW DAO.
My questions are therefore:
1. Would it be technically possible to burn a backup PS1 game using my CD burner?
2. If so which write method should I be using?
3. Which software should I be using?
4. Will any of the above change if I am burning protected PS1 games?
5. Is there anything else I should watch out for burning my PS1 games with this burner?
Here is a system info report from Alcohol 120% on my CD burner:
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(F) YAMAHA CRW4416S(2:4) detail information.
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Vendor Identification: YAMAHA
Product Identification: CRW4416S
Production Revision Level: 1.0j
Location: Port 2, Bus 0, Target 4, Lun 0
Support recording method: DAO, RAW SAO, RAW SAO+SUB, TAO
BURN-Free Technology: Not Supported
Auto-Select best write speed: Not Supported
-* Note: This information below is provided by the unit, it might be inaccurate. *-
-* This software does not use this information! *-
Removable media: Yes
Version: ANSI X3.131:1994 (SCSI-2)
Response Data Format: 02h
CD-R Read/Write: Yes/Yes
CD-RW Read/Write: Yes/Yes
Read CD-R Fixed Packet: Yes
Test Write: Yes
DVD-ROM Read: No
DVD-R Read/Write: No/No
DVD-RAM Read/Write: No/No
Audio Play: Yes
Composite Audio and Video Data Stream: No
Digital output (IEC958) on port 1 Supported: No
Digital output (IEC958) on port 2 Supported: No
Mode 1 Form 2: Yes
Mode 2 Form 2: Yes
Multi-Session: Yes
BUF: No
CD-DA Commands supported: Yes
CD-DA Stream is Accurate: Yes
R-W Supported: Yes
R-W De-interleaved and Corrected: Yes
C2 Pointers Support: No
ISRC Supported: Yes
UPC Supported: Yes
Read Bar Code: No
Lock media into the drive: Yes
Currently drive Lock state: Unlocked
Prevent Jumper: No
Eject Command: Yes
Separate volume levels: Yes
Separate channel mute: Yes
Changer Supports Disc Present: No
Software slot selection: No
Side change capable: No
P through W in Lead-In: No
A screen cap of the image burning wizard options in Alcohol:
In addition these are the burning options that CloneCD provides for my drive:
I have since tried backup using RAW SAO+SUB for both Alcohol and CloneCD and got hardware related errors "focus servo" error in Alcohol and something similar with CloneCD. I think there may be something physically wrong with the drive's burning abilities even though it reads CDs fine. The CDR media was different for both programs used so I can rule out that. Thanks for the guides.
