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Comment on I have some very old CDs, mostly retro video games. Is there a way to pull the games and data off the CDs for preservation?

floo@retrolemmy.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

If you let us know what operating system you’re using, we can make some recommendations for some apps to use for archiving your CD collection.

As was mentioned in another comment, you can rip the CDs into images (.iso files) which you can store and mount anytime!

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ComicalMayhem@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
My PC is on Pop!_OS, I’m pretty sure it has a CD drive with it too.

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- floo@retrolemmy.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  How are you with working in the command line?
  
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  - EtherWhack@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Just be sure to double-check that both paths are correct before pressing enter, as ‘dd’ is a very powerful utility that can overwrite something if you aren’t careful.
    
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    floo@retrolemmy.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Always good advice with Linux. I have, in the past, compared using the Linux command line to handling a loaded gun. It’s an extremely powerful tool, but you can literally kill your computer if you use it the wrong way.
    
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