pooroldspike 129 Posted January 20, 2011 After buying downloads, is it legal (or even technically possible) to burn them to disk as backups for your own use? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TechnoTerrorist303 10 Posted January 20, 2011 yes it is Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NeMeSiS 11 Posted January 20, 2011 (edited) Depends on your country i think. Its legal overhere.Didnt read properly Edited January 20, 2011 by NeMeSiS Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Leon86 13 Posted January 20, 2011 I dont see how something like that could be illegal. Sprocket will be glad you dont download it twice. If you bought from sprocket you can find the installation files in the documents folder under sprocket. quite a large folder: 15GB here, so if you want to burn them you might want to zip it into 4 files. Steam has its own built in backup solution. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
W0lle 1052 Posted January 20, 2011 Yes it is possible. And yes it is perfectly legal to make backup copies of your downloaded game files. As long as you keep the copies at yourself. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mosh 0 Posted January 20, 2011 It's a really good idea to backup your DVDs and/or downloads... for future reinstalls it is a lot faster installing from HD than DVDs. It actually takes longer to patch than install. I use DVDs once, I download files once... backups make life easier. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pooroldspike 129 Posted January 20, 2011 It's a really good idea to backup your DVDs and/or downloads.. Yes, like I always say-"a disk is forever, but a download is only til your next PC crash"! I know we can probably get a free replacement download, but at 9Gig it took me 3 and a half hours to d/l AA2 from Gamersgate, and another 3 and a half to download Arrowhead, then more time to combine them, and more time to up-patch (yawn). By contrast, disks are much quicker and easier to handle, I had a shot at burning AA2 but it was too big to go on one DVD and I had to spread it over three, but as I'm just a grunt wargamer (not a PC whizz) i've probably done it wrong anyway (sniffle) PS- my PC crashed a couple of years ago and wiped a downloaded Sailing game off my drive but the publisher said I had to pay for a replacement download. That's why I say "a disk is forever..." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PuFu 4600 Posted January 20, 2011 untill it gets scratched (like my OFP goty, fallout 2 and A2 disks did) or blows in the optical unit (like my rainbow6 - the original one - did)... I never backup stuff on my internal HDDs, that is why external ones have been made...Installing via eSata makes things weird fast ;) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dale0404 5 Posted January 21, 2011 The general advice is to back up all your important game files and anything else you may lose in the future. I have backed up my sanity, its definately not going to last forever! :D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
