Original GameCube Disc

[SpiderTECH]

Is there a way to use the actual gamecube discs in my PC for dolphin instead of making a back-up of them?

[stgn]

Long answer, no.

[Zaertix]

Short answer, n

[thegamefreak0134]

Regular ole answer: No

Explanation: Wii and GC games both use a special Nintendo format for the data on the disc. In addition to being non-standard in terms of data headers and such, the disc is actually read by the hardware *backwards*, literally the laser moves from the outside to the inside on a Wii/GC disc, where a normal DVD disc moves from the inside to the outside.

Reading said discs with a PC drive (designed to be interfaced with on a high level) is very tricky, and in fact not possible with a large number of drives. It's a long shot just to be able to create a dump with a particular drive and a hacked driver, much less actually boot the game off it.

I do understand your concern though, and indeed I think if it were more technically possible, it would be an excellent feature. I've got a grand chunk of this HDD dedicated to my dumps of games that I wouldn't mind having back, especially for the games that don't work that well. ^_^

[SpiderTECH]

Thanks, that did explain a lot. Figures nintendo would go for the non standard. Sony, didn't think it was necessary i guess. Ps2 games are able to be read on any standard DVD drive, or at least the PCSX2 can.

[nosound97]

Some people are lucky to read games with some LG DVD drives, but they are very rare to get

[3xistence]

you can read your gamecube or wii disc only with a LG DVD driver (GDR version are better), if you want it try to search for someone who sell it online).
If you want to dump your gc/wii disc you need (LG DVD driver and rawdump software by wiinja)

[cmccmc]

You need the drive to don't you? There is no way that with just the drivers you can do it.