Making backups of my own PSX games.

Sorry to bother with this question, because I know it's been answered before.

I cannot find the topic that was about the proper way to make ISOs out of my PSX games. I remember it dealt with slow speeds (for accuracy), reading subchannels, etc. I looked in the Tutorial section but there only seemed to be a topic that dealt with making PSP backups.

Could anyone point me in the correct direction? I have my old FF7, FF8, and FF9 discs that I'd like to copy. Thanks.

Edit:
OK, I did some more digging and found a good guide for using Alcohol 120%. I started using it and made copies of FF9 and FF8. Unfortunately it appears that my drives cannot properly read the RAW-96 Subchannels and the rips are not working.

Can anyone recommend a good drive that is capable of reading the Raw-96 subchannels?

 

By drive i'm assuming your DVD drive? I have an LG, latest release. Get yourself a new one, they aren't expensive anymore. I have backed up tons of PSX games and hundreds of PS2 games using Alcohol. Never had a problem (except with God Of War 2).

 

Ya, DVD (doesn't have to be R/RW, but these days the prices probably aren't that different).

I heard Lite On was a good name for Raw 96 Subchannel reading. Do you happen to know if their (Lite On or LG) External drive versions are just as capable as their internal? I would prefer external just so I don't have to replace my existing drives with it.

Thanks.

 

To be honest with you I have no idea, but if you dig around on the LG website I'm sure you could find out. I just go to the PC shop and say I need a DVD writer and I got a good deal on my current one. Cheap and it seems top of the range. It isn't lightscribe but it works. The prices are really not that high. But to be honest with you, I personally have never needed more than two drives. I don't see why you would need three or more at any one time. In fact right now I only have one and it works fine. Alcohol can have up to 8 virtual drives so if I need to run something else I always make an image file. But anyways, just search around on their site products and their details. The one I have backs up games no problem, and my older LG drive also did it perfectly. I'm sure you could even get a Samsung or something and it would do a good job.