Ripping Battlefield 2

[JellyWorld]

Due to the horrendous quality of the dvd Battlefield 2 shipped with I'm planning to rip it to my hard disk for safekeeping should the dvd fail. However, I want to know if EA can detect whether my disk is actually in the drive (and not just a disk image), and whether or not they'll ban my account if they find out I'm running it from a ripped image. Thanks in advance.

 

[The Mullinator]

If its anything like almost every other game out there then no. I was forced to do this as well with Call of Duty and I never once had any problems.

Still though I know very little about BF2 so it could be different.

 

[Dekstar]

If you had a DVD writer then you could create the image, and rewrite it to another DVD which would work as well as the original. That's not illegal for backup purposes.

 

[OCybrManO]

... or you can just download the BF2 mini-image from a place like MegaGames (either the second or third one) and mount it instead of a full CD/DVD image. That's what I've been doing the entire time even though I have the BF2 box staring me in the face.

 

[Ren.182]

I doubt they'd scan to see if you have a disk in the drive. Plus if they do, what you're doing is legal, it's for backup purposes.

 

[Shamrock]

Why don't you try and see if they detect it? Though if they do then you could be banned from using that key again.. :|

 

[$kelet0r]

Why don't you try and see if they detect it? Though if they do then you could be banned from using that key again..

thats the problem - duh

 

[Kyorisu]

Lol I 've been using a mini dvd image for months. There is no way to detect you lol. Kinda breaks a few privacy laws.

 

[JellyWorld]

I see, thanks!