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**philamber** · 12-12-2003

>LaserLock – now uncommon it seems, Desperados was the last I know of and is easily defeated.

Very uncommon indeed though last release I know of was Warrior Kings which had two releases, the second of which had an upgraded laserlock version and which can be a bit of a pig to copy successfully (it can be done but isn't an absolute sitter like the first release).

>Ring PROTECH – common enough. Iron Storm is one example.

Protection is also known as ProRing. Used on most, if not all, Wannadoo releases.

>StarForce – like Tagès, it is becoming more common and is widely employed on Asian and Russian releases. It can be run from an image with emulation of sorts

Versions 1 & 2 (both now obsolete) can be successfully "copied" and run with alcohol's RMPS emulation. Back-up images of version 3, at present, can only be run (sometimes) when mounted on an alcohol or daemon tools virtual drive and then only if all ide roms are unplugged first (definitely not recommended).

>what is the best way to find out what type of copy protection a cd has? ClonyXXL?

Check out the various protection scanners that FP has identified for you in this thread.

>I am going to buy some software, i am trying to choose between Alcohol 120% and BlindWrite 5 what would you recommend?

There are trial versions of both available. Try both and see which suits you best.

>The drive i am proberly going to get to start off is a liteon 52/32/52.

A good choice for your first drive but do yourself a favour and partner it with a Lite-on dvd rom. They're very cheap and you won't regret the small extra cost.

12-12-2003	#5 (permalink)
philamber Legal Senior Admin Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: True Blue Posts: 6,736	>LaserLock – now uncommon it seems, Desperados was the last I know of and is easily defeated. Very uncommon indeed though last release I know of was Warrior Kings which had two releases, the second of which had an upgraded laserlock version and which can be a bit of a pig to copy successfully (it can be done but isn't an absolute sitter like the first release). >Ring PROTECH – common enough. Iron Storm is one example. Protection is also known as ProRing. Used on most, if not all, Wannadoo releases. >StarForce – like Tagès, it is becoming more common and is widely employed on Asian and Russian releases. It can be run from an image with emulation of sorts Versions 1 & 2 (both now obsolete) can be successfully "copied" and run with alcohol's RMPS emulation. Back-up images of version 3, at present, can only be run (sometimes) when mounted on an alcohol or daemon tools virtual drive and then only if all ide roms are unplugged first (definitely not recommended). >what is the best way to find out what type of copy protection a cd has? ClonyXXL? Check out the various protection scanners that FP has identified for you in this thread. >I am going to buy some software, i am trying to choose between Alcohol 120% and BlindWrite 5 what would you recommend? There are trial versions of both available. Try both and see which suits you best. >The drive i am proberly going to get to start off is a liteon 52/32/52. A good choice for your first drive but do yourself a favour and partner it with a Lite-on dvd rom. They're very cheap and you won't regret the small extra cost. __________________ ¿?¤»~Hôw Çåñ ï mï§§ ¥ôü ïf ¥ôü wôñ'± gô åwå¥~»¤¿?