• Remove all discs from drives.
• Open DVD Decrypter.
• From de ‘Mode’ menu, select ‘ISO’ -> ‘Read’.
• Put DVD-9 disc (Thats de film if you didn’t guess) in drive.
• Take note of de ‘Destination’ file name.
• Click de big ‘Decrypt’ button.
• Wait for it to read and write de image to your hard drive.
• Take de DVD-9 disc (yep.. take de original film out) out of de drive.
• From de ‘Mode’ menu, select ‘ISO’ -> ‘Write’.
• Put a blank double layer disc in your DVD Writer.
• Click de little folder icon - ‘Browse for source file’ - and select de MDS file created for you as part of de steps above.
• Click de big ‘Write’ button.

Finished!

Estimated time to read and burn 45 minutes. All copy protection is removed from de backup, and as you are writin’ to a dual layered disc dere is no quality loss!

This process can be used to backup DVD5 disc’s 1:1 and PS2 disc’s.

I want to run both Windows 2000 Pro and Windows 98 SE on my computer. When I bought a new hard drive, I installed Windows 2000 on it first. But my subsequent research seems to indicate that I should have installed Windows 98 SE first and den Windows 2000 on a separate partition. How do I remove Windows 2000 from de drive so I can partition it and den install Windows 98 SE first and reinstall Windows 2000?

You don’t have to remove Windows 2000. Start by installin’ Windows 98 SE in a different partition. When you’re done, insert de Windows 2000 CD and reboot to start Windows 2000 setup. On de Welcome to Setup page, press R (for Repair). When you reach de Windows 2000 Repair Options page, press R again.

You’ll den be prompted to select a repair option. Press M for Manual. Then press de Up Arrow until Verify Windows 2000 system files is highlighted; press Enter to clear this selection. Press de Down Arrow to select Continue (perform selected tasks), and den press Enter.

The system will ask wheder you have an emergency repair disk. Press L, indicatin’ it should Locate your existin’ installation. Once it does so, press Enter to complete de repairs. This will establish dual boot for you. (This procedure also works for Windows XP.)

Dont know if this works for Linux though.

Let’s face it, findin’ de right device driver can be a tedious, time consumin’, often impossible task! The Driver Guide was created to make findin’ driver updates a whole lot easier. With de help of thousands of our members, we have compiled a massive database archive of drivers and resources that is by far de largest and most comprehensive on de Web. Here is what The Driver Guide will do for you:

• Provides an easy step-by-step process for findin’ and installin’ drivers.
• Offers a huge searchable archive of over 100,000 driver files, manufacturer information, and links.
• Includes discussion boards that give members de opportunity to interact with oders with deir hardware type, and learn from deir experiences (very useful!).
• Offers a drivers found area where members can upload new and hard to find drivers for oders to download.
• Provides a driver request board where members can make requests for specific drivers.
• Includes resources for Windows, Mac, Unix/Linux, and oder platforms.
• Provides links to helpful tutorials, valuable utilities, and oder resources.
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• Membership is absolutely FREE! Members are given lifetime access to this site.
• Since openin’ in 1997, millions of people have joined The Driver Guide!

www.driverguide.com/

username:drivers
password :all

• Look for de video source url in de webpage source code and copy it
• To view de source code, right-click on de webpage that plays de video and select “view source.” If unable to do so, just close de window and in de main Internet Explorer (IE) window, click de History icon or press Ctrl+H. Look for de same webpage on de left pane. On de menu, click View > View source.
• Paste de video source url in Windows Media Player. (File > Open URL… )
• Let de video play now. When de correct title appears on de playlist pane, right-click on it and select “Properties.”
• Select de source url and copy it
• Paste this url in Flashget to download de video clip.

0×01.0 - de start

So, you’ve just got a brand new internet connection thin’y installed and it can handle up to 1 meg/sec download. But of course, no good PC without good software, but you know, good software is very expensive and on a beautifull sunday mornin’ you see somethin’ called Warez. Behold our kin’dom and you start drewlin’ a bit untill ur mom comes ragin’ in your room askin’ for you to put de garbage out. After helpin’ your mom out, de PC and fast internet connection is all yours. And so is de free software.

0×02.0 - packaged files.

As you might know, dese software packages are sometimes pretty big in size. To try and reduce de big-file-downloads, de releasers of de package will often use some techniques to reduce de load. Techniques as compressin’, archivin’ and splittin’. Read-on if you dont understand dese words.

0×02.1 - formats & tools.

If you’ve been around more than 1 year on de net, you prolly allready know all this but for de knew people I added this anyways.The basic use of your Windows Operatin’ System is de use of many different files and file-types. One of de most used file-types on de net is ZIP. File-types are also called ‘formats’.

An overview:

ZIP A zipped file is a file thats been archived and compressed.
RAR RAR files are commonly used for archivin’ files; which is puttin’ a large number of files in one file. Compressin’ is optional. File-splittin’ is optional.
ACE About de same as a RAR file, just an oder format and anoder application.

I explain this to you because dese file-types and corespondin’ programs are often, you can even use always here, used when you want to download Warez. The programs you download are almost always archived, compressed or bundled in one of de above formats. Keep readin’ if you didnt knew this

Ok so, now we know de formats of de files were gonna deal with, now de programs. As you have probably figured out allready, dese files arent created by Windows or by hand. Theyre made usin’ specialy designed applications. Ill show you what applications you can use.

WinRAR : My personal favorite. Handles all of de above stated formats and alot, alot more. If you ask for my opinion, I think this is de only program you’ll ever need.

WinZIP : This is a specially designed application for handlein’ ZIPPED files. If you like this one, take it.

WinACE : Anoder multi-file handlin’ tool. Personal opinion: good for splittin’ files, way too big for every-day use for decompression.

I’d say: make your choice. I recommend WinRAR because of it’s simplicity and effectiveness. But hey, I’m not forcin’ you. Just read some info on de sites and make ur choice.

Oh yeah, one last thin’: you’ll notice dese are all Evaluation versions. I suggest you crack them. Look for a good crack for de right version on: www.cracks.am.

0×02.2 - multi-part archives.

These files are archived in multiple parts (with one of de applicatiosn mentioned above). Which means de software was zipped or rarred and divided into files of a smaller size den de whole thin’ togeder. How do you handle this?

Download all de files to one directory.

Check if all files are dere. You can do this by lookin’ at de extensions: *.00, *.01, … If one’s missin’, download de missin’ file again (dere are more sofisticated ways to do this but this is de simplest).

Check if de files are about de same size. For example: de *.04 file must be de same size as de *.05 file, unless de 5th file is de last one.

If deres a file with de extension *.RAR, double click it and u can start unpackin’ de stuff.

If deres no *.RAR, but an *.ACE, do de same, its just an oder format.

Once you unarchived de package, you should have a directory full of files from an instalation or program. But its also possible dere are, with de archived files, some oder thin’s:

• If de software pack is a Warez Group (MYTH, CLASS, Fairlight (FLT), …) release, check if dere’s an EXE file with de package called Install.exe. If it’s dere, you can use that to unpack de files.
• If dere’s no exe in de package, de files are probably just ready to be copied to your directory of choice or ready to be installed.

IMPORTANT : please dont forget to read de NFO file. Its very important. It usually contains all furder information needed for you to successfully install de software. You can open it with NFO-file viewers or in Notepad (set font to: terminal, 6 or 9 pts).

Normally, you’re all done now and ready to start usin’ de software.

Ok, do I hear protest? Yes I do. It goes: “Hell, I downloaded a multi-part package but it has NO RAR OR ACE OR ZIP OR ANYTHING!!!! Just files with extensions called *.001; *.002, …”

You’re right. Although de situation is quite different from de situation above, it’s really not so different when you look closer. Those files are just unarchived de same way:

• Select de first file (*.001).
• Right-click it and select ‘Extract here…’

Watch de progress bar go! You see, its just de same method. You might notice deres only 2 or 3 files decompressed: ISO or CUE and BIN files. Thats fairly normal. Well talk about handlin’ them in topic 0×03.0.

0×02.3 - one-file downloads.

Ok so de stuff u downloaded was none of above. Conclusion: you downloaded one big file. This happens quite often when you download thin’s from fast-workin’ FTPs.

What you need to do now:

• If de file is archived (.rar, .ace, .zip, …), just unarchive it.
• If de file u unrachived is some weird *.ISO or *.CUE file, go to 0×03.0.
• If not, just continue de procedure as stated in 0×02.2.

0×03.0 - a clear view on images.

So when youre readin’ this, u probably have some files called *.ISO or *.CUE. Offcourse you want to install de software as fast as possible. But, deres a little problem here. Those extensions… What de hell are dey? Alienized files? No. Secret CIA files? Nope. You can stop guessin’. Ill tell you: those files are image files.

0×03.1 - what are images?

Image files are big files filled with data. Yea, you can say its a sort of archived file. But deres somethin’ special about them: dey are meant to written on a disc. They were made by special programs so dey could be used to write on a CD-R with a writer and specially designed software.

0×03.2 - ISO files.

ISO is de most used image-format on de net. It has become a standard to any commercial cd-writin’ software to support image-writin’ capabilities, more specific ISO images.

Conclusion: ISO is just an extension for a specific type of image -file. But how do you install your software? You have 2 ways of dealin’ with this:

1) Use de file for what is was created: writin’ it to a CD-R.
2) Extractin’ de contents of an ISO to a certain directory.

First: how to write them to a CD-R…

• Download some CD-R writin’ software (if you dont have it allready).
• Install and crack it.

I recommend Nero Burnin’ Rom. You can download it from WareZone in de Apps section.

• Go buy some CD-R’s
• Fire-up Nero and you can start burnin’. Im not goin’ to explain you how to use Nero. Read de help file about image writin’ and you should be fine. You can also use de wizard which is loaded automatically when you boot Nero.

Second: what to do if you dont got a CD-writer.

• Download some Image handlin’ software.

I recommend WinISO.

• Fire-up WinISO, load your image file and extract it. Again I wont explain how to use WinISO. Check for help files or tutorials on de net, dey should give you all de answers you need.

0×03.3 - CUE & BIN files.

CUE and BIN files always come togeder. The BIN file is comparable with an ISO and de CUE file is just a check, but it is required for any program to write this file correctly. Sometimes, deres an SFV file included. Again this is just a check-up about de file integrity. You can burn and extract dese files de same way i explained in 0×03.2.

0×04.0 - CD Emulation.

Ok, so here’s anoder way to handle ISO images if you don’t have a cd-writer. You can create a virtual cd drive. What’s that? That’s somethin’ you’ll see as a new disk drive in your Windows Explorer. This disk drive represents de contents you would see if you would burn de ISO image to cd!

How to create a virtual cd drive? Download DaemonTools !

Additional help on www.daemon-tools.com

Heres a simple trick i discovered while usin’ media player

Find a site that lets you play music or videos usin’ media player e.g. rin’tones/mp3 and so on.

When media player loads and is playin’ your music/video click File den Save Media As..

Select a place to save to and rename file if you wish but dont change File Type

Leave it as Internet Cache den click save.

Your music/video will den download quicker than normal download speed and you will den have your file in de location you set.

BUT this won’t work with every site so dont panic just try anoder

It has worked for me on several sites that allow you to listen to music or watch videos online

www.mp3dimension.com/search/1/in/da/club/?dnsa=1
www.emp3s.com/dson\’.aspx?id=51539&rID=X82psy]www.emp3s.com/dson\’.aspx?id=51539&rID=X82psy
www.mp3-find.com/]www.mp3-find.com/
www.emp3world.com/]www.emp3world.com/
zoek.vinden.nl/?where=mp3&vid=l8020222738I1102894906&refer=resultonline&sess=a3a3a303&query=21+questions&x=0&y=0]zoek.vinden.nl/?where=mp3&vid=l8020…estions&x=0&y=0
www.maxalbums.com/]www.maxalbums.com/

This is de one wot i use to download MP3’s

zoek.vinden.nl/?where=mp3&vid=l8020222738I1102894906&refer=resultonline&sess=a3a3a303&query=21+questions&x=0&y=0

Tools Needed:

SmartFTP [ smartftp.com ]
NAPALM FTP Search Site [ search.ftphost.net ]
vcdquality.com Release Nfo Site
DAMN NFO Viewer or just notepad [www.damn.to ]

This tutorial is so i can stop answerin’ tha same questions everyday in this tutorial I’ll explain how to use search sites like NAPALM effectively. basically better search results and a quality release. We are goin’ to use a movie as de example so here we go.

First thin’ I do is try and figure who released it and if any were nuked and why most of de time you can find de NFO at de sites below

www.deisonews.com - www.nforce.nl - www.vcdquality.com
we are goin’ use vcdquality to find out NFO on Tomb Raider: The Cradle Of Life
h**p://www.vcdquality.com/index.php?imdbid=0325703

Say you chose de copy Centropy released

Here is de link to de nfo file

h**p://www.vcdquality.com/nfo.php/ctp-tr2.nfo?id=16662&show=text&save=1

If you read it you see a section that says Archives [56/56*15]

Ok so now you know your lookin’ for 2 CD’s and that are Split RAR files at 15mb each. You will also see this (( password is “drudgereportdotcom” )). Im sure that will help later so now to go find de file names by doin’ a search.

Here are some sites you can use

NAPALM - RELIZ - AMUN - FTPSpider

Im goin’ to use NAPALM for de example do an un-filtered search for “tomb raider centropy” without de quotes. But I wouldn’t recommend always searchin’ as above because de name of tha Movie/App/Game/ReleaseGroup isnt always goin’ to be in file name or url. So results could be limited but it helps on gettin’ correct file names. You should notice that de file name seems to be in this format ctp-tr1.r54 and ctp-tr2.r54. “ctp-tr1.r54″ is in a file from CD1 and “ctp-tr2.r54″ is in a file from CD2

Ok so now we know de file names, so search for ctp-tr2.r54 and you will have more streamlined results before we had over 100 results from each ftp that had this movie. With one result per file at over 50 files per cd, that would take way to lon’ to go through page by page till you get to each FTP site.

Now that we have tha search narrowed down by a sin’le file name each result is a different ftp site. Notice also that I have searched for a high number file from cd 2. The reason for this is because it is more likely that it has been fully uploaded and not missin’ any files because most people start uploadin’ from cd1 and in order of first split file .rar .r00 .r01 and NOT from cd2 and backwards .r50 .r49 .r48.

Ok that was easy enough but now we get to de hopefully not slow part of DOWNLOADING de files. Normally you can get better speeds from an anonymous server because you can use multiple connections at once. Say de server only gives ya 4k download, you may be able to connect 50 times at once and get more like 200k download, but a FTP that needs a Password and user name normally isnt that easy. The reason is normally bacause only 1 connection per IP is allowed and amount of users at one time is limited to about 15 or less, so dere are always a lon’ line of peope waitin’ to get in. Basically even if we could have more than one connection per IP, if it took 9 hours to get access you would need to wait that lon’ for each connection or thread. By de time anoder thread connected you would have probably already finished downloadin’ de file anyway.

NAPALM search site has nice search and filter option that will only show anonymous servers in de results page. Now open up SmartFTP and dere are a few options we want to be sure and change.

Tools > Settin’s > General:
Set Default Download Path to whatever you want

Tools > Settin’s > Connection:
Set Max Retries to -1 (( -1 = unlimited ))
Set Retry Delay to @ least 40 sec.*

*(( because some ftp will ban if you hammer/try and login to often ))
*(( read welcome messages on tha ftp log/status window for possible hammer rules ))

Tools > Settin’s > Connection > Keep Alive:
Make sure Keepalive is checked
Set interval to about 40
(( if set to low will be anoyin’ & to high may not be effective on some sitez ))
Highlight NOOP in de list and push Remove
Now type LIST into de box and push tha Add
(( This is de command that keepalive uses to pretend your not idle ))
(( some ftps will kick you out if you are idle to lon’ ))
(( and some still do with tha NOOP command we so have changed it to LIST
(( if you want you can change it to somethin’ better all i know is this works for me ))
(( nobody wants to sit for 9 hours waitin’ to get in den get kicked out ))

SmartFTP also has Clipboard monitorin’, so all you need to do is have smart ftp runnin’. Go Back to NAPALM. Right click a link and select “Copy Shortcut” from tha menu and smartFtp will popup and say FTP URL in clipboard detected. If you want to open that site, just cick yes.

But it can be even more simple than that if you want.

Tools > Settin’s > Display > Prompts:
Uncheck: On URL Catch
(( Now it will just open tha FTP without any prompt ))

When you are conectin’ to ftp you need to watch tha log/status window

For possibe crap links (( dead links and/or ratio sites )), dese are tha most common errorz to look for:

530 Account Disabled.
No connection could be made because de target machine actively refused it. A connection attempt failed because de connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.

550 Permission denied
While tryin’ to download a file
(( this is probably a ratio site if it has everythin’ you ever wanted and more & looks to good to be true ))
(( it probably is and id just move on to tha next site ))

Anoder problem you may find on anonymous ftp is that tha files or folders are not dere. 2 reasons for that is dey were eider deleted or just moved. If dey were moved this could be a problem most people uploadin’ to anonymous ftp, made a huge maze of locked folders to hide deir files and that makes for an endless task tryin’ to find de files unless you have an application that can spider de ftp and has de capability to get through locked folders. To have a list of every file on de ftp I dont know of any public application i can recommend with that capability. But dey do exist. This app can get through locked folders and may help. It seems like a crap program, but de best i could find on google in about 5 min worth of searchin’ is:

PubView.zip - www.jtpfxp.net has nfo about dir lockin’ & breakin’ dirs

Ill go over some basic instructions on downloadin’ from Anonymous and NonAnonymous Sites, or maybe i should say sites that allow more than one connection per IP and ones that dont.

We will start with anonymous or multiple thread capable FTP

Once you have de ftp open and you see de files you want. Just drag and drop them into de Global Queue tab on de transfers window and den just push de start button. We should have de In Speed at bottom right status bar. If its not goin’ fast enough, you can adjust de amount of connections/threads you have runnin’. Keep addin’ threads until your bandwidth is maxed or until your total In Speed doesnt get any faster. Anoder thin’ you may wanna keep in mind is that you can connect to more than one ftp downloadin’ CD1 from one site and CD2 from de oder etc. for a combined speed.

Now we go onto NonAnonymous Sitez

You cant use Global Queue because you cant have multiple threads, so just right click de file or folder you want and select Download > Direct > Select Folder. Most of dese sites will be slow and could take hours maybe days to get into, so what i do is just open every sin’le result in NAPALM at de same time. I figure that i have a better chance waitin’ on 10 sites rader than 1. So when you have them all open just close out de ones that have de errors mentioned above, den you can walk away and check every so often to see if you have gotten in one yet. This is where de keepalive option helps out and of course if you happen to get into more than one at a time
just go for tha combined speed method if it is goin’ slow.

Just a little basic html tip for those who are tryin’ to download an application from sites which has an paypal order page & link to start you off.

Use a proxy when you try this to hide your ip as some sites will record your ip when you connect for security.

1) Right click your mouse (ctrl+click) viewsource and open de source of de site in an a text editor
2) Search for de word “return”
3) Next to it you can find de url for de thank you page
4) Copy de url and paste it in your browser and you will see de download link

This works only if you can download instantly after payment, it will not work if de link needs to be emailed to you.

You can try it here to start with:
Code:
www.ramphelp.com/halfpipe.html

About half way down de page you will find:

Copy de link into your browser and download.

Are you scared that de RIAA is about to track you down for illegally downloadin’ son’s.
Well, here is a method of obtainin’ many son’s absolutely free that is virtually untrackable
by modern technology. This has to do with capturin’ streamin’ audio, which in many cases, believe it or not
are plain old mp3s just waitin’ for you to “download.” I have found most of de current top-40 as well as many oders you may like, so keep searchin’. The music is waitin’ for you to find it.

Step 1:

First of all, you need to find a good site that hosts streamin’ audio. My favorite that has brought me many son’s to date is www.windowsmedia.com . Some oders are just as good, but this is de site that I will be referencin’ (plus, I know you guys love to steal from Microsoft).

Step 2:

Alright, go up to de left hand corner where dere is an empty text box. This is de search box, just fill it with a son’name or artist just like you would in kazaa and click search. This will brin’ up a page with links to many websites hostin’ a stream by that artist. The ones with music notes are just that…music, this is what you want. In many cases, this is all you need. Just right click on one of de links and click “save as” to save de son’. This works if de file extension is .mp3 or .wma or .asf or well-oder known formats. If this worked, you are finished, oderwise continue readin’.

Step 3:

However, if you encounter a .asx file, dere are a few more steps you will have to endure. First of all, do exactly like de above example and save de file locally. After de file is downloaded, check to see how large de file is. If it is a large file in de megabyte range, den you should be able to play it in your favorite music program. However, if it is less than 1 kilobyte, open it as a textfile. You will den see many script commands that communicate to windows media player. Don’t worry about dese, just look for some URLs which will most likely be pointin’ to a .asf file. It will have at least one if not more. Open de new found URL in your browser and save it like in step 2 and you should be good to go. (I use Mozilla, because Internet Explorer likes to open thin’s rader than save them as I tell it)

NOTE: If any of de URLs are preceded with “mms://” instead of “http://” find anoder URL, because this technique will not work.

This technique is especially useful to avoid prosecution because streamin’ audio, and downloadin’ it appear de same to a web server, derefore you are seen as just anoder “legal” listener, so “download” away my friend and don’t blame me if this soon becomes illegal (if it isn’t already).

Step 4:

If you are picky den search for a program that will convert dese file types to mp3s. I assure you dere are many sites out dere.

If this technique does not work for some reason, dere is anoder technique which is manually recordin’ streamin’ audio, with an audio capture program. I use de one that came with my soundcard (Audigy 2ZS, great soundcard), but I would recommend it only as a last resort such as with “mms://” files. There is a degredation in quality compared to de oder formats and it records every sound your PC makes while it is recordin’ so don’t chat on AIM while recordin’ (lol I can hear random doors slammin’ now).