The Sims-3% after 50 min.

[Saunders1000]

I'm trying to copy The Sims for my son's computer. I've got the LiteOn 241012b and am using clonecd v3.3.4.1. Clony reports the protection as Safedisc alt, whatever that is. I tried the Clony settings and am about where I am now. I've never had any problems copying anything before, including SD2 games. I've been playing around with the settings in clonecd but have been achieving the same result - it's awfully slow. I've already researched this game and my problem with little success. Should I just leave it imaging and hope it takes off after 5% or is this excessive? Does anyone know what clonecd settings I can use to copy this game?

[kcodd]

If you are talking about the orig. Sims game it is sd2 I think, but not the new sd2.51.
What writer are you using?
I have copied this game with a HP 8200, 9100, plex 24x, liteon 24x.
Depends on the speed of the writer, but yes it can take awile for the first 5 to 10 pct.
Use clonyxl and then load to clonecd from there and let it do its job.
KC........

Im sorry you did say it was a lite-on 24x.
I think it took me about 10 min. to copy this disk at 16x because 16x media was all I had. I still have not bought any 24x media yet...lol.
Like I said above use clonyxl then load clonecd from there and copy away.
Another thought: what type of media are you using, and what reader are you using?

[Saunders1000]

Sorry, I should have been more specific. I'm trying to image the cd using clonecd. It's the original sims.

[Saunders1000]

K, I let it go for an hour and 5 min then it took off and completed the image. I burned it and the copy works fine. I'm just a little dismayed at the length of time it took. Thanks for your help.

[kcodd]

That is a long time, are your speeds set at max?
I copied MOHAA from reader to writer in 28 min. at 16x with the sd2.51: 14 min. for the image and 14 min. for the write.
I have the same writer as you do, now the HP 9100 is a 8x write and the time to make the image was long like you described.
KC.......

[podunkviller]

that is weird that the liteon works funny like that. i thought reading it raw would do fine. o well though.

also, sims is safedisc 1, for the record.