Copying Gauntlet Legends/DL savegames?

bones3010

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So my Gauntlet is starting to get on my nerves again... I'm wondering if the hard drive is starting to die, because in the middle of a game it will start stuttering and pausing, eventually resetting. I have an older version DL drive that in a quick test seemed to be working okay. The thing is, I have 3 years of character saves on the old drive I really don't want to lose, including a few level 99 "Legends" (really, aside from playing with my kids the only reason I play it lately is to work towards maxing all the characters to level 99).

So is there a reasonably easy way to get these old drives copied or at least extract the files to put on a new drive and preserve my characters?
 
Yes. You can pull the hard drive out, hook it up to your PC, and use CHDMAN to make a snapshot of the drive.

It's not just the game saves you need to be worried about; you need a backup of the whole hard drive because if it fails you may have a mess on your hands. Yes, you can get some CHD images from MAME but maybe not the one you need.

There have been threads written up here on how to do this (actually how to copy your hard drive to a compact flash drive). I think Palladin did one a couple of years ago; find it and do it! :)
 
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