Playing from a flash drive

**greek302** · November 16, 2006, 06:06 PM

I have this Idea, that I am going to move Rome Total War from C: on to E: which is a USB flash drive is this possible? And if not what other way can I access the game from portable means?

**Shazbot** · November 16, 2006, 06:23 PM

Unless you have a three gig flash drive, you can't move it.

**shadowarmy75** · November 16, 2006, 07:58 PM

Running things from flash drives is if you have a U3 flashdrive and are running a U3 program from it. And I'm willing to bet this will be closed.

**AlfonsoVIII** · November 17, 2006, 07:07 PM

Originally Posted by greek302

I have this Idea, that I am going to patch Rome Total War and then move it from C: on to E: which is a USB flash drive is this possible? And if not what other way can I access the game from portable means?

go ahead and move it to your other hard drive, then change the registry entries to point to the new location. I think this thread should stay open as long as we stay away from no-cd options and try other solutions. Changing the thread title should be done though.

**Da_TRU_1** · November 17, 2006, 07:14 PM

im sure its possible, if you copy the first disk onto a flash drive(obviously needs to be at least a GB) and have it plugged in. Its worked for me before with other games.

**Lee1026** · November 20, 2006, 01:20 AM

I believe stuff like no-CD cracks are legal so long as you actually paided for the game. When I asked a mod (sim) about this a while back, he claimed that any discussion of warez is legal here if the actions that we are talking about is legal. So I think we are on clear ground.

**Simetrical** · November 21, 2006, 11:45 PM

Originally Posted by AlfonsoVIII

I think this thread should stay open as long as we stay away from no-cd options and try other solutions. Changing the thread title should be done though.

I agree.

Originally Posted by Lee1026

I believe stuff like no-CD cracks are legal so long as you actually paided for the game.

They are not, at least not in the United States (where TWC is based) or the EU. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the European Union Copyright Directive both outlaw any circumvention of copy protection, even if no actual copying is done. Installing a game to a flash drive instead of a hard drive, however, is certainly legal, so this can stay open.

**greek302** · November 24, 2006, 02:35 PM

I own the game..I just need to be able to play with computers with no accessible CD drive.

**selenius4tsd** · November 24, 2006, 03:33 PM

Sorry to go completely off the topic here mates, but this is a matter of grave importance - wait for it - greek302, in ur sig, its 'disappointments', not double 's'. *Goes back to dog basket*

Moving it onto a flash drive will work, i think you need to reinstall it though. Only problem comes when ripping it onto a CD - the game wont run cos of read-only properties.

**Pent uP Rage** · November 27, 2006, 01:47 PM

Intriguing idea. Don't know why you'd want to do this though. If you try to take the FLASH drive with RTW on it to another computer, it won't work. There will be no registry values, etc, etc...
Now if you want to make a RTW "key" (like an AVID video editing system...)of sorts for YOUR PC and RTW install, that would require making an image of the disc, which does go into No-CD hacks.

I'll tell you how to do it...but then I must kill you!