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FS2004 "No CD" utility
Posted: 20 Jun 2008, 23:59
by mgchristy
What a great idea! I stumbled across this neat utility a few weeks ago. I'm sure it's been around for some time, but it's news to me:
http://198.164.146.97/fanda/
It allows you to run FS2004 without disk 4 present in your CD/ROM drive. I've been using it for the last few weeks with no issues whatsoever. It saves wear & tear on your disk drive, and as a bonus it seems to boot up the sim quicker, too (at least on my machine). Be SURE to follow the 'read me' file and backup/rename your original FS2004 .exe file.
Re: FS2004 "No CD" utility
Posted: 21 Jun 2008, 00:14
by DaveB
That is not quite but almost as old as God's dog Mark :roll:
No matter.. there are obviously some poor souls out there that don't know about it ;-)
ATB
DaveB :tab:
Re: FS2004 "No CD" utility
Posted: 21 Jun 2008, 01:15
by rpjkw11
This is the only forum that even mentioning this topic doesn't result in threats of banishment to Siberia (thanks to pressure from Micro$oft) :@ . I found it long before that time and I saved it to CD with tender loving care. And there's always GOOGLE, too.
Bob
Re: FS2004 "No CD" utility
Posted: 21 Jun 2008, 01:26
by jonesey2k
My original FS9 disc 4 is looking quite knackered, I should have used one of these

Re: FS2004 "No CD" utility
Posted: 21 Jun 2008, 10:54
by Quixoticish
rpjkw11 wrote:This is the only forum that even mentioning this topic doesn't result in threats of banishment to Siberia (thanks to pressure from Micro$oft) :@ . I found it long before that time and I saved it to CD with tender loving care. And there's always GOOGLE, too.
Bob
I always use no-cd/no-dvd patches on every game I own, back in the good old days when the disc was damaged beyond repair they would kindly ship you out a replacement one but these days it's hard to even get a response from the big publishers and developers so I prefer to keep the discs safely tucked away and use them for installing only.
Re: FS2004 "No CD" utility
Posted: 21 Jun 2008, 11:34
by Chris Sykes
or if your a member of the dark side, you dont need disks for FSX

Re: FS2004 "No CD" utility
Posted: 21 Jun 2008, 14:32
by mgchristy
That is not quite but almost as old as God's dog Mark
No matter.. there are obviously some poor souls out there that don't know about it
This is the only forum that even mentioning this topic doesn't result in threats of banishment to Siberia (thanks to pressure from Micro$oft) .
:doho:
Serves me right for being a 'computer-unfriendly' person! I honestly don't know how I never came across similar utilities before.
I'll be sure to send some postcards from Siberia. I hear it's beautiful there this time of year...
Re: FS2004 "No CD" utility
Posted: 21 Jun 2008, 14:54
by rpjkw11
You'll have plenty of company, Mark. Hope you like Vodka!
Bob
Re: FS2004 "No CD" utility
Posted: 21 Jun 2008, 21:13
by Nigel H-J
No matter.. there are obviously some poor souls out there that don't know about it
Sure are, count me as one of them Dave, until now that is.
Brilliant Mark, my poor old disk is showing its' age and I have been worried that one day it may just not work, very many thanks for posting that one.
Regards
Nigel.
Re: FS2004 "No CD" utility
Posted: 21 Jun 2008, 21:22
by DaveB
I really can't believe that we're here.. some 18months or so into FSX and there are still folk out there who didn't know about the nocd crack for the old sim!! I've had it on my space here on the ftp for longer than I can remember along with the 9.1 patch so all you had to do was ask
ATB
DaveB :tab: