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#1 Chimera

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Posted 28 August 2007 - 05:50 AM

Just wondering if anyone is doing this. I hate having the Obliv disk in my laptop spinning up all the time; don't need all that wear and tear, so I used Alchohol 120% to make an image of the disk. At first the regular desktop shortcut did not work without the disk but since I did not quit the Alcohol program after making the image I double clicked on the MDS Oblivion icon still in the Alchohol window after it made the image, since I figured the MDS file was the image. Well Oblivion worked without the disk and somehow the vanilla desktop icon kicked in after that and is now working. I guess all the icon needed was for me to prime the pump so to speak. I shudda did this long ago. Shivering Isles works without the disk too. Cool....

Edit: Someone let me know that this is easier:
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Edited by khayman, 28 August 2007 - 08:26 AM.


#2 khay

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Posted 28 August 2007 - 08:24 AM

Umm yes that is easier, however it`s also considered illegal in certain countries where circumventing copy protection and the usage of torrents to download various things is still a much more important and pressing issue than murder, illegal substance abuse, corruption and/or war (among various other juicy bits).

I hope you won`t take it personally if I close this thread. :(