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| 115662 | 2003-01-20 20:00:00 | Sorry for some reason the link to the profiles is coming up wrong... The thread discussing these profiles is found here (club.cdfreaks.com) and the working link is within this thread. Lo. |
Lohsing (219) | ||
| 115663 | 2003-01-20 21:09:00 | Thanks loshing, i will investigate it tonight, using a cd-rw until i get it right, will then post back here and let you know the details. | roofus (483) | ||
| 115664 | 2003-01-21 19:55:00 | Well I practised on my cd-rw and everything seemed to go ok, I had to try a couple of profiles first though. It ended up that the default copy game cd profile worked fine. However I thought i would make up a backup of my Diablo2 CD's. Well this seems like a whole new kettle of fish. Diablo2 uses a different CD protection called Securom and you can't fix it by making a 1:1 copy. Rather you have to do something else. Do you know anything about this Loshing? There are profiles in CloneCD for Securom, but i read that straight 1:1 copies will not result in a copied cd working. |
roofus (483) | ||
| 115665 | 2003-01-21 20:06:00 | With SecuROM, There's and electronic keycode that is is added to the CD-ROM. When a user runs an Application of the original disc, the authentication program reads the electronic keycode, allowing the application to be decrypted and run normally. The SecuROM advanced electronic keycode cannot be duplicated or copied, meaning that the main application of any illegal copied disc will be locked, and the copy will not start. AFAIK - You have to go for a Patched EXE file.. Its similar to my experience with the SIMS. A friend backed up his copy and then decided to put away the origional and use the backup, so that when the backup dies, there's still the origional and he can just make another copy!! However.. He ran into the problem that it could be installed off that CD, but not played.. it needed the origional. So he downloaded the NO-CD fix for it and it works.. He still has his first copy, which he legally purchased from a shop and stuff.. nothing bad.. but by doing this, he's preserved the game life.. by not having to use the origional CD! You might need to do something similar! BTW... I had a look at the SIMS origional and copy he'd made.. the origional had an extra 2.5 megs or so of data that showed as being used when you went to the CD-ROM properties, but the total amount used by the files was 2.5 megs less than the total used.... On the copy, there was no extra 2.5 megs burnt that wasnt a read-able file, and I think that's where the copy protection is! Cheers Chilling_Silence |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 115666 | 2003-01-21 20:09:00 | Ok... Here's (www.cdmediaworld.com) all about Securom protection... and looking from this (club.cdfreaks.com) and [url=http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?s=a28feeb5c142ec8eb44b344cbd9f6bd4&threadid=47372&highlight=Diablo]this[/url=] thread also, it seems this protection SHOULD be able to be beaten with CloneCD... Hope it helps! Lo. |
Lohsing (219) | ||
| 115667 | 2003-01-21 20:10:00 | This thread really needs to be stopped now. Although you're using the term "backup" you're still breaking the law here in NZ. Here you not allowed to make your own backups of your own games. This website does not allow advice on software piracy or other illegal copying. I, for one, think that you should find another board for help on this particular subject |
crozier (2004) | ||
| 115668 | 2003-01-21 20:13:00 | Ok... Here's (www.cdmediaworld.com) all about Securom protection... and looking from this (club.cdfreaks.com c142ec8eb44b344cbd9f6bd4&threadid=57669&highlight=Diab o) and this (club.cdfreaks.com c142ec8eb44b344cbd9f6bd4&threadid=47372&highlight=Diablo) thread also, it seems this protection SHOULD be able to be beaten with CloneCD... Hope it helps! Lo. |
Lohsing (219) | ||
| 115669 | 2003-01-21 20:28:00 | Good one crozier. I'm trying to make legal back ups of my games, the cd's get scratched easily at my place, I don't want to soon not have a game merely because the cd is scratched. So i'm gonna make back ups. I forked out the $100 for the games, i'll make a backup if i want! It's also not illegal to make a backup of software in NZ. Also note that there are regular discussions on here about which music jukebox is the best. Whats this for? to play digital copies of CD's that reside on computers as MP3's or the likes, but every seems to allow discussion of that! |
roofus (483) | ||
| 115670 | 2003-01-21 20:46:00 | Yes, I agree... And in my place, unless the CD is hidden under your pillow or something similar (Im serious!), then it'll be scratched very quickly... 4 year olds just dont 'click' on how to handle CD's, even after being told over and over! I bought an audio CD a few weeks ago... maybe just before christmas, and already it skips due to scratches!!! |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 115671 | 2003-01-21 22:01:00 | >Good one crozier. I'm trying to make legal back ups of my games, the cd's get scratched easily at my place, I don't want to soon not have a game merely because the cd is scratched. So i'm gonna make back ups. I forked out the $100 for the games, i'll make a backup if i want! It's also not illegal to make a backup of software in NZ. It is illegal to make backup copies of your software here in NZ. The sites where you read that it is legal refer to laws in other countries. I'm not judging you, I'm just saying that the discussion doesn't belong here. Hey, I don't make the laws, I'm just taking the moral high ground. >Also note that there are regular discussions on here about which music jukebox is the best. Whats this for? to play digital copies of CD's that reside on computers as MP3's or the likes, but every seems to allow discussion of that! Not all music is copyright and AFAIK none of this software is illegal. |
crozier (2004) | ||
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