I've made 5 coasters. Can you help me get NesterDC running?

Bishop · Post by **Bishop** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 11:22 am

That's right, five. Five freaking CDs that have not worked. Coasters all.

I must be missing a step. Something, but I don't know what. Do I have to "finalize" or "close" the CD somehow? I'm not sure I'd even know how.

Okay, first I tried burning the Nero image available for download on the NesterDC site. Didn't work. Then I tried the DiscJuggler image. Didn't work.

Then I came here and tried to work with some of the tools on the site. DCFactory, Self-Boot Inducer, and Dreamboot. None of those has worked yet.

What am I doing wrong? Could someone point me at a step-by-step process guide or something?

Yes, this is my first attempt to get an emulator running on my DC. Since I'm new to this, I could easily be mucking something up somewhere, but I can't seem to find any mention of anything I'm failing to do. When I put the CD in my DC, it barely spins at all before the DC decides it can't read it. I even tried using my boot CD that helps me run my import games to try and get the blasted NesterDC running, but it didn't get any of these CDs to function.

So you guys are the masters. I'd appreciate it if you could give me a hand. What should I try now? What might I be doing wrong?

evanft · Post by **evanft** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 11:29 am

What version of nero are you using? And you're following the tutorial on how to brun using SBI, right? Also, you may want to try a different CDR drive.

Bishop · Post by **Bishop** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 4:52 pm

It's Nero 6 Ultra Edition.

As for the instructions... well, that's been a bit of a problem with some of the programs I've tried. My computer won't always run the .DAT files that some of them tell me to run. And some of them also instruct me to working in MS-DOS... but I know jack about MS-DOS functionality.

So yeah, I'm pretty much stumbling into this blind.

linus2k3 · Post by **linus2k3** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 7:03 pm

say bishop, check your PM, and get in contact with me, i'll help you out

LyingWake · Post by **LyingWake** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 8:48 pm

linus2k3: Keep in the this topic, so others can learn.

Bishop: Using the search feature, you will most always find your answer.

Here's a few recent topics:
http://www.dcemulation.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=65057
http://www.dcemulation.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=64364
http://www.dcemulation.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=60849
http://www.dcemulation.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=64104

Orange_Ribbon · Post by **Orange_Ribbon** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 9:17 pm

Bishop wrote:It's Nero 6 Ultra Edition.

As for the instructions... well, that's been a bit of a problem with some of the programs I've tried. My computer won't always run the .DAT files that some of them tell me to run. And some of them also instruct me to working in MS-DOS... but I know jack about MS-DOS functionality.

So yeah, I'm pretty much stumbling into this blind.

Try to find nero 5.5 or use a different program. The CDI to NRG convertor makes images only combatible to 5.5. I am having the same problem now because I tried to install 6.0 to a differerent DIR on a different drive, and it STILL mannaged to over right my 5.5. Luckily my GF doesn't need 6 (I havbe a DVD burner) so she kept 5.5 so I can burn stuff at her place.

LyingWake · Post by **LyingWake** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 10:24 pm

Try to find nero 5.5 or use a different program.

http://www.oldversion.com

evanft · Post by **evanft** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 2:39 pm

There is a program called cdi2tao that converts CDI to NRG that Nero 6 can burn correctly. Also, SelfBoot Inducer can create TAO images, if you have the SBI files.

LyingWake · Post by **LyingWake** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 7:07 pm

There is a program called cdi2tao that converts CDI to NRG that Nero 6 can burn correctly

As can CDI2Nero (the newest version, 0.9.9 beta). You just have to save the Nero image as a Track-at-Once image.

I forgot about that though, thanks for reminding me.

Post by **Quzar** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 7:15 pm

As long as your nero is past version 6.3 it should work. between 6.0 and 6.3 there were problems where it wouldnt let it burn at all (it would say 'data to be written outside of normal user area' or something like that). If your CD burns but doesnt work then you did something wrong, and it has nothing to do with nero.