Just wondering if anyone knows the answer to this wihtout me having to go test it...
If I have a game on a 40 GB Harddrive and I made a CHD file with it and I also have the same game on a 20GB harddrive and make a CHD file of it, will the files be different sizes?
Meaning if you try to dump a game from a 40GB drive will it make a bigger CHD file then a smaller harddrive would? or Does CHDMAN only grab the actual data on the disk and make the chd file?
I only ask because I just dumped a BBH drive from a 40GB drive and the CHD file is about 1.6GB. Is there a way to reduce the size of a chd file to take out any blank data?
I looked at the file in a hex editor and there isnt and FF blank bits, but there is a large amount of this:
If I have a game on a 40 GB Harddrive and I made a CHD file with it and I also have the same game on a 20GB harddrive and make a CHD file of it, will the files be different sizes?
Meaning if you try to dump a game from a 40GB drive will it make a bigger CHD file then a smaller harddrive would? or Does CHDMAN only grab the actual data on the disk and make the chd file?
I only ask because I just dumped a BBH drive from a 40GB drive and the CHD file is about 1.6GB. Is there a way to reduce the size of a chd file to take out any blank data?
I looked at the file in a hex editor and there isnt and FF blank bits, but there is a large amount of this:
