Physical Protection Characteristics - Club CDFreaks

*$CyBeRwIz$* · 01-02-2004

Is there any way to know a CD's copy protection just by looking at it? I think I remember someone say that some words on the CD mean a copy protection, but could be wrong.

Thanks

Sir Cyber

**FutureProof** · 01-02-2004

Ring PROTECH, certainly. I have a scanned pic here somewhere ...

**xtacydima** · 01-02-2004

I think Securom writes DADC somewhere on the cd. Correct me if i'm wrong, or unless they no longer do that.

@FP
I personally never saw ringprotect, I would like to see a scanned pic.

**FutureProof** · 01-02-2004

This is one of my Iron Storm CDs - both are protected. It's a shocker of a scan. The surface looks normal, like any other CD then there's what appears to be a thin ring around the disc.

Morglum007 · 01-02-2004

And here you are with the habitual SecuROM CD. Identical to a PSX2 DVD and many DVDs. Remember that this is habitual in securom but it isn't present all the time.

Good luck!

*$CyBeRwIz$* · 02-02-2004

Is there any physical characteristics of a SafeDisc protected disc?

Sir Cyber

**philamber** · 02-02-2004

Not ones visible from inspection of the physical cd. However, safedisc protected cds have characteristic .tmp files that will show up in explorer (they're very easy to spot once you know what you're looking for).

*$CyBeRwIz$* · 02-02-2004

Quote:

Originally posted by FutureProof
This is one of my Iron Storm CDs - both are protected. It's a shocker of a scan. The surface looks normal, like any other CD then there's what appears to be a thin ring around the disc.

Yep, my IronStorm CD's have that ring on them.

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$CyBeRwIz$ CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: True Blue, aka Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,254	Physical Protection Characteristics <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> Is there any way to know a CD's copy protection just by looking at it? I think I remember someone say that some words on the CD mean a copy protection, but could be wrong. Thanks Sir Cyber __________________ Author of The CD Freaks Offline Help doing version 2 code rewrites. Enjoy version 1. Version 1 is now released! You can get it here. In it you can learn about SafeDisc, SecuROM and heaps of other protections and learn on how to defeat them. Also you can take a look at some of my various tutorials in it and some frequently asked questions asked. Plus heaps more! Enjoy!

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xtacydima Moderator Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA Posts: 3,850	I think Securom writes DADC somewhere on the cd. Correct me if i'm wrong, or unless they no longer do that. @FP I personally never saw ringprotect, I would like to see a scanned pic. __________________ My Rig: Antec P160 P4 3.0E GHz running WinXP w/SP2 Scythe SCMN-1000 Heatsink w/Arctic Silver 5 Antec TruePower 2.0 TP2-550 (550W power supply) ASUS P4C800 Deluxe Motherboard 2GB RAM - Corsair XMS TWINX2048 (2x1GB) 3200C2Pro CL2.0 ATI RADEON X850XT AGP 2 - WD 37GB Raptor's (in RAID 0) via onboard Promise controller Western Digital 250GB SATA HDD on Primary SATA channel Western Digital 150GB SATA HDD on Secondary SATA channel Lite-On LTR-52246S 6S0F (IDE1 Master) Lite-On JLMS XJ-HD166S DS1C (IDE1 Slave) *NEC 3500AG 2.TC Quiet* (IDE2 Master) Lite-On SOHW 1673S JS07 (via USB 2.0 to IDE & set to Master)** Found a Solution here helpful? Like the forum's? Well then, what are you waiting for JOIN NOW!!!

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FutureProof Senior Admin Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: True Blue Posts: 5,606	This is one of my Iron Storm CDs - both are protected. It's a shocker of a scan. The surface looks normal, like any other CD then there's what appears to be a thin ring around the disc. __________________ :ÐowN AsS ± ßû(r)NêR: Try our Search function > Words on Netiquette 24, 32, 40 & 52X Liteons, 16, 40, 48 & 52X ASUS', Ricoh MP7163A, Acer 1610A CD writers; Toshiba SD-M1402, Hitachi GD-7500 & Liteon LTD-163D DVD-ROMs; Toshiba SD-R1202 DVD-ROM/CD writer combo; NEC CloneDrive; Matshita DVD RAM/-R/-RW UJ-810 PEBKAC: Click here when asked AXDA3000DKV4D Atlhon 3000+ Model 10 Barton; Twin, Dual-Channeled Corsair CMX512-2700C2 @ 2-3-3-6-T1; GA-7N400 Pro F12; crappy vid card; Twin (base) WD2500JD drives There are two secrets to success: 1) Don't tell everyone everything There are 10 types of people who understand binary: those who do and those who don't Who Are YOU?

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$CyBeRwIz$ CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: True Blue, aka Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,254	Is there any physical characteristics of a SafeDisc protected disc? Sir Cyber __________________ Author of The CD Freaks Offline Help doing version 2 code rewrites. Enjoy version 1. Version 1 is now released! You can get it here. In it you can learn about SafeDisc, SecuROM and heaps of other protections and learn on how to defeat them. Also you can take a look at some of my various tutorials in it and some frequently asked questions asked. Plus heaps more! Enjoy!

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philamber Legal Senior Admin Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: True Blue Posts: 6,804	Not ones visible from inspection of the physical cd. However, safedisc protected cds have characteristic .tmp files that will show up in explorer (they're very easy to spot once you know what you're looking for). __________________ ¿?¤»~Hôw Çåñ ï mï§§ ¥ôü ïf ¥ôü wôñ'± gô åwå¥~»¤¿?

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