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donw · 12-05-07, 05:02 PM

I wasn't even planning to bit** about this subject here....as it's been covered many times over. But maybe someone new can learn something.

My hardrive crashed last Saturday...no choice but a full format, losing everything. Currently, SH3 is my only interest, so there we go....hours and hours of downloads. Even though GWX 2.0 is due out soon, I still wanted the current 1.3 so got that too.

This time, anticipating that this could happen again, after getting all the downloads, attempted to burn them to a CD or DVD. And image that, no matter what I tried, nothing would burn!. (I had already installed and ran Sh3) The next day, it dawned on me...STARFARCE!

Got the so called removal tool, which didn't work...wound up deleting all SF entries in the registry, and Bingo...burning ability had returned...and now have all personal Mods, updates, patces, etc etc on a DVD.

I suspect that as soon as I run the game again, SF will again be installed, even though I run the No-CD "mod".

But just wanted to pass the word...once again...SF can/will disable the abilty to burn!

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12-05-07, 05:02 PM	#20
donw Sonar Guy Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Indiana Posts: 386 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	I wasn't even planning to bit** about this subject here....as it's been covered many times over. But maybe someone new can learn something. My hardrive crashed last Saturday...no choice but a full format, losing everything. Currently, SH3 is my only interest, so there we go....hours and hours of downloads. Even though GWX 2.0 is due out soon, I still wanted the current 1.3 so got that too. This time, anticipating that this could happen again, after getting all the downloads, attempted to burn them to a CD or DVD. And image that, no matter what I tried, nothing would burn!. (I had already installed and ran Sh3) The next day, it dawned on me...STARFARCE! Got the so called removal tool, which didn't work...wound up deleting all SF entries in the registry, and Bingo...burning ability had returned...and now have all personal Mods, updates, patces, etc etc on a DVD. I suspect that as soon as I run the game again, SF will again be installed, even though I run the No-CD "mod". But just wanted to pass the word...once again...SF can/will disable the abilty to burn!