Hi I want to burn a back up for my Painkiller, but the last of the 3 cds is protected and I can't burn it. I burned the first two cds just fine!! My CD writer is Samsung CD-R/RW SW-252S. Please tell me what software do I have to use? I have already tried BurnDrive, and Alcohol 120(I don't know how to burn CD to CD with Alcohol 120). Thanks
Alcohol 120% should be able to back up Painkiller (SafeDisc 3.20). I believe your problem lies in the fact that your burner isn't up to the task. The newer protections not only require a 2-sheep burner but a good one at that. If you don't have a burner that's up to the task no amount of software is going to help. Here's a link that explains what a 2-sheep burner is, why it's important and a list of burners: http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/45121
I think that Samsung is a 1-sheeper but thats just from memory. 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.
