1. Hd Loader Ps2

Hd Loader Ps2

I have searched the Internet and gotten conflicting information, which is only complicated by the existence of the original HDLoader and the knockoff HDAdvance products. This is made more complicated still by the fact that there are now HDAdvance 2.0 and HDAdvance 3.0.
I already know that original HDLoader does not circumvent the PS2's built-in region checking. So you cannot pop your import game into your PS2's drive from HDLoader and expect it to work unless you do the slide trick. I'm clumsy and uncoordinated enough that doing the slide trick is pretty much out of the question for me. I'm also not going to modchip my PS2, it's just not worth it anymore when HDLoader can run any game which finds its way onto the HDD. With original HDLoader you need to use HDL_dump or WinHIIP to put the import game on the HDD, once it's there HDLoader will happily boot and run the game.
So, the question is, and I have not gotten anything resembling a definitive answer on this, can you install import games directly with HDAdvance? Since there are now 3 versions of HDAdvance (original 1.0, which is an exact hacked knockoff of HDLoader and has the same limitations, and the patched 2.0 and 3.0), I would need to know which version can install the import games directly.
Obviously if worst comes to worst I can simply drag out the HDD from the PS2 and attach it to my PC and WinHIIP the import games onto the HDD. This is only moderately a pain in the ass, though if I buy a cheap USB2.0 enclosure to stick the drive in it becomes considerably easier.
Any advice would be appreciated.
P.S. For the warez nazis out there, my primary goal with this whole endeavour is simply to play Final Fantasy X International and Final Fantasy X-2 International + Last Mission. Yes, they are actual bought versions of these games from Play-Asia. Yes, they cost me a fortune. No, I don't give a shit how much they cost. Thanks for your concern though. -- View image here: http://episteme.arstechnica.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif --

Preformat the hd on your cpu with winhiip if you have a ps1 game, dl the independence compiler 4.1 make the exploit, burn to a cd, place in your ps2, and it will save onto your memory card. Then with that mem card in slot 1, boot up the ps1 game and it will load the hdloader from the mem card.