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t111645 · 01-12-2002

can alcohol backup every protectet games with my asus writer?

*Mr. Belvedere* · 01-12-2002

i doubt it

*Maelstrom* · 01-12-2002

i use alocohol (1125)
and own an Asus CRW4816a (firmware 1.1)

my experience is that alcohol can produce a working back-up off any SD 2.xx protection to date with the asus cd writer used as reader and writer.
on the other hand alcohol can't handle securom 2.4 verry well.
the back-up only works with a no cd patch. or you have to mount the image to a virtual device.
blindread/write supposed to be able to make an working back-up off an securom 2.4 protected cd. but i heard from various persons that blindread/write can't handle SD 2.8 protections as well as alcohol.
i cant confirm this because since i use a NT based windows (xp or 2k) i cant make blindread/write to work on my system.

from what i know an heard/read from other persons my conclusion is to use alcohol for SD protected cd's an use blindread/write for securom >2.4 protected cd's

**philamber** · 02-12-2002

Alcohol can only emulate the latest securom protected cds from a virtual drive. It cannot burn a working back-up without extra assistance.

However, with the assistance of the bwa builder and blackcheck's twinpeak tool, it can make a working back-up of these cds. (In fact, it's the method I use since blindwrite doesn't work on my system.)

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t111645 CD Freaks Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: CDFreaks Forum Posts: 395	alcohol <a href='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/ck.php?n=a13febf7&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE' target='_blank'><img src='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=30&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE&n=a13febf7' border='0' alt='' /></a> can alcohol backup every protectet games with my asus writer?

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Mr. Belvedere CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: married Posts: 14,669	i doubt it __________________ I might be evil. Want to make dvd movie backups? Take the 5-step or the 2-step process. Fun, fast and free!

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Maelstrom CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Behind Enemy Lines Posts: 746	i use alocohol (1125) and own an Asus CRW4816a (firmware 1.1) my experience is that alcohol can produce a working back-up off any SD 2.xx protection to date with the asus cd writer used as reader and writer. on the other hand alcohol can't handle securom 2.4 verry well. the back-up only works with a no cd patch. or you have to mount the image to a virtual device. blindread/write supposed to be able to make an working back-up off an securom 2.4 protected cd. but i heard from various persons that blindread/write can't handle SD 2.8 protections as well as alcohol. i cant confirm this because since i use a NT based windows (xp or 2k) i cant make blindread/write to work on my system. from what i know an heard/read from other persons my conclusion is to use alcohol for SD protected cd's an use blindread/write for securom >2.4 protected cd's __________________ The sound of thousand warriors The fields of thousand battles Still, in our hearts we can hear the great hymn of Karelia.

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philamber Legal Senior Admin Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: True Blue Posts: 6,804	Alcohol can only emulate the latest securom protected cds from a virtual drive. It cannot burn a working back-up without extra assistance. However, with the assistance of the bwa builder and blackcheck's twinpeak tool, it can make a working back-up of these cds. (In fact, it's the method I use since blindwrite doesn't work on my system.)