ComicalMayhem@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 month agoI have some very old CDs, mostly retro video games. Is there a way to pull the games and data off the CDs for preservation?message-squaremessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down10
arrow-up132arrow-down1message-squareI have some very old CDs, mostly retro video games. Is there a way to pull the games and data off the CDs for preservation?ComicalMayhem@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-squarefloo@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoIf you let us know what operating system you’re using, we can make some recommendations for some apps to use for archiving your CD collection. As was mentioned in another comment, you can rip the CDs into images (.iso files) which you can store and mount anytime!
minus-squareComicalMayhem@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoMy PC is on Pop!_OS, I’m pretty sure it has a CD drive with it too.
minus-squarefloo@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 month agoHow are you with working in the command line? If so, just use: dd if=/dev/cdrom of=backup.iso
If you let us know what operating system you’re using, we can make some recommendations for some apps to use for archiving your CD collection.
As was mentioned in another comment, you can rip the CDs into images (.iso files) which you can store and mount anytime!
My PC is on Pop!_OS, I’m pretty sure it has a CD drive with it too.
How are you with working in the command line? If so, just use:
dd if=/dev/cdrom of=backup.iso