Mysteries Of The CDRW and Backups Revealed 231
Talinom writes "Tom's Hardware has a story that details information regarding some of the new (and old) copy protection schemes out there, as well as results from several different CDRW drives. There are a lot of sites devoted to this topic, but Tom's is usually rather thorough."
Re:Copy protection doesn't work. (Score:4, Informative)
Crackers just disassemble the
The only copy protection I've ever seen that actually worked was the CD-Key method for online games. If your game didn't have a valid CD-Key, then you were denied access to multiplayer, it was checked against the server so the checking routine was unassailable. Even a key generator didn't work because the producers of the game knew which keys they had released, and which ones they hadn't.
And they had your IP address if you tried war-dialing CD codes.
Clever as hell.
Tom's? "thorough"? (Score:3, Informative)
So you say, but I certainly haven't seen any evidence of this, not in the last 3 years.
Before then, THG was one of the better sites on the web (that I knew about at least). Now I will only go there if I'm really bored or looking for a laugh. www.tech-report.com [tech-report.com], www.aceshardware.com [aceshardware.com] or www.realworldtech.com [realworldtech.com] are SO much more informed.
review flawed - safedisk 2.51 beatable in hardware (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Let's figure out what the test titles are. I go (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Let's figure out what the test titles are. I go (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Copy protection doesn't work. (Score:2, Informative)
Needless to say, the DC group that cracked it (I can't remember if it was Echelon or someone else) left the pirate in, because it was absolutely hilarious, and made a bypass for it.
Re:All 8 GB? (Score:4, Informative)
Also, I always play with the game sound turned off. I hate the music that comes with the games. Why can't I then use my CD drive for other things simultaneously on a game that doesn't have a real requirement for that kind of disk space?
I guess the bigger thing is that really, I want it to be my choice, because there are situations like this where I really just don't want to have to deal with having the CD in the drive.
Macintosh, about 1987... (Score:3, Informative)
Re:I suggest... (Score:2, Informative)
These days, vendors use machine-specific licence keys generated via a challenge/response system. So, you can backup your software against distribution media failure, but you're potentially screwed if you lose the hard disk because any replacement disk will have a different protection key, and you'll need to convince the vendor that, yes, your disk is dead (or that you've upgraded your machine) rather than wanting to give the software to a friend.
Juste Use Daemon Tools (Score:2, Informative)
Juste install Daemon-Tools [daemon-tools.com]. It's a wonderfull little program that lets you mount an ISO file as if it was a standard CDDrive. It's free (as in beer), tiny ( ~400Kb), and works like a charme on Win2k/98/XP.
It can even emulate some form of copyprotection like Safedisc, SecureRom and LaserLock.
All you have to do to play your favorite game is create a RAW (1:1 image) copy of your original game CD, and then mount the image as a CD drive.
Really a brilliant little program.
Murphy