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I'm trying to clone a PC printer driver disc for archival purposes. They weren't on archive.org, but the friend I'm helping set up this printer eventually did find the OEM discs, so I figured I should do my part for "the next guy" with this printer who isn't so lucky.

Nakedly copying the files with the Windows native cd filesystem support seems to have worked fine (test listing, will probably get garbage-collected in November: https://archive.org/details/hp-officeje … s-test0001), but I thought it would be a lot more professional to use some archive-grade software that makes some kind of log of the process it used to ensure the disc was ripped accurately... but I found out that EAC doesn't support non-music CDs.

I see the wiki generally recommends Redumper/MPF http://wiki.redump.org/index.php?title=Dumping_Guides .

Is that going to be a good choice for PC software discs, or is it better for game console discs and there's something else I should use for PC software?

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  • Registered: 2018-08-14
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While the main focus of redump is game-related media, our methods for preserving discs are absolutely applicable to other types of media including software applications, driver discs, etc.  So generally speaking, we'd absolutely recommend MPF/Redumper as a great solution for preserving PC software and many discs, regardless of whether they are eligible for the redump project.

There may eventually be an established project for non-game media, and we already have members who are dumping discs for that type of project, using the typical redump process.

So in summary, we definitely recommend and encourage the use of MPF/Redumper (and associated hardware) for media preservation (beyond just games), if someone is willing to use those methods.

If you have any other questions regarding that, please let us know, or feel free to join our discord:
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