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Using Alcohol 120 to back-up Software

Started by Trial User_marshall.tway_* , Aug 06 2006 03:24 AM

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#1 Trial User_marshall.tway_*

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Posted 06 August 2006 - 03:24 AM

Help,
I spend a lot of deployed (mostly to hot and sandy places). For obvious reasons I do not want to take the original discs with me.
I am evaluating Alcohol 120 for the purposes of backing up my game library.
I tried to copy Rome Total War with the program using a slow write speed (1x) and Safedisc 2/3 (according to your database this is the right setting.
Everything went fine - No error messages.
But when I try to run the game with the burned image disc. It tells me to "Eject the Cd, Re-insert it, and start the program over".

Can some one help me out this. Obvously Some setting is incorrect.

Here is the system report.

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#2 Tron

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Posted 06 August 2006 - 04:58 PM

Did you scan the original to make sure that you have that protection on the disc? Make sure....

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#3 Jito463

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Posted 06 August 2006 - 05:52 PM

Have you tried playing from an image as well? Your burner may not be capable of making a physical backup?

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#4 Trial User_Trial User_Marshall__

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Posted 08 August 2006 - 08:59 AM

QUOTE (Jito463 @ Aug 7 2006, 12:49 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Have you tried playing from an image as well? Your burner may not be capable of making a physical backup?

How do I scan the disc?
My Burner is a DVD+RW that I have backed up many movies with. I can't believe it wouldn't make a CD. (fairly new NEC

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#5 Jito463

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Posted 08 August 2006 - 02:29 PM

Making a backup of a copy protected disc requires capable hardware. Just being able to burn the disc is not enough. You need to be able to replicate the copy protection to a point that it's at least recognized as an original. Not every burner is capable of doing this. Search for ProtectionID or A-Ray Scanner to find the copy protection used on the original.