i have a PS2 dvd-r game thats burned on cheap media and doesnt boot up every time.

if i were to copy it onto a better dvd-r, say Verbatim, would that solve the problem of first time booting?

has anyone tried this?

thanks

i dont think there will be any problems as long as all the data is in tact.

Not 100% sure, tho, may want a second opinion

Well I don't know about the PS2 but I do this with my XBOX games all of the time. I transfer them from crappy Princo media to Ritek media and there is A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE in how they function. I'm almost 100% sure the same holds true for the PS2. As long as the "original" DVD-R is readable by your computer's DVD-ROM drive it shouldn't be any problem at all. *EDIT* BTW my Princos do the exact same thing that you described (not booting everytime) but my Riteks and Fujifilm re-burns work 100%.

thanks guys,

as long as you've tried it before and it works, then i'm happy. if it works for the xbox then i'm sure it'll work for the ps2 aswell.

i'm off to copy some dvds :D

I've tried it many times. I got many cheap princo disc, some with scatches and won't boot up. Burn it to Ritek and it should work better. As long as the data is there, then it's fine. The data is untouch when u transfer it from one dvdr to the next, the PS2 laser has to read from the disc's surface to extract the data, it it's mostly depend on the media.

Yep for PS2 X-Box the darker dye discs such as Ritek and Prodisc are much better for the laser to read.

Moving to the NEW media forum for you......

If your PS2 is having problems reading your discs (usually cheapo Princo's), you'll have to re-copy them using your DVD burner as this is the most error-tolerant reader im my experience.
Had to do this a few times myself.

yes if you re-burn them onto a better media (RITEK) it will most deffinatly play on your ps2 without fail if there is no scratches on the disc your going to be copying from
hope this helps
regards voov

Does anyone know how to copy unreadable discs? to explain a bit - i made some backups onto some cheap dvdrs (i didnt have any riteks) and now when i try to read them in the drive i burnt them with i cant! so i was wondering if i have lost the data or is there any way to recover them?

any help would be really appreciated peeps and sorry for hijacking this post.

If they're unreadable then they are also uncopyable.

The only thing you could try is running them on a friend's PC and see if another drive is more tolerant than yours ........ bit of a long shot though.