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QUOTE(Fishtank @ Oct 24 2009, 09:08 AM)

If you install the game with a retail disc, then put it away and just use the backups to boot the game... would it really matter what media you used?

I've never done it, I'm just getting into this after a few games have been destroyed.

Can you boot a retail hdd install with the backed up copy?

No, it won't, and that's a good idea you have there

[Mehdi-]

QUOTE(majinsoftware @ Oct 24 2009, 03:30 PM)

Well that would help the dvd drives life alot but you have to remember it still checks the disk every so often to make sure its valid. And using poor quality media means the drive could get read errors while cheking the disk is valid and you might still get a dirty disk read error and it is still doing more strain to the dvd drive then if you used good quality while doing the same and installing the game.

In theory, it could. The probability of a DRE would be very low. Also the strain, if any, would be negligible.