Hello everyone, this is my first time on & as the screename suggests I know next to nothing about computing. I am trying to copy a PC CD-ROM & have failed. I Downloaded Clony XXL to determine the protection (was Safedisc V2.6) & also used Alcohol 120% to copy to HD. Under Datatype I selected Safedisc 2/3 (was this incorrect) it flagged automatically skip reading errors & fast skip error blocks. But whilst copying to HD it kept repeatedly reporting disc reading errors. Where did I go wrong?, or is this the incorrect method alltogether? Best regards Nerdy1
That's fine. If you need to burn a SafeDisc2/3 protected game the major consideration is the drive doing the copy; certain drives have certain characteristics that give them an easier time to perform SafeDisc2 copies than others. Such drives are described as being 2-sheep burners. Drives not quite up to the task (however capable of), are described as 1-sheep burners and heaven forbid, 0-sheep burners. So the first thing you need to do is to find out what make/model your burner is and if it is a 2-sheep burner or not. To determine your make and model of your optical drives; if you happen to have Nero Infotools installed, start it up and under the Drive tab, it will list all the relevant specifications and capabilities of your burner. The actual name of your burner is listed in the drop-down box at the top (those numbers before the name of your burner are important too!). You can get InfoTools from http://www.cd-rw.org/software/cdr_software/cdr_tools/nero_info_tool.cfm Once you have determined tha name of the burner, head on over to http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/45121 to see if that burner is listed there or not. If it is listed there, it is a 2-sheep burner; if it is not listed there it is not neccesarily a 2-sheep burner but highly unlikely. Now if you have a 2-sheep burner head on over to http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/23699 to find out how to copy a SafeDisc2 protected game. If you are running a 1-sheeper than visit http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/36444 for the appropriate guide.
Hello Praetor, Sorry for the delay in reply, only just had chance to try out you tips. I assume iv'e got a sheep burner 1 or less, it is a Combi (BTC IDE1008) & it did not appear on the list. Anyhow it took 45 minutes to dump to HD, but it was worth it as it works fine. Many thanks for all your help. Clever cloggs!! Bye Nerdy1
